Black Friday Online Shopping Less Social - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Black Friday Online Shopping Less Social
Wall Street Journal (blog)
As of noon, sales generated by social media represented just .18% of online Black Friday sales, compared with .53% last year, according to data from the websites of 500 retailers. The drop could be a sign that large retailers are using social media ...
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Social media reuniting New Jersey victims of Superstorm Sandy with lost photos ... - Fox News

Social media reuniting New Jersey victims of Superstorm Sandy with lost photos ...
Fox News
NEWARK, N.J. – New Jersey residents devastated by Superstorm Sandy are being reunited with lost photographs and objects through social media. There are at least five Facebook pages targeted to New Jersey residents that help connect them with their ...

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Reuters Social Media Director Wonders Why Israel Should 'Retaliate' (ie ... - NewsBusters (blog)

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Reuters Social Media Director Wonders Why Israel Should 'Retaliate' (ie ...
NewsBusters (blog)
The assertion came the very next day in the form of a tweet from a member of the establishment press (how unsurprising), one Anthony De Rosa from Reuters, the wire service's Director of Social Media. Alert responder "Robbie Guy" posted a riposte so ...
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Social media sites used for sex trade - Philippine Star

Social media sites used for sex trade
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) revealed that some social media networks known for expanding and reconnecting friendship and in sharing social and professional activities have been used to offer sex for a fee by some ...



Hospitals check into social media - Albany Times Union

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Hospitals check into social media
Albany Times Union
Betty Jones, a laundry room employee at Glens Falls Hospital, celebrated 50 years of working at the hospital and 2,700 people clicked on her photo on the hospital's Facebook page. Matthew Van Pelt, Ellis Medicine's new social media specialist, posted a ...
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Social media aids Hurricane Sandy cleanup on Staten Island - SILive.com

SILive.com

Social media aids Hurricane Sandy cleanup on Staten Island
SILive.com
Occupy Sandy, the recovery effort of New York's so-called Occupy movement, has seen great success with its Internet-based crowdsourcing too, says Daphne Carr, the 34-year-old graduate student who runs social media for the Staten Island branch.

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Social Media Changing the Way Athletes Speak Out - Afro American

Afro American

Social Media Changing the Way Athletes Speak Out
Afro American
The availability of Twitter and other free and open social media platforms allow athletes to become activists with nothing but a few strokes on a smartphone or tablet. The years of Jackie Robinson's quiet confidence and Muhammad Ali's lively discourse ...



Social Media Fuelling Uganda's HIV/Aids Prevalence - AllAfrica.com

Social Media Fuelling Uganda's HIV/Aids Prevalence
AllAfrica.com
Until World Aids Day on December 1, New Vision will publish HIV-related stories daily. Today, George Wabweyo explores how the media is fuelling reckless sex and the spread of HIV. Scary! There is this group on Facebook. It is called No Strings Attached ...

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Will social media give birth to the next Warren Buffet? - Hindu Business Line

Will social media give birth to the next Warren Buffet?
Hindu Business Line
Today the biggest driver in the way we connect and do business is social media. Any student or practitioner of finance would have come across the term “Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)”. It essentially says that the stock market is “informationally ...



Facebook, Twitter and Gmail banned on Wall Street - Economic Times

Facebook, Twitter and Gmail banned on Wall Street
Economic Times
Working on Wall Street is "a full life commitment, and without access to social media or personal email it can often feel like nothing exists outside of work," said one JPMorgan Chase analyst who spoke on condition that he not be named because he is ...

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