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March 11th, 2011 by Speed Budapest (Matt)

Thoughts on LinkedIn Today

The launch of LinkedIn Today is an interesting development. It produces a dashboard of popular news stories, based on the articles and blog posts that have been most shared by people on the social networking site.

Articles are filtered into sections, such as Retail, Financial Services, Telecommunications, and IT, based on what news has been most shared by people working in a particular industry. This is handy if you want to find out what the hot topics in a specific sector are at any given moment.

Currently some of the news channels feature articles that aren’t relevant to that specific sector, as general interest stories, such as the earthquake in Japan, are shared by people from all industries. I imagine LinkedIn will develop the service in the coming weeks so that news, which isn’t relevant to a certain industry, is not displayed in that industry’s channel. I also wouldn’t be surprised if LinkedIn added a geographic filter to news channels so that you can view the most shared news in a specific region.

Since launching this morning, many of the channels have already acquired a few thousand followers. This will no doubt have a sizeable impact on the level of traffic that news sites receive when their articles are included on the site. This could see more publications adding LinkedIn’s sharing button to their websites in a bid to encourage people to share news on the social network, and in doing so, drive traffic back to their website.

What’s also interesting, is that you can follow a few select news sources and see which stories have been most shared. I’d love to see how this compares with the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Do people share different types of news on different sites? Considering that the way that I use Facebook, compared to Twitter or LinkedIn, I reckon we’d see some big differences in the news stories that are shared most on each network. What do you think?

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Tags: Facebook, Financial Services, iPhone, Japan, LinkedIn, Shared resource, Social network service, Twitter
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July 8th, 2010 by Clare English

Lunchtime Learning with Facebook

Speed’s lunchtime learning session today featured guest presenter Claire O’Connell, from Facebook. Claire spent an hour sharing the latest statistics, best practice case studies and future plans in development from the phenomenon that over 1/3 of the UK population are now using regularly.

As anticipated, the stats and facts were pretty mind blowing. Here’s a summary of my favourite:

There are 40 billion photos on Facebook. If you put them side by side, they would loop 20 times around the globe.

If Facebook were a country, it would now be the world’s third largest – just behind China and India.

56% of Facebook’s users login daily.

Facebook has 150 million mobile users.

Typically, user interaction with brands on Facebook will be noted by 5% of their friends (Facebook defines ‘friends’ as people a user has interacted with within the last 30 days – not just people in their network).

If a user’s friend has connected to a brand’s page on Facebook, that user is 4.5 x more likely to follow suit.

The near future of our online experience is set to be entirely social, as the development and integration of Facebook plugins into sites across the web gains momentum.

If you would like to know more about the Speed Lunctime Learning sessions, please contact me at @madameanglaise

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Tags: clare english, Facebook, Interactivity, Login, Online Communities, pr training, Social network service, Social Networks, Speed Communications, Statistics, United States
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June 14th, 2010 by michael.frier

Daily News – 14/06

Vince Cable backs break-up of big banks

Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, has given official backing to recommendations that call for investment banks to be broken up.

The Daily Telegraph – Porn sites ‘easy target’ for cyber criminals

Visitors to porn websites are at serious risk from hackers and clickjackers, a security firm has warned. Researchers at International Secure System Lab analysed more than 35,000 pornographic domains, hosting 269,000 websites. They found that about 3.23 per cent of those websites were laced with adware, spyware and viruses, which visitors could inadvertently and unknowingly install on their computers, leaving them open to hackers and cyber criminals.

Computer Weekly – Will LinkedIn reshape the recruitment sector?

LinkedIn is already a recruitment tool for corporate’s looking for specialist IT staff, but will its increased focus on recruitment services leave a permanent scar on an industry still reeling from recession? The social networking site has appointed Ariel Eckstein as managing director of its Hiring Solutions service, with responsibility to expand LinkedIn’s European recruitment business and “increase the visibility” of its Talent Advantage Suite.

BBC – ITV HD viewers miss England’s first World Cup goal

ITV has apologised to its HD channel viewers after a “transmission problem” caused them to miss England’s first World Cup goal. Viewers did not see Steven Gerrard’s early strike against the USA in the 1-1 match. Some reported seeing an advert.

Computing.co.uk – Channel Five reveals intention to step up digital TV presence

UK TV channel Five has revealed plans to aggressively ramp up its online presence. Francois Chabat, the channel’s senior technology manager, exclusively told Computing that syndication of content is a key part of the strategy.

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Tags: Daily Telegraph, England, Information technology, ITV HD, Social network service, Steven Gerrard, Vince Cable, World Cup
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May 6th, 2010 by michael.frier

Daily News – 06/05

ComputerWorldUK – Election Day – what it means for IT
Today is Election Day. With all three main parties close together in the polls, we take a look at what they mean for IT professionals and the IT industry.

CBR – General election has missed social media opportunity

The political parties battling it out on the eve of the general election have missed an opportunity to woo voters through social media, according to StrongMail’s UK MD. Paul Bates told CBR that politicians are unaware of the impact social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook have on the younger generation of voters. “I think the approach to social media this election has been higgledy-piggledy,” he told CBR.

The Financial Times – White House unveils push on broadband rules

The Obama administration on Wednesday handed Google and other web content providers a significant victory as it announced that cable and telecommunications companies would face tough new regulations on how they manage their high-speed internet networks.

Computer Weekly – Cybercriminals trading in large volumes of Facebook accounts, say researchers

Cybercriminals are selling fake and stolen accounts on social networking site Facebook in bulk in the underground economy, according to security researchers. Criminals typically use Facebook accounts to send spam, send links to malicious software and to commit fraud.

BBC – Facebook fixes embarrassing security flaw

Facebook has rushed to fix a security flaw that allowed users to eavesdrop on the live chats of their friends and see their pending friend requests.

The Register – Tories buy YouTube home page

The Tories are making an election-day buy on YouTube’s home page in a bid to get their message in front of “millions of voters.”

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Tags: Facebook, google, Online Communities, Social network, Social network service, StrongMail, Twitter, YouTube
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April 8th, 2010 by Steve

Daily News 08/04

Computing.co.uk – Tories allow six-year retention of innocents’ DNA to pass

The Tories have agreed to allow government plans regarding DNA retention to become law. The plans, contained in the Crime and Security bill, restrict keeping DNA seized from suspects subsequently released or found innocent on the police national database for up to six years – except in the case of serious violent or sexual crimes where it can be retained for longer.

Computing.co.uk – Nokia set to launch iPad clone

Nokia is looking to rival Apple’s iPad with its own tablet computer, which could be in stores later this year.

BBC – Apple iPad users report Wi-Fi problems

Some owners of the newly-available iPad have reported problems with connecting their devices to Wi-Fi.

Guardian.co.uk – Bebo faces closer or sale by AOL as members log off

Social networking site bought by internet giant for $850 has seen its numbers of global users dwindle to 12.8m.

Computerworld UK – Digital Economy Bill passed along by empty House of Commons

The Digital Economy Bill has been passed to the final stage before becoming law, after a minor debate in which only a handful of the country’s 646 MPs turned up.

IT PRO -London Underground line hit by IT failure
London’s transport network took a massive hit yesterday after an IT error left travellers without the use of the Circle Line for several hours.

CBR – Facebook users slam privacy changes

New research by security firm Sophos has revealed that the vast majority of users on social networking site Facebook oppose the recently-announced privacy changes. Sophos quizzed 680 users through its website and Facebook profile, with 95 per cent of respondents claiming the new changes are a “bad thing”. Just 2 per cent said they support the changes while the rest didn’t understand what changes were being proposed by Facebook.

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Tags: AOL, Apple, Bebo, Facebook, ipad, London Underground, Nokia, Social network service
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