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keeping up with social media trends
Without a doubt, Twitter has become a useful communications tool for everything from breaking news to emergency dispatches to business conversations. Most of us tend to use only a few of the features Twitter offers; just enough to do what we want to do. For example, I use Twitter daily, accessing it from HootSuite on the web or TweetDeck on mobile, and I just tweet, check my @ messages and DMs, peruse my stream, retweet a few tweets, then move on to something else.
However, the Twitter website is rich with features that may not be easily accessible (or even available) via other other tools.
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Facebook, one of the biggest websites on the planet, celebrates its seventh anniversary on Friday.
Through the years, the social network has transformed from a college-only social hub to the most popular website in the world. Five hundred million users, billions of pageviews and a never-ending supply of embarrassing status message updates after its launch, we’ve decided to take a trip down memory lane.
Back in February 2004, did anyone have any idea that a college social networking site could redefine the Internet era as we know it? We doubt it.
Mashable created this gallery to highlight the biggest Facebook events (and controversies) over the years.
Share your thoughts on Facebook’s last seven years in the comments — as well as where you think the site will be in the years to come.
This is a great breakdown on how to use hashtags on Twitter.
Cool video featured on on MarketingHackz.com. The video was created by upsidedowniceberg.com
Have you ever wondered where your email or photos lived online? Have you ever heard the word "cloud" being used to describe Yahoo, Gmail or Flickr? This is a great illustration by CNN.

With more than 50 million members worldwide, LinkedIn has become a necessity for professionals of all ages and backgrounds to display their profiles to both prospective employers in order to find quality new jobs as well as to potential business partners and customers. Social networking and consulting expert Neal Schaffer has written a captivating, informative book on the best ways to utilize this unique social media tool in "Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging and Maximizing LinkedIn."
Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) October 27, 2009 -- Social networking expert and popular social media blogger Neal Schaffer has introduced a highly anticipated book about how to benefit from the LinkedIn phenomenon titled "Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging and Maximizing LinkedIn."