Source: [link] Expertise location enabled by social software - interesting article in Sloan Mgmt Review [link] 6:54 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck. do believe that social environments can have a powerful impact on an organization's "lateral connectivity" so to speak (vs. Time: It takes more time to participate in social tools. MORE >>

Over the last six weeks they have taken social news curation to a new level. For several weeks it was ranked one of the top few free iPad apps in the News category in US, UK, and Australia, attracting massive interest for what it calls a “social magazine”. Tags: Future of media Social networks Twitter Flipboard and Paper.li MORE >>

Social analytics - one of the hot topics for social networking enthusiasts. It's also becoming ever more useful, as the vibrant online community of data visualizers (programmers, designers, artists, and statisticians — sometimes all in one person) grows and the tools to execute their visions improve. MORE >>

Gartner has released five interesting predictions for social software. By 2014, social networking services will replace e-mail as the primary vehicle for interpersonal communications for 20 percent of business users. This is not to say that microblogging, effectively used, cannot be an extremely valuable tool. MORE >>

The Nielsen Company provides research that indicates Americans spend a third their online time (36 percent) communicating and networking across social networks, blogs, personal email and instant messaging. The share of time for social networks use climbed to 22.7% in June 2010, up from 15.8% in June 2010. MORE >>