In that story, I reported about 2009 negotiations over incorporation of Facebook data into Google search. According to this source, as part of the deal terms Facebook insisted that Google agree to not use publicly available Facebook information to build out a “social service.” Search = social, social = search. MORE >>

The Times runs a piece today citing a media analyst at Sanford Bernstein claiming: monetizing Twitter “would be difficult at best and likely unsuccessful.” To be entirely clear, Twitter has at least three major potential revenue streams. Tweetsense - AdWords and AdSense like platform for Twitter. property viable. MORE >>

Melcrum recently released a report on How to use social media to solve critical communication issues , with as usual some great case studies and many practical insights. was asked to write the closing section in the report, on The Future of Social Media and Internal Communications. Email use will be eroded by social media. MORE >>

Employees bl ogging, posting to social networks, or offering academic papers for public comment is actively discouraged. It’s where senior leaders at Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter debated their battle plans around real time and social search. Dear Apple: We miss you. It’s not pretty. Very clever, that!). Summit. MORE >>

Social search is resurfacing as a hot topic of late , due to how effective Twitter has become in helping you find information, and how it is close to how we source information in the offline world (via our network). Search for: facts/reference. you may have little information in hand to go by ( exploratory search ). MORE >>