Anna's Social Media Picks of the Week (01/29/10)

Do you have time to search the web everyday to find the newest and coolest social media tools? If the answer is no, then you have come to the right place. I have searched the World Wide Web for social media information all week, and stumbled upon a few favorites along the way. Here are my picks of the week:

iPad:
http://bit.ly/dzfq0X
On Wednesday, Apple had their much anticipated press conference, where Steve Jobs introduced apples latest product, the iPad. Heres the facts:

•It has a 9.7 inch display
•Runs iPhone apps
•Can be used as an eReader
•Holds music, photos, and movies
•Has Wi-Fi capabilities
•Comes in 3 different memory sizes
•Starts at $499

The verdict? Well, according to twitter, its split down the middle. A study from Trendrr (http://bit.ly/b92U22) revealed that 48% of tweeters reacted positively to the iPad unveiling & 52% did not.

Twitters Local Trends:
http://bit.ly/dttcZM
After a test roll out last week, Twitter has finally made local trends available to all. As of now, everyone can view trending topics for 15 different cities and 6 different countries. So, if you want to see real time results of whats trending in D.C., or even Brazil, now you can. Worldwide trending is still available, and Twitter is working to get more locations added to the list. Learn more from Twitters Blog spot: http://bit.ly/9qHVp5

Data Privacy Day:
http://bit.ly/Y7epQ
Yesterday, January 28, 2010, was International Data Privacy Day. Data Privacy Day is a day used to raise awareness and promote online privacy education. Many social media publications celebrated by providing a bit of privacy education. AllFacebook has an article (http://bit.ly/b16Vk6) called the 5 Facebook Privacy Tips You Need To Know Now, Wired has an article (http://bit.ly/bRlq03) discussing the necessity of safe passwords, and a ReadWriteWeb wrote an article on some of the issues with privacy online (http://bit.ly/9HJtMi).




Facebook Friend Study:
http://bit.ly/cWcZr2
An interesting study documented this week says our brains cant keep up with the amount of friends we have on Facebook. Its similar to a study done in the 1990s known as Dunbars number, which concluded that the human brain is only capable of managing friendships with 150 people. The study is now in the process of being done again, and this time its taking online relationships into account, such a Facebook friends. The preliminary findings are out, and the interesting thing is that it appears nothing has changedour brains are still only capable of maintaining 150 relationships- be it online or offline.

LinkedIns Connection Browsing Updates:
http://bit.ly/96n9CT
It was announced this week that LinkedIn will soon be rolling out new ways to browse connections. Theyre adding a panel that makes it easier to browse contacts by location, company, or industry. LinkedIn is also tagging connections with keywords, such as colleague, classmate, and friend, and has added an option to browse by recent activity.

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