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10/28/2012 10:17 PM

Social media helps out as Sandy approaches - Khaleej Times

Sky News Australia Social media helps out as Sandy approaches Khaleej Times Locating the nearest emergency shelter or chatting live with forecasters â€Â" social networks were abuzz with the latest news, tips and reassurance Sunday as Americans hunkered down for Hurricane Sandy. The massive storm, which has already killed at ... Social media helps with Hurricane SandySky News Australia Social Media Roundup: The Trouble With Hurricane SandyAssociations Now Seven Ways to Stay Connected During Hurricane SandyPatch.com All Things Digital -The Star-Ledger - NJ.com -VentureBeat all 24,324 news articles »

10/28/2012 10:51 PM

Social Media Connecting Residents, Officials as Hurricane Sandy Approaches - HispanicBusiness.com

New York Daily News Social Media Connecting Residents, Officials as Hurricane Sandy Approaches HispanicBusiness.com As Hurricane Sandy churns toward New Jersey, residents and officials alike are using social media to comment and get updates on the storm. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate tweeted to "keep your mobile device charged" Sunday. Many other government ... Focus on 'Frankenstorm' - Social media connecting residents, officials as ...Norwalk Reflector all 11 news articles »

10/28/2012 10:46 PM

Officials Take to Social Media to Share Emergency Information - HispanicBusiness.com

Officials Take to Social Media to Share Emergency Information HispanicBusiness.com When a tornado hit Bridgeport in June 2010, the city's mayor had just started dipping his toes into the social networking site Twitter. What Mayor Bill Finch and others in his administration learned during that storm is that Twitter was an excellent ... and more »

10/28/2012 09:05 PM

Social media, phone apps join tools for Big Country schools to keep parents in ... - ReporterNews.com

Social media, phone apps join tools for Big Country schools to keep parents in ... ReporterNews.com For some area school districts, social media such as Twitter and custom-built smartphone applications are joining now fairly-common communications tools such as the Internet, email and text messages as a way to keep parents in the loop. "I think ...

10/28/2012 10:02 PM

Bellingham officers embracing social media - Milford Daily News

Bellingham officers embracing social media Milford Daily News Officer John Melanson Jr., secretary of the association, manages the accounts, which he got the idea to create after learning of the Boston Police Department's social media activity. "I was going to build a website, but it was a little bit too much ...

10/28/2012 02:11 PM

Your Employee Is an Online Celebrity. Now What Do You Do? - Wall Street Journal

VentureBeat Your Employee Is an Online Celebrity. Now What Do You Do? Wall Street Journal A growing number of professionals are using social media to build a personal, public identityâ€Â"a brand of their ownâ€Â"based on their work. Think of an accountant who writes a widely read blog about auditing, or a sales associate who has attracted a big ... Execs Not Using Social Media At Board Level StrategyBusiness 2 Community Survey: Most companies still not capitalizing on social mediaVentureBeat Responding to ZDNet Report of Social Media's Lacking Business Propositions ...Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) all 7 news articles »

10/28/2012 08:19 PM

Nestle Uses Social Media for Bottled Water, Palm Oil Damage Control - Jakarta Globe

Jakarta Globe Nestle Uses Social Media for Bottled Water, Palm Oil Damage Control Jakarta Globe Staff of the Nestle Digital Acceleration Team (DAT) monitor social networks at the company headquarters in Vevey September 24, 2012. This is the nerve center of the company's Digital Acceleration Team. By monitoring conversation about its products on ... and more »

10/28/2012 10:27 AM

Bryan A. Liang: A social-media medical menace - The Providence Journal (blog)

Bryan A. Liang: A social-media medical menace The Providence Journal (blog) Although this is sound medical advice, it ignores that IUDs are available "over the counter" online, through highly used social media, without a required prescription, and are supported by YouTube videos (including cartoon versions) on insertion and ...

10/28/2012 10:37 PM

Haida Gwaii earthquake ricochets through social media circles - Calgary Herald

Haida Gwaii earthquake ricochets through social media circles Calgary Herald Social media was atwitter over the weekend after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake was detected off the west coast of Haida Gwaii Saturday night. Tweets ranged from the useful and informative to the banal and even ludicrous. Earthquakes Canada, a branch of ... and more »

10/28/2012 07:29 PM

Social Media and Emergencies - Business 2 Community

Social Media and Emergencies Business 2 Community The feeling of helplessness is overwhelming; social media kept me connected and as importantly let people know I was safe. I couldn't help but reflect on the fact that the tsunami sirens didn't tell me as much as Twitter did. Is Twitter today's warning ...