Social Media in the News July 8th 2011

Joseph Vangieri Do you use social media? By Renea Henry | Email the author | 8:00am The verdict was controversial: Casey Anthony not convicted on murder charges related to http://lnkd.in/qjnzEp

Question of the Day: The Social Media Era- Are You Participating? yorktown.patch.com

The 'twitter-sphere' went haywire commenting on the Casey Anthony trial and other events in real time. Do you use social media? 

Joseph Vangieri As the two primary competitors for real-time communications in a social network, Google and Facebook are charting new telecommunications territory http://lnkd.in/PWx6pm

No Jitter | blog | The Social Media Race to Real-Time Communications nojitter.com

Joseph Vangieri Now, it looks like formalized social media background checks could become the norm for employers when doing their due diligence. A company called Social http://lnkd.in/D7QkVV

Would You Pass A Social Media Background Check? marketingpilgrim.com

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Amazon extends Cloud Player for Web to Apple's iPad fiercemobilecontent.com

Amazon expanded its Cloud Player for Web streaming music service to Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad, enabling tablet users to play back music stored in the cloud anywhere and anytime. Also new: Unlimited Read more... 

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Virgin and Spotify: A step forward for digital music theregister.co.uk