I have long been a pay it forward advocate, and my book – Linking in to Pay it Forward - talks about how people can help other people using social media. I believe that social media – and LinkedIn in particular – is the biggest pay it forward playground in our history!
By paying it forward..
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The North East conundrum: Regulating social media the answer?
As the government bans bulk SMS-es for 15 days and political parties reach out to people from the North East overcome by a fear psychosis, we ask: Is regulating social media the answer? Watch full discussion: .ndtv.com/video/player/india-decides-9/the-north-east-conundrum-reg…
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n late 2011, social networking surpassed online gaming as the most popular online activity — globally, nearly one in every five minutes online that year was spent on social networking sites, according to digital business analyst firm comScore. Smartphone users now spend an average of 24 minutes each day using social networking apps, according to app services company Flurry. There are more than 1.2 billion active social media users worldwide.
Government agencies, of course, have jumped on this trend, making use of social media to better communicate with constituents, voters and citizens. But where does the CIO fit in?
A relatively small, but growing, contingent of public CIOs are prolific social media users, fearlessly Facebooking and eagerly contributing to the blogosphere and Twitterverse. These social CIOs say their direct involvement in social media benefits them personally and professionally — and it helps them drive effective social media adoption, strategy and policy within their agencies or departments. Here’s a look at social media through their eyes.
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Richard McManus shows the numbers for Tumblr and Wordpress. Tumblr is growing much, much faster than Wordpress, and then tries to explain it:
The two services offer different things, so this is somewhat of an apples and oranges comparison. Wordpress.com is a fully-fledged hosted blogging…
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Spreading rumors in UAE through Social Media could put you in jail
According to Dubai Police’s anti-organised crime unit, Col. Abdulrahim Bin Shafi, anybody caught spreading malicious rumors or false statements about the ruling family through social media could face up to 10 years in jail. Causing public panic through Facebook, Twitter or even BBM is a punishable crime. “Spreading rumours or disclosing false information and news [that] threatens the public security or causes panic among the people…will be a crime [even] if it is through email, BlackBerry or any type of tool that spreads the information,” he told Arabian Business. “[We] impose severe penalties for those who spread rumours and dishonor our reputation.” According to Arabian Business, this policy means that even if you’re forwarding such messages via email (or any other Social Media) could result in you getting jailed between 3 and 10 years. Many UAE residents may feel that this law is impeding freedom of speech, but every argument has two sides. The law enforcement in UAE look at this as a way to avoid disharmony in the society.
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