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Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visits

Monday, October 5th, 2009

The Smarter Cities series is supported by IBM. Read more about building a smarter planet on the IBM A Smarter Planet Blog

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Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visits

Leo Laporte Makes $1.5 Million Per Year from Podcasting [Video]

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Podcast pioneer Leo Laporte gave a talk at the Online News Association Conference in San Francisco on Friday, giving insights into the future of media coupled with anecdotes from his work in television and radio. The keynote, entitled “Lunch with Leo”, runs 40 minutes, but it’s well worth the time if you’re involved in online media and broadcasting

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Leo Laporte Makes $1.5 Million Per Year from Podcasting [Video]

Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

A month ago, we covered Wikitude , an augmented reality app for Google Android. Augmented reality takes virtual data, places it on your phone, and allows you to interact with it using your compass, camera, and GPS. The end result is the ability to see virtual items and information in the real world

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Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone

YouTube Promoted Videos Get a Big Exposure Boost

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

YouTube’s Promoted Videos are the creator-sponsored results that typically appear next to site search results and in the right column next to currently playing videos. Now Promoted Videos are slated to get much wider exposure around the web: in AdSense ad units .

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YouTube Promoted Videos Get a Big Exposure Boost

Print Publishers May Create a “Hulu for Magazines”

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

As print publishers struggle to transition to the digital age (and essentially, survive ), Time Inc.

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Print Publishers May Create a “Hulu for Magazines”

Twitter Labs Coming Soon?

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Most Gmail users are familiar with Google Labs , a nifty set of experimental features which aren’t quite ready to be rolled out to all users, but are good enough for a select subset of users who like to try out new things. According to Cnet’s Natali DelConte, Twitter is planning a similar feature for the near future.

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Twitter Labs Coming Soon?

Want a Google Wave Invite? There’s a Website for That

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Still hunting for a Google Wave invite ?

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Want a Google Wave Invite? There’s a Website for That

LinkedIn Launches Profile Organizer, Enters Salesforce Territory

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The business social network LinkedIn is not just a way to connect with your business contacts.

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LinkedIn Launches Profile Organizer, Enters Salesforce Territory

You’ve Been Served … A Court Order, Via Twitter

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The issue of “Twitter jacking” someone’s identity has been a hot topic this year. Perhaps the most visible incident was St Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa taking Twitter to court over someone else using his identity on the microblogging service

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You’ve Been Served … A Court Order, Via Twitter

Mashable Readers: Help Kids Get into Social Media!

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

It’s October, which means its time for the Donors Choose Social Media Challenge , wherein web and social media folks get together and raise money for kids in need of educational equipment in the classroom. This year Mashable is joining in the fun: we want to help kids get a start in social media.

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Mashable Readers: Help Kids Get into Social Media!