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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

Video of Anne Frank Surfaces on YouTube

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The only existing film footage of Anne Frank has been uploaded to YouTube by the Anne Frank House . The Amsterdam museum is hoping to bring attention to Anne’s story and diaries and reach a new generation who may be unfamiliar with her story.

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Video of Anne Frank Surfaces on YouTube

3 Great Social Media Policies to Steal From

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. As social media continues to become more mainstream, the chances that your employees will use these online tools for personal and professional purposes are high.

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3 Great Social Media Policies to Steal From

LIVESTRONG Day: 5 Ways to Get Involved

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Today, Friday, October 2, 2009, is LIVESTRONG Day 2009. The event is a part of the LIVESTRONG Action campaign designed to bring together people from all over the world to celebrate survivorship, commit to fighting cancer, spread the word, and work towards a world without cancer. The goal of the day is to make cancer a global priority, and to get everyone not just talking about change, but actually taking action towards cancer prevention, treatment, and care

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5 Ways to Make Your Business More Transparent

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com . You can hardly have a conversation about social media today without discussing the concept of transparency

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5 Ways to Make Your Business More Transparent

Dropbox for iPhone Is Out (and Awesome)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

In one of the better announcement posts we’ve seen, the Dropbox Blog let us know that the Dropbox iPhone app is now out and ready for free download (warning: iTunes link). We wrote about Dropbox in our 10 free social apps for the Mac feature recently (it’s also available for Windows and Linux), and we’re fans of the service for its easy and convenient cross-platform cloud storage and sharing capabilities.

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Dropbox for iPhone Is Out (and Awesome)

Google Wave Invites: How To Get Them

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The web is buzzing with excitement and anticipation. In less than 24 hours, Google Wave will launch to 100,000 early adopters. The real-time communication platform has been making headlines ever since it was announced back in May as a result of its potentially game-changing features .

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Google Wave: The Wait Is Almost Over

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Google’s anticipated real-time communication platform launches in less than 24 hours. That’s right, we’re talking about Google Wave . What we already know: On September 30th, Google will send out 100,000 invites to Google Wave

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Google Wave: The Wait Is Almost Over

The 10 Most Romantic Social Media Finds

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

In the spirit of romantic moments shared on the social web, we’ve teamed up with Blue Nile for a comment contest to give away 50 pairs of sterling hoop earrings, and a 1/2 carat Diamond Solitaire Pendant. We kicked off the contest by asking readers to share a romantic item found via a social media site in the comments.

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4 Teens Sued for Obscene Fake Facebook Profile

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Imagine this: four teenagers take to Facebook to create a fake profile that continually misrepresents your son as a gay racist. Then consider that profile amasses 580 plus friends

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