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Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visits

Bloggers now have up to 11,000 reasons to disclose when they are being paid to review products. The FTC has updated its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising for the first time since 1980, and among the changes, a requirement that “bloggers who make an endorsement must disclose the material connections they share with the seller of the product or service.” Fines for violating the new rule will run up to $11,000 per post. Some more details from the FTC’s announcement : “The revised Guides also add new examples to illustrate the long standing principle that “material connections” (sometimes payments or free products) between advertisers and endorsers – connections that consumers would not expect – must be disclosed.

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FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments

One of the first problems new users have upon joining Twitter is figuring out who to follow. And even power users who’ve been using the service for a while appreciate being turned on to other Twitter users with similar interests.

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Lunch’s Twitter Lists Help Find Who to Follow

It’s September 30th, where’s my Google Wave invite!?! That’s the question thousands of people are asking today as most are still without access to the platform, which is scheduled to start opening up today to as many as 100,000 users that requested an invite. Don’t fear, your Wave invite is probably coming

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Google Wave Invites Are Still Coming … In a Few Hours

There are viral videos, and then there are viral videos. Such is the power of this baby dancing to Beyonce that recently saw new life and keeps on giving

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Top 10 Dancing Babies on YouTube

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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The 10 Most Romantic Social Media Finds

Almost everything in life comes with a price tag, but some things, like geek street cred, are just priceless.

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The 10 Oddest Geek Products You’ll See Today

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Business blogging can be exceptionally rewarding. When done correctly, a successful blog can bring attention to your business, can attract new customers, and can turn your current customer base into the type of fans that companies like Apple, Netflix, and Ben and Jerry’s have: people who will not only buy your product or service, but evangelize it to their peers

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Top 5 Business Blogging Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. There’s no doubt that organization improves your efficiency and business prospects.

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HOW TO: Stay Organized With Google Calendar

Greetings and salutations, music lovers! It’s another Free Music Monday for your listening pleasure. If you’ve been following along so far, you’ll know we’re celebrating the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter by offering you some free tunes

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Free Music Monday: 10 Tunes From Around the Web