Facebook’s New Social
Plugins: 50,000+ Websites in One Week: Phase one of Facebook’s strategy for
world domination: complete. Facebook announced
that more than 50,000 websites have integrated Facebook’s new social
plugins in just one week. The plugins are a core component of the
company’s new Open Graph
initiative. [Mashable]
Apple To Shut Down Lala: In a brief message that was just posted on the Lala.com website, Apple has announced that the service will be shut down on May 31st, 2010. Does this mean we can start raising our hopes for iTunes in the cloud? [TechCrunch]
What is Facebook Saying About You?: Yee’s tool shows you exactly what data a developer would get when it asks Facebook for info via the API, such as your name, birth date, location, etc. and also any public information such as your “likes”, your photos and so on. [GigaOm]
Summer Music Watch: Jennifer Lopez Does a Cover of Donna Summer's "On The Radio" [Ryan Seacrest]
The Future Of
The Web is HTML 5: Did we mention that 2010 would be a
big year
for HTML5? Apple and Google are pushing it big time, and now so is
Microsoft. When Internet
Explorer 9 comes out, it will
support HTML5 and help make it more common across the Web. [TechCrunch]
Millennials: This generation is diverse, educated and plugged-in: Gio
Acosta says that on any given day there are only two hours in which he
is not texting, doing something on his cell phone, or on Facebook, or
playing games on his laptop or PS3. Acosta is exactly what Kaiser Family
Foundation recently found in a study: That to say today's young people
are wired is an understatement. It’s an integral part of their daily
lives. [PennLive.com] [Barking Robot]
Edelman Digital Social Metrics Tools: Last week Suzanne shared a few tools to help you find new folks to follow on Twitter to kick-off a new focus on tools and resources for online engagement. I wanted to continue this trend by introducing you to a few blog analytics tools! [Edelman Digital]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Teen Driver Program: NHTSA has developed a multi-tiered strategy to prevent motor vehicle-related deaths and injuries among teen drivers: increasing seat belt use, implementing graduated driver licensing, reducing teens' access to alcohol, and parental responsibility. Related: Get the 'No Phone Zone' Lesson Plan [NSTSA] [Barking Robot]
Guide to Creating Foursquare Events: There are some reasonable and relatively simple ways to incorporate Foursquare and encourage audience participation at your next event. [Tradeshow Insight]
Texting Poetry Inspires Kids: Once considered a disturbance in the classroom, cell phones, texting devices and other wireless technology are being embraced by some of the very same people who used to malign them: teachers. [Record Online]
End Bullying Now: Here's the link to the Josh Shipp & Brooks Gibbs 'End Bullying Now' Teleseminar! [Barking Robot]
2010 Totally Wired Teacher Award: After listening to feedback from our friends in the educator community, we've made some important changes to this year's Totally Wired Teacher Award provided by Dell. Please help us spread the word to any public school teachers you are in contact with. [Ypulse]
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