A Collection of 10 Intersting Social Media and Small Business Stories from the Past Week
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Google Plans Online Music Store to Challenge Apple, Amazon
Google Inc. is creating an online music store to compete with Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., though the company may open the service without the rights to sell songs from many of the biggest record labels, according to …
Researcher Uses Google Earth to Track India’s Nuclear Program
The Institute for Science and International Security in Washington has used imagery from Google Earth to arrive at the conclusion that India may be constructing a gas centrifuge plant for uranium enrichment for military …
Google Wallet taps its way through SF & NY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKuUzNnb8aQ&feature=player_embedded
It’s on us! Customers make their first purchase with Google Wallet in SF & NY. Check out Google Wallet at www.google.com/wallet.
Foursquare wraps new Radar feature around iOS 5
Foursquare ups the iOS 5 ante with a new feature called Radar, which uses Apple’s technology to put your location lists to use.
MapQuest launches new service to compete with Yelp, FourSquare
It’s called the Vibe – a new service from MapQuest that the company says will take on the likes of Yelp and Foursquare.
Facebook accused of violating US wiretap law
A Mississippi woman has accused Facebook of violating federal wiretap statutes by tracking her internet browsing history even when she wasn’t logged onto the social networking site.
Facebook: The law reasonably states you can’t have all your data
Facebook has explained that it won’t hand over all your personal data because that’s how the law works. The company says it is also complying with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.
Facebook and eBay unveil e-commerce partnership
Facebook executive and eBay Inc (EBAY.O) board member Katie Mitic unveiled a partnership between the two companies designed to create a new crop of e-commerce applications with social networking features.
Twitter Integration in iOS 5: a closer look
Once you have used Twitter in the integrated apps once, they will show up in the list. Integrated Twitter features are now an option in most of the main iOS apps, and on first use, you’ll see just how easy it is to send tweets from your browser, …
Twitter used as a tool to map epidemics
Marcel Salathe turned to Twitter to conduct a unique analysis of how the popular mircroblogging site records the spread of an epidemic or its users’ receptivity to new vaccines.
