Hello to all Social Media Vision readers, you may of known me as the previous writer and owner of Social Media Vision. I started the blog back in November 2008 and I had no idea how successful the blog would turn out so quickly. I got Google Page Rank 3 in less than [...]

 
ShareThis Announces Upgrade
I received an e-mail yesterday announcing a recent change with the ShareThis plugin.  
ShareThis is the self proclaimed next next generation of sharing technology.   If you notice on each of my blog posts and many other blog posts out there, you will see a green button that can be expanded by clicking [...]

Google Friend Connect
Earlier this week on December 15th 2008, Google’s Official Blog wrote a post on how Twitter was integrated with Google Friend Connect service. 
This allows Twitter users now to sign in and join in with this social networking service by using Twitter Ids now so you tweet about the sites you join or find [...]

 
Twitter and Facebook Turf Wars 
For about 3 weeks Facebook and Twitter danced around ideas of a possible merge or buyout.  All those were soon reported dead and finished by All Things Digital in their article.
Facebook was offering 500 million dollars only in shares which Twitter thought was inflated and a misrepresentation of Twitter’s full potential.
So [...]

Social Media Teens Learning The New Way
Spending time online may be compared to time from watching T.V.  Most parents would agree that they do not like their children online.
Based on most recent studies by MacArthur Foundation show that Teens actually pick up great Social and Technical skills.
The studies show there are two categories of teen engagement [...]

 
Social Networks Are Becoming Breeding Grounds For Scam
As the Social Media phenomenon increase, people all around the world have found ways to stay connected with friends, family and co-workers.
As users widen their social presence on Myspace, Facebook and LinkedIn, they need to be aware that scammers also have shifted their focus to social media sites as [...]

 
Social Gaming
On Facebooks Official Blog today, Shervin Pishevar is the Co-founder and CEO of the Social Gaming Network (SGN), which builds social games on both Facebook and iPhone wrote a guest post.
 
Social Gaming has been increasingly popular over the years especially with the launch of the Nintendo Wii.  Shervin pointed out the he thinks gaming is [...]

Bloggers, Twitters & Social Media Marketers Unite
The powers of Social Media can be very frightening.  We all know how news can travel fast but with the help of Social Media news can not only travel even faster than normal communication methods but can prove to be more devastating.
 
Example #1
A famous example of this is when [...]

Military Families Connect With Social Media Video TroopTube
Taking the same concept of YouTube, TroopTube is Military focused in helping military families connect and stay in touch with families who are out deployed overseas.
The Military has banned Youtube and other Social Media since May 2007 and military families were trying to find alternatives to video chat. [...]

Gannett most known for Usa Today and Careerconnection has recently acquired a Social Media Firm on Thursday 11-13-2008 Ripple6.
Gannet who already has dabbled in a few digital assets like Pointroll, Shoplocal, and 4info, will now have the powerful backing of Ripple8 to increase in Social Media Avenues and increase their Digital Portfolio.
Gannett is hoping to [...]