Which Are the Riskiest Social Media Sites for Brands?

Social media provides opportunities for brands to connect with customers and prospects, but that openness and transparency often leaves companies vulnerable to critics.

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China's Lenovo on track to overtake Hewlett-Packard as the world's biggest PC maker

Lenovo Group Ltd is on track to overtake Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's biggest PC maker by sales as soon as this year, making it the first Chinese company to grab the top spot globally in a technology sector.

Full story: Reuters

5 ways social media mistakes are damaging companies’ reputations online

By studying some mistakes by other companies that have resulted in negative exposure, you can learn how your business can avoid a similar fate. Here are five easy-to-avoid mistakes: 

5 ways social media mistakes are damaging companies’ reputations online

Mary Meeker on the economy, mobile, and the internet global usage

KPCB Internet Trends 2012.

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Mobile Devices Now Make Up About 20 Percent of U.S. Web Traffic

Mobile Web browsing continues to take off, with smartphones and tablets accounting for 20 percent of Web traffic in the U.S. and Canada, according to a new report.

The analysis finds that those stodgy old PCs still produce just under 80 percent of Web traffic, with smartphones accounting for 14.6 percent and tablets making up 5.6 percent.

Read here: AllThingsD

Google Maps 8-bit for NES

Poster Shopping - the face of retail is changing

One more experiment with virtual stores in public spaces. This time at Stockholm Central Station, Swedish e-commerce platform provider Jetshop set up a 130 square meter concept superstore which featured twenty individual departments with a selection of products from a supermarket chain, a fashion retailer and a camping equipment specialist.

This video produced by Jetshop explains the main idea:

Havas Media Social: How not to get stuck on the treasure island

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