“101 Free Alternatives to Commonly Used Paid Software” and a roundup

Social Networks Are Not Killing Our Social Lives [STATS] from Mashable! by Brenna Ehrlich How the iPad is Transforming Web Design HOW TO: Optimize Your Social Media Marketing Strategy On MySpace?s New Strategy from Mashable! by Ben Parr Microsoft Shifts From Silverlight to HTML5 from Mashable! by Christina Warren When Are Facebook Users Most Active? … Read more

Music Industry’s latest kill: Limewire

Instead of finding alternative ways, Music Industry goes against the wave. You can kill Napster, Kazaa, Limewire but there will always be other sites… Adios, Limewire! from Daily Bits by noemi Remember that green round slice of lime? There was once a time when I saw it every day when I turned my computer on, … Read more

A presentation: Social media Screw Ups

Social media Screw Ups – A History View more presentations from Social Media Influence.

Editors Weblog looks at new Radikal…

New radical design for Radikal Daily from Editors Weblog – all postings by Heather Holm The Radikal Daily, a newspaper in Turkey, has adopted a tabloid format and new columnists under editor Eyüp Can, states Today’s Zaman.  “The Doğan Media Group recently decided to merge Referans, a daily economic review, and Radikal and replaced former … Read more

“Nearly 200 Pentagon cybersecurity regulations…. in a chart…

Nearly 200 Pentagon cybersecurity regulations, all on a handy, 2-foot-long chart from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Here’s a mindblowingly complex and exhaustive info-chart outlining the 193 documents that govern the activities of the Pentagon’s geek squads…………. ?Pep Rally? ? a truly exogenous trending topic on Twitter from apophenia by zephoria Logging onto Twitter to … Read more

“Who?s Suing Whom” in Cyberworld?

Who?s Suing Whom? from Daily Bits by noemi Lawsuits are so common these days that no one pays attention to them anymore. But, did you have an idea about the extent of pending lawsuits in the mobile industry? We hear about one company suing another for patent infringement all the time, but I doubt that … Read more

Bal: the official nominee for Turkey’s Oscar bid

Semih Kaplanoğlu’s Bal becomes the official nominee for Turkey’s Oscar bid… And I have managed not to see the film yet…. Anti-Israel flotilla thriller for Turkey | The Jewish Chronicle By Sami Kohen, September 16, 2010 An anti-Israeli movie featuring a Turkish agent avenging the killing of the nine Turks aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla in … Read more

EFF provides the 2nd volume of E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy v2

EFF’s E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy v2 Can they keep track of book searches? Google Books Yes Logs all search data with IP address. Will also associate searches with user’s Google Account if logged in. Will not associate searches with users account if not logged in. Amazon Kindle Yes Logs data on products viewed and/or … Read more

Sweden?s chief prosecutor is still after Julian Assange

Sexual Assault Case Against WikiLeaks Founder Reopened from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder Sweden?s chief prosecutor has reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Recently, Assange was accused with crimes of molestation and rape by the Swedish authorities. Assange has denied the allegations, claiming they are ?without basis,? and later calling the case a … Read more

Sevcan on last night’s episode: “We are waiting your tweets for @sosyalmedyatv on Twitter!

We had our first social media program at TRT Haber channel last night. Actually, even our program consultant Erkan Saka had no idea about the program circulation. (because he is in Ireland now and we are jealous.) So we could not write about before it started. While watching the program, we discussed with many of … Read more

Erkan’s TV career (!) begins tonight

I am an advisor to a weekly TV program on social media that will be launched tonight! It will be broadcasted in TRT Haber channel. If I could be in Turkey, I would probably be in the TV screen for a little while talking about the goodies of social media. I guess i can do … Read more

Attacking global guerilla’s reputation: Julian Assange accused of rape

update: Swedish prosecutor drops WikiLeaks rape charge GLOBAL GUERRILLA: Julian Assange from Global Guerrillas by John Robb Julian Assange is the front man for Wikileaks. Wikileaks, if you haven’t been keeping up with current events, is a network that runs a site dedicated to making leaks easy.   It’s been very effective at this.  Wins … Read more

Sevcan: Social Media Meetups in Istanbul

Time shows us, we are getting crowded and bigger in social media more than our real life. But also we have to convince others who are not aware of us and cyberculture about being real. Starbucks can make everyone mayor in these days So many social bookmarking websites, platforms and forums are organizing meetups. They … Read more