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The Viral Tamil wedding: How social media changes culture
Revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new technologies - it happens when society adopts new behaviors. Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody Two weeks ago Dilip Kumar and Mohana Rajan tied the knot at the Sree Maha Mariaman Temple in Singapore. What could have been a fairly non-descript event for the world #Clay Shirky #Mohana Rajan #social media #ViralWeb #YouTube
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Eight marketing lessons from Facebook’s IPO
The announcement of Facebook’s IPO crashed the SEC site for a few hours (The site is back up now) Here is a copy if you are in the mood for a long read. And there’s good reason. While I am not the IPO investing kind, I was there, keen #ConnectTheDots #facebook #Google #http://www.firstpost.com/tag/notjobsbutpassion #Mark Zuckerberg #Marketing #Online social networking #the New York Times
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When technology fills in for human connection
Sharin visited your path, my phone alerted me the other day. For all the things Path does, this feature is a killer. In a real world context the alert could mean many things. Sharin came home. You bumped into Sharin on the street. You met Sharin for coffee. Except that #Android #http://www.firstpost.com/tag/notjobsbutpassion #Innovation #intelligent technology #NotJobsButPassion #Technology
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Eight lessons marketing professionals can learn from Kolaveri
The digital world has so disrupted the business models of newspapers, radio, television, music and even Hollywood that the yin and yang of mass media and mass marketing are flying apart. We are in the midst of total collapse of the media infrastructure we have taken for granted for 400 #Bob Garfield #BuzzPatrol #Dhanush #http://www.firstpost.com/tag/notjobsbutpassion #Kolaveri #NotJobsButPassion #YouTube
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Backing up your brain. One little app at a time
A few weeks ago I celebrated my birthday. While birthdays don't hold the same level of excitement that they did when I was 8, what struck me most was the number of good wishes I received. From a dozen or so greetings a few years ago, I received hundreds, perhaps #Albert Einstein #facebook #Google #http://www.firstpost.com/tag/notjobsbutpassion #NotJobsButPassion #ThisisNext
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Is social networking building Internet’s caste system?
Ah! To be an internet user in the 90s. When modern browsers introduced us to webpages and hyperlinks. Click, click click and you were away, connecting random things. Girlie pictures, right click to download. Football scores I know the address. Email, done in minutes. No pressure really. If you could #facebook #Google #HowThisWorks #http://www.firstpost.com/tag/notjobsbutpassion #NotJobsButPassion #social media #Twitter
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Unfriending: the new friending
I almost missed the one line status update as it trickled down my wall "spring cleaning my friend list". Even when I saw it, I was sure I wouldn't be among the ones cleaned out so I didn't bother to check. As days and weeks went by, I started to miss #facebook #FarmVille #Google plus #http://www.firstpost.com/tag/notjobsbutpassion #NotJobsButPassion #TechWars
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Govind Tiwari – India’s Rebecca Black
by Nishad Ramachandran If you have been keeping an eye on what’s trending on Twitter, you would have probably noticed a strange buildup yesterday afternoon. Govind Tiwari. The man was No 1 in India's Twitter's trending topics and No 5 worldwide. Why? This blog. A funky, retro site that is struggling to #BuzzPatrol #Govind Tiwari #http://www.firstpost.com/tag/notjobsbutpassion #social media