Social Media

Philippines now among top 10 Twitter nations; Jakarta most active Twitter city
According to a Semiocast global poll which analyzed 517 million Twitter profiles, the Philippines now has around 9.5 million registered users on the micro-blogging site. This puts the country in the 10th spot in the worldwide rankings trailing Spain and staying one rung ahead of Turkey.
IBM’s new network security appliance to manage social media, web browsing risks
To help clients proactively protect against evolving security threats, including those posed by social media sites and malicious websites, IBM has announced a new class of network security appliances that it claimed delivers a more granular view of a company’s security posture and a simplified security management interface.
Ignoring social media as harmful as ignoring phone calls, emails
As familiarity with social media grows, customer expectations about how organizations will use these channels are evolving, according to research firm Gartner. By 2014, organizations that refuse to communicate with customers by social media will face the same level of wrath from customers as those that ignore today’s basic expectation that they will respond to emails and phone calls.
South-East Asians prefer social media to enjoy Olympics: Survey
A survey by ad network Effective Measure has revealed that social media and mobile engagement will be setting new records as the majority of South-East Asian sports enthusiasts flock online to share and comment on their viewing experience of the Games in London. The June poll also showed that women will be driving social media engagement around the sporting event.
Intel presents a musical of our times, personalized for you on FB
Intel Corporation has rolled out a novel online experience for Facebook users -- Me The Musical, which it says creates a personalized animated movie that takes Facebook users on an entertaining journey, via song and dance, through world events.
Global social media revenue to hit US$16.9bil this year: Gartner
Global social media revenue is forecast to reach US$16.9 billion in 2012, up 43.1% from the 2011 revenue of US$11.8 billion, according to Gartner Inc. Advertising is, and will continue to be, the largest contributor to overall social media revenue and is projected to total US$8.8 billion in 2012, while social gaming revenue more than doubled between 2010 and 2011 and is expected to reach US$6.2 billion in 2012.
Fujitsu remains bullish in tough economic times
Fujitsu Malaysia has set its sights on matching last year’s revenue growth while growing its operating profits for its latest fiscal year despite the potential global economic downturn and uncertainties over Malaysia’s looming general election.
Malaysian Government to form anti-social media council?
A speech by Malaysia’s Information, Communications and Culture Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, hints that the Government is mulling more concrete methods of reigning in social media networks.
Job-hunting? Clean up your social media profile
Welcome to the new world, where your digital footprint is as important as that piece of paper you carry to job interviews saying you have earned a degree.
Is social media monitoring bereft of common sense, professionalism?
Last week, my colleague A.Asohan wrote a thought provoking piece reflecting on what he described as the ongoing tension between public relations practitioners and journalists, particularly those from the tech media. 
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