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• Google launches its Official Traditional Media Blog
• Google Apps save One million pounds for UK construction firm
• Google now “captures” Flash Content
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Widgetbox now allows developers to get their widgets into OpenSocial application galleries of almost all the major social networks - MySpace, Hi5, Orkut, iGoogle and Netlog along with already existing support for the Facebook and Bebo galleries via

Widgetbox now allows developers to get their widgets into OpenSocial application galleries of almost all the major social networks - MySpace, Hi5, Orkut, iGoogle and Netlog along with already existing support for the Facebook and Bebo galleries via

I found this at pda.

Opera Software’s “State of the Mobile Web” report, published today show healthy growth in the numbers of consumers accessing the Web from their mobile devices and provide insight into aggregate consumer preferences when browsing from their phones. According to the report, Social Networks Dominate the Mobile Web - Traffic to social networks comprise almost 40% of the mobile Web.

This afternoon I had a presentation with a regional law firm on Social Media. It was great to see an organization that had the foresight to expose its employees to new media. The world is definitely changing but there’s still a misnomer out there that social media is ‘what the young folks are doing’ and it’s still not getting taken seriously.

The Newspaper Industry - Missed Opportunities

A decade ago, I worked with newspapers and watched them silently watch eBay and Craigslist. They thought it was for geeks and young people as well… until the billion dollar rug was yanked out from under them. In fact, it wasn’t really yanked, it was gently pulled.

Flock has released the new version with new features -

Webmail integration – Yahoo! Mail and Gmail are now supported services in Flock.

Picasa Support – You can now upload photos directly to Picasa with Flock, and view photo streams with Flock’s Media Bar.