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How Social is Your Brand?

I wrote about some “poor man” tools for social-media monitoring recently, and here’s a nice list of free social-media monitoring tools. Among them, HowSociable is interesting because it gives you a free “score” that helps you compare your brands’ online activity relative to competitors. This, and more robust paid services, give brands a way to…

How TMZ Really Scooped Mainstream Press on Michael Jackson’s Death

Thursday night I was at my son’s first swim meet when I heard news about Michael Jackson being rushed to the hospital. While others searched Google news to no avail, I jumped on Twitter and found a number of third-hand reports that Jackson was dead. The only source listed was AOL-owned gossip website, TMZ. Here’s…

Failblog: Bolivian Television Station Mistakes “Lost” Photos for Air France Crash

Man I love Failblog. It’s like “The Onion” only real. Last weekend while recovering from being out past my bedtime Friday night, I watched maybe 20 of them. Tonight I found this gem. A Bolivian television station shows images of what it believes to be the Air France crash, and are actually blurred photos from…