30Nov

How to stop Facebook from sharing your location

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Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 30, 2011.

Facebook is at it again, releasing yet another feature that I never had the opportunity to politely opt out of: location sharing. When Facebook decided to withdraw efforts from its short-lived check-in service, Places, it quickly implemented a more passive location-sharing feature that doesn’t even have a name. It’s just there. And it’s creepy.

30Nov

18.4 Million In U.S. Found Jobs On Facebook This Year

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Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 30, 2011.

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Most people associate LinkedIn with job searches more than Facebook, but the latter site helped almost twice as many people find jobs than the former — 18.4 million compared to 10 million.

To optimize your profile on the leading social network, post your qualifications in a note, which remains visible on your profile longer than other types of content. So recommends MBA Online in an infographic we’ve reproduced below.

Tags: Facebook Job Job Search social Social Media Social Media Events social network social networking Social Sharing Twitter Web 2.0

29Nov

Toyota’s New Color-Changing Fun-Vii Car is a Social Network on Wheels

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Toyota’s New Color-Changing Fun-Vii Car is a Social Network on Wheels

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 29, 2011.

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Toyota just unveiled their latest futuristic concept car – the Toyota Fun-Vii ahead of the Tokyo Auto Show. The innovative vehicle features a high-tech body embedded with a display that allows drivers to change the exterior to any image their heart desires. The interior also changes to match your mood – and the interactivity doesn’t stop there. The car talks to the outside world, keeps track of environmental conditions to avoid danger, and it brings social networking to the streets by allowing you to connect with friends who are driving nearby.

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29Nov

New Google+ Ad Shows Off The Social Network’s Biggest Problem

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Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 29, 2011.

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Google has released yet another TV commercial to help demonstrate the features of its new social network, Google+. Like the other marketing efforts, the ad is slick, polished and even sort of funny. Unfortunately, it also demonstrates everything that’s wrong with Google+ in a just minute’s time. In fact, if the video hadn’t been posted to Google’s own YouTube channel, you may have almost wondered if it was a parody put out by Facebook PR.

Tags: Advertising Google Google Plus Google+ Project Problem Sharing Traffic Social Media social network social networking Social Sharing TV ads Video Web 2.0 Web Sharing

29Nov

Rumor: New Kinect Will Read Lips and Know if You’re Sad

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Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 29, 2011.

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Open the pod bay doors, Kinect 2. The next version of Kinect — Microsoft’s hands-free, gesture-controlled gaming peripheral for Xbox 360 — is rumored to have such high processing power that it can read lips and even detect the emotions of its user.

Tags: 3-D visualisation 3D tracking Japanese Kinect Kinect image Kinect SDK Microsoft Motion Control Read Lips technologies Technology Web 2.0 Windows

29Nov

Report: Facebook Will IPO as Early as April 2012

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Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 29, 2011.

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Facebook will make its long-anticipated move to go public between April and June 2012, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Monday.

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28Nov

Google+ wants to usher in the masses. Can it?

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Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 28, 2011.

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Television doesn’t exactly have a fabulous track record as a vehicle for promoting Web sites.

In fact, when I think about TV ads for Web properties, what springs to mind are all those pricey Super Bowl spots for Web 1.0 sites that flopped, such as Pets.com, LifeMinders.com, and OurBeginning.com.

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28Nov

Video: Computer System Can Recognize Human Emotion

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Computer System Can Recognize Human Emotion

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 28, 2011.

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Scientists have created a computer system that attempts to recognize human emotions such as anger and impatience by analyzing the acoustics of one’s voice. Such a system would have obvious implications for perennially frustrating interactive voice response systems, but could be applied to other areas as well.

Tags: Computer Facial Recognition Human Emotion Recognition Speech Recognition voice recognition technology Web 2.0

26Nov

4 Ways Companies and Causes Can Partner for Good on Facebook

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4 Ways Companies and Causes Can Partner for Good on Facebook

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 26, 2011.

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Facebook is a particularly appropriate medium for companies and causes to use when joining forces to engage consumers because “it’s a prime mobilization platform” explains Marc Blinder, creative director for Context Optional, a social media marketing company. “People want their friends to see them doing something good — those types of activities are very palatable in this medium.”

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25Nov

EXOdesk: 40-inch multitouch desk set for CES debut

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Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on November 25, 2011.

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Could multi-touch desks be the wave of the future? ExoPC thinks so, and has posted a video of its new 40-inch multitouch desk on YouTube – a desk it plans on officially announcing at the Consumer Electronics Show at the beginning of January.

Tags: CES flexible interface Multi-Touch Gestures multitouch desk set Touchscreen Technology Web 2.0

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