Web curation for February 2nd 2010 through February 4th 2010

Filtering the web so you don’t have to for February 2nd 2010 through February 4th 2010:

  • Twitter Blog: Flying Around With Hovercards -
    Because many of you use twitter.com to read and write tweets, we’ve been spending some time focusing on ways to improve your experience on the site. Today, we’re introducing a feature called Hovercards that will be a handy way to interact with the folks behind each tweet. On any timeline, as its namesake suggests, Hovercards are cards which appear when you hover over a username or avatar. The cards display additional information about the person and allow you to interact with them while sta..   show all text
    susanbeebe: BOOSH! We’ve launched Hovercards! @ded, @dsaand @stoptotally rocked this one in record time: http://bit.ly/cxO8yr
  • 4 Essential Traits for Social Media Success in Your Career -
    Amybeth Hale is a Talent Attraction Manager with AT&T’s Interactive Staffing team. She uses social technology to help drive awareness of job opportunities as well as interact with candidates. Connect with her on Twitter at @researchgoddess.
    Want to know what it takes to start, and develop, a successful career path in the realm of social media? I recently had the pleasure of talking with 17 bright, enthusiastic professionals who are on the rise in their respective careers about some of the t..   show all text
    steverubel: Social Media Success- Mashable http://bit.ly/b2FDfs Honored to be interviewed for this. Thx @researchgoddess+@steverubel4 recommending me
  • Go Big, Get Your Employees on the Bus or Go Home – The Steve Rubel Lifestream -
    The following is also my column in next week’s issue of Advertising Age.
    Go Big, Get Your Employees on the Bus or Go Home Photo credit: Traffic by scottpowerz The single biggest challenge that marketers face over the next ten years is attention scarcity. Bank on it. According to Andreas Weigland, Amazon.com’s former chief scientist, more data was generated by individuals in 2009 than in the entire history of mankind. Human attention, however, is finite – and arguably, it shrinks as we ag..   show all text
    susanbeebe: RT @Armano: Colleague @steverubelsays change must begin at home http://bit.ly/92D4pf I agree. See you on the bus. #in
  • Mexico to ban Twitter? -
    Twitter access in Mexico may soon be restricted if plans by the Mexican Revolutionary Democratic Party become law. The plan, drafted by republican and PDR member Nazario Norberto hopes to restrict Twitter usage in an attempt to cut down on Crime.
    From sharing the location of drink drive checkpoints to more serious usage of Twitter by Drug Cartels, Norberto believes that restricting to access to Twitter will help reduce crime and create a “cybernetic police force” that will help in all areas of..   show all text
    davewiner: Mexico to ban Twitter? (To cut down on crime.) http://r2.ly/ttab
  • Antenna – Adobe Air Internet Radio Station app – Shouldn’t finding radio stations online be easier? Based on the Adobe AIR runtime, Antenna tries to alleviate that. Using a vast list of stations combined with a map interface, you can discover, listen to, and switch between thousands of stations effortlessly.
  • Wozniak cites ‘scary’ Prius acceleration problem – Speaking at an event in San Francisco on Monday, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak waxed eloquent about a “very scary” problem with his 2010 Toyota Prius. He says he can replicate the problem any time. So far, no one is listening.
  • We’re turning comments off for a bit — Engadget -
    Hey guys, we know you like to have your fun, voice your opinions, and argue over your favorite gear, but over the past few days the tone in comments has really gotten out of hand. What is normally a charged — but fun — environment for our users and editors has become mean, ugly, pointless, and frankly threatening in some situations… and that’s just not acceptable. Some of you out there in the world of anonymous grandstanding have gotten the impression that you run the place, but that’s s..   show all text
    markdavidson: Engadget turns off comments because things get personal http://bit.ly/aCawby A good strategy. Let things cool off.
  • Twitter Under Phishing Attack? -
    Numerous Twitter users are pointing out that Twitter forced them to change their passwords out of the blue. According to blogger Andrew Girdwood, these users have received an email containing the following message: “Due to concern that your account may have been compromised in a phishing attack that took place off-Twitter, your password was reset,” together with a link for resetting the password.
    Although the email itself looks like a phishing attack, it’s genuine; it seems that admins at T..   show all text
    DowntownRob: Yep! RT You may have been asked by Twitter to change your password this AM. Here’s why: http://bit.ly/9t8wxK via @Mediabistro
  • No-glasses 3D display with 64 viewing angles to debut at CeBIT – A serious upgrade from the 8 or 9 viewing angle lenticular displays we saw at CES this year, the company claims it’s ready to refit regular displays for 3D and also assist in 2D-to-3D image conversion.
  • Ustream Raises $75 Million in Funding -
    Live video streaming platform Ustream has just announced that it has raised $75 million in a Series B round led by Softbank, a telecom firm based out of Japan. Additional funding from strategic investors (aka previous investors) is still pending.
    According to Ustream, the funding will help them expand their live video platform beyond the states and into Asia.
    Softbank is an investor in Alibaba.com, social app maker RockYou, is the lead owner in Yahoo Japan, and has telecom and Internet busi..   show all text
    garyvee: RT @mashableBREAKING: Ustream Raises $75 Million in Funding http://bit.ly/blCfRT

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