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• The State of the B2B Marketer in Social Media: 3 Trends From SocialTech 2010
  SocialTech 2010 wrapped up yesterday. Here are four quick takeaways from the one-day event, which brought 221 B2B high-tech marketers to San Jose, Calif. (and another 467 attended virtually, online) to learn social media marketing tips, tactics and strategy specific to the business-to-business marketer. more
• Turning Thought-Leadership Content Into Cash
  In June, The Wall Street Journal reported a surge in social-media use by law firms interested in connecting with potential class-action plaintiffs. But if you take a closer look, you'll see that many of the approaches used provide viable marketing lessons for businesses of all types. more
• Look Who's 10: Happy Birthday MarketingProfs!
  This year marks the 10-year anniversary of MarketingProfs. The site was founded a decade ago by CEO Allen Weiss, a marketing academic, as a place where his fellow "prof"-essors and marketing "prof"-essionals could learn from each other. more
• Adobe to Buy Omniture for $1.8 Billion
  Adobe will buy Web analytics firm Omniture in a move to enable Adobe customers to better measure and monetize their digital assets, said Adobe. more
• eBay Sells Stake in Skype
  eBay is selling a 65% stake in Skype for $1.9 billion in cash and a $125 million note, reversing a 2005 acquisition that had puzzled analysts. more
• Woofer, the Anti-Twitter, Launched
  This dog can't hunt, but it sure can woof: Woofer, which calls itself an "homage to Twitter," is a new "macroblogging" site that requires each post be a minimum of 1,400 characters, reports Jon Brodkin on Network World, in contrast to Twitter's maximum of 140 characters. more
• Google's Secret Weapon: Chrome OS for PCs
  "The operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project ... the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be." more
• Know What Happens When You Don't Advertise? Google Knows.
  It's safe to say the first batch of post-dot-com-bubble brands have come into their own. Brands like Google, eBay, and Amazon. The one thing that sets them apart? They became successful without the support of television advertising to help launch them. more
• Twitter and Trolls and Squatters... Oh My!
  Recently, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sued Twitter for the misappropriation of his name by an anonymous account holder (the now vacant @TonyLaRussa) who had a whopping four followers. One issue that the incident brings to mind is Web anonymity and the plethora of online trolls, squatters, and the like that reside on social sites such as Twitter and Digg. more
• Streaming Music 2.0
  Top 40. Jazz. Alternative. To stream music online, you have several choices. Whether you want radio or individual songs, some of the more popular sites are radio paradise Pandora, Last.fm, iLike and imeem—and a relatively new site. more
• Website URLs Are so 2005
  Social network popularity is growing. So much that even TV is noticing. Major brands now list URLs not to their websites but to the social networks that they're on. "Look for us on Facebook" or "Follow us on Twitter" is becoming more widespread. more
• Eyes Glued Open: Video on the Internet
  Media—from television to Internet video sites like YouTube and Hulu—consume more and more of our time nowadays. A Nielsen quarterly report gauges the influence of these media in our every daily lives. The findings are eye-opening. more
• How Much Has Apple Really Made from iPhone Apps?
  It was just a month ago that Apple reached the prestigious mark of 1 billion downloads from its iPhone App Store—a huge milestone. The enormous number of downloaded apps elicits the question: How much money has Apple really made from paid apps? more
• Twitter in Real Life
  Twitter has swept the world as an Internet phenomenon. What would it be like if we lived out our offline lives speaking in 140 characters or less? The results would be hilarious, if this video is any evidence. more
• Hulu: From TV to 'Bliggedy Blogs'
  Hulu has certainly made a big splash in the online video world. It's quickly becoming a favorite way to watch TV shows and movies. But what's ironic is that traditional TV ads have been instrumental in its growth. more
• My Big Fat Job List
  Looking for a job in what CNN calls the "worst job market" in decades? To help with your search, we've compiled a Big Fat List of some of the most popular job boards and career resources, including marketing-focused sites. more