The next generation of social media

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Meez: The next generation of social media

This article discusses the blending of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook with virtual universe sites.

Meez, a social entertainment site that combines avatars with games and virtual worlds, is collaborating with MySpace. They are building applications that will allow users to bring their Meez avatar into their MySpace account. Meez is also in discussions with Facebook to create a similar application on their site.

Meez offers many different advertising platforms including rich media, ad banners, and video channel sponsorships, and they hope to bring these advertising component to social networking sites and mobile applications.

The article suggestions that merging these social media together is the next generation to social media. To read the full story I have provided a link to the article.

Twitter: a billion-dollar company that few trust

In this week's lecture, Professor Moore discussed the popularity of microblogger, Twitter. Although, the site is used by millions, the company has still not figured out a good business model to garner revenue. Companies have obviously jumped on the Twitter bandwagon to market themselves, but as you will see from the embedded article below consumers may not find Twitter a trustworthy resource outlet.

Twitter: a billion-dollar company that few trust

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I have a Twitter account, but I am still trying to figure out what the difference is between doing tweets and doing my status updates on Facebook. I do receive useful tweets from the people and companies I follow. I just need to work on deciphering myself from Facebook and Twitter, so I can gain the most from my social media sites.