The Sift 336-340

The Sift 336: Social Media

• Why there are so many social media experts
• Google Blog Manager Flies to Twitter
• Ashton Kutcher Is Making a Big Twitter Mistake
• 5 Reasons Google+ Could Win the Social Enterprise Battle
• The expertise badges

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The Sift 337: Entertainment, Technology, Fun and Games

• Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Reflects on What Went Wrong
• Will 3D Televisions Actually Hurt the TV Business?
• How to Load Up Your Ereader with Ebooks For Free
• Warner Bros. Withholds New Release DVDs From Blockbuster
• Barnes & Noble pulls DC Comics from shelves over Kindle kerfuffle

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The Sift 338: Advertising, Marketing, News and Media

• Verizon begins collecting user data for targeted ads, is kind enough to offer 'opt-out' escape route
• Why Can’t Newspapers Make Money Online?
• Placement is everything
• Reporters Use Twitter to Promote, Not Report
• Was the AP Wrong to Reprimand Reporters for Publishing News on Twitter First?

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The Sift 339: Email

• Visualize - How many emails Yahoo! is receiving (and blocking) and the subject lines
• Hotmail’s Graymail: Their Plan of Attack
• Facebook Acqui-hires Email Prioritizer MailRank
• Fix Gmail’s Newest Annoyances with These Userstyles and Userscripts
• Make Labels Stand Out, Create Filters, and Other Things You May Be Confused About with the New Gmail

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The Sift 340: Finances and Banking

• PayPal Takes Payments Offline With "PayPal Wallet"
• PayPal Facebook app lets you send money and greetings to friends, only takes 2.9-percent cut of your 'free' e-card
• Introducing 'Simple'
• When Money Can Buy Happiness, Use It
• Google Checkout Merges With Google Wallet

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