Links of the day
42 Million U.S. Women Use Social Media: Blogs Most Influential | Small Business Trends
Digital technology undermines reputations, study says – PRWeek UK
Earned Followers Are Better Than Junk Circulation – John Battelle’s Searchblog – kind of like Tom really isn’t your friend on Facebook
WSJ Hatching New Micro-payment Plan (NWS)
IntelliSearch – interesting user experience idea for search bar
New Cartographer – Future Trends in Mobile and Attention Data
BillTweets (billtweets) on Twitter – handy for PA people, helping track bills in parliament. An OpenHackDay London award winner
Which Social Network is the Most Generous?
Lois Whitman Now An Unwilling Case Study In How Not To Do PR
Customers sometimes do not know what they want
Social media engagement: are we making it up as we go along? | Blog | Econsultancy
What’s happening in Japan right now?: Business Models of Social Media in Japan
Should Design Be Held Back by a Tyranny of Data? – NYTimes.com – Can a company blunt its innovation edge if it listens to its customers too closely? Can its products become dull if they are tailored to match exactly what users say they want?
Cellphones in India – A Pocket-Size Leveler in an Outsize Land – NYTimes.com
EC wants software makers held liable for code – ZDNet.co.uk – what counts as software anymore?
The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and JESS3 – microsite around the iconic diagram