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Amidst the attention on Twitter and how Pharma brands may be using it, what the FDA is doing with their blog and the rise of internet users finding health information on the web there is one group that has been quietly innovating with using social media without receiving much attention or credit for it.

Micro-blogging site Twitter has created a massive following with users tweeting about everything from Apple to Saturday Night Live. That creates a huge earning potential.

Because Twitter is free, the San Francisco, Calif.-based company has no subscription revenue and observers have believed the only way to profit would be from corporate advertisements. But Twitter cofounder Biz Stone says that won't happen.

Google Search, Gmail, AdSense and several other Google services, including YouTube, were slow for a while Thursday and, in some instances, completely down. Google acknowledged the outage, said it was working on the matter, and the issue was resolved by midafternoon Eastern time.

Google explained the outage in a blog post comparing it to an airplane flight.

Microsoft will argue that a European Commission proposal that it promote competing browsers in its Windows operating system would strengthen the dominance of its rival Google in the global search-advertising market.

The company will make the argument at a June hearing in Brussels as part of an antitrust inquiry about the packaging of its Internet Explorer browser with Windows, which powers more than 90 percent of the world's personal computers.

As part of our Focus on Facebook series, we interviewed several Facebook experts and asked them the same four questions. Check back next week for more interviews and Facebook conversations.
The first interview comes from a conversation with Kevin Barenblat of Context Optional, a leading provider of Facebook solutions including branded applications, brandpage design, and social media advertising optimization. Context Optional’s clients include Microsoft, Timberland, Travel Channel, and McDonald’s.

As part of our Focus on Facebook series, we interviewed several Facebook experts and asked them all the same four questions. Check back next week for more interviews and Facebook conversations.
The first interview comes from a conversation with Kevin Barenblat of Context Optional, a leading provider of Facebook solutions including branded applications, brandpage design, and social media advertising optimization. Context Optional’s clients include Microsoft, Timberland, Travel Channel, and McDonald’s.

As part of our Focus on Facebook series, we interviewed several Facebook experts and asked them the same four questions. Check back next week for more interviews and Facebook conversations.
The first interview comes from a conversation with Kevin Barenblat of Context Optional, a leading provider of Facebook solutions including branded applications, brandpage design, and social media advertising optimization. Context Optional’s clients include Microsoft, Timberland, Travel Channel, and McDonald’s.

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At WOMMA 2008, I attended two leading brand breakout sessions- Hershey’s and McDonald’s.  Each presented a case study on how they successfully used word of mouth marketing to launch a new offering to their customers.

At WOMMA 2008, I attended two leading brand breakout sessions- Hershey’s and McDonald’s.  Each presented a case study on how they successfully used word of mouth marketing to launch a new offering to their customers.