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Hootsuite Gets Into The ‘App’ Game
Last week Hootsuite launched it’s App Directory. Currently only available to Pro and Enterprise users, the Apps aim to greatly expand the functionality of the Social Dashboard with integration with more third-party services.
The Apps available from launch are YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr and Get Satisfaction. With upcoming Apps said to be Disqus, Slideshare, Posterous, Salesforce Chatter, Constant Contact and Summify. So plenty to look forward to!
As you can imagine this further enables you to manage your personal, professional or company’s various profiles around the web without having to leave the Hootsuite Dashboard.
Hootsuite isn’t the first to introduce features like this. Seesmic has allowed you to expand the functionality of their desktop client with extensions for some time.
The choice of extensions Hootsuite have gone with seem pretty sensible and I’m looking forward to the upcoming ones and others further down the line. Yet another reason to use Hootsuite!
Annoyingly, every time I start Hootsuite, I have to enable https then disable it to get the Apps to work.This shouldn’t be a problem for long, as I’m told https will be supported in the future.
The Film Studios and Record Companies Still Don’t ‘Get It’
Today it was announced that BT are under pressure from a coalition of Hollywood film studios, record companies and publishers to block access to The Pirate Bay.
BT is the biggest ISP in the UK, serving around 6 million customers and was also recently ordered to block access to another file sharing site; Newzbin2.
The industry has fought hard to close The Pirate Bay itself, and failed. It still lives! Now it seems it’s plan is to take out the next link in the chain.
I don’t think the industry understands fighting the technology is the problem. They’re insistent in throwing their weight around and passing the blame. Even if they block it, people will find a way around it.
They need to adapt or die.
Visiting MediaCityUK
On visiting and seeing some of the new facilities the University of Salford now has at Media City, I almost regret not being born a year or two closer to 1990 or at least holding back and doing my degree or postgraduate course a little later. But who was to know back in 2005 that I could’ve studied in such a place. I certainly didn’t. Although I assume the plans where in the works back then!
Anyway, it’s great to have already completed my studies and to now have the opportunity to visit in a different entity and pass on my experiences in the form of a mentor to other students. Specifically, I’m now being used as an example by my former lecturer, Helen Keegan. Helen is teaching the Social Media module which I completed nearly two years ago.
The reason for being invited back is because when I did the module, I instantly took to it and immersed myself in this world of online tools and platforms for collaboration and communication. At the time and for long after the rewards of this have been huge. I’ve made some great connections and have some amazing opportunities which just would’ve seemed impossible otherwise.
So my aim is to demonstrate and help sell Social Media to these students and show how it can not only play a huge part in their education but have a positive impact on their professional lives. Wish me luck!
The Benefits of Blogging Your Lecture Notes
Many students these days are turning to making their notes exclusively in digital form. This is something I’d completely recommend. Not only does it make it so much easier to cut/copy and rearrange when it comes to doing your assignments, but it’s also much easier to share, collaborate and back your work up…
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Can I get a K+ for the G+, Yo?
Whether you’re a fan of Klout - the service which asserts itself as the measure of social influence - or not, it’s constantly expanding into every network possible.
Klout now attempts to measure people’s influence on Google+. Which is amazing, giving the infancy of the platform.
I still feel the majority of the measurement comes from interaction on Twitter: No matter how many networks I link or take away, the score stays the same (provided Twitter is still connected). Maybe that’s just because it’s my strongest presence.
So, If you’re a lover or a hater of sticking a number on your social presence, at least it’s something. I do monitor my Klout score but make sure I take it with a bucket of salt and try not to live by it. If anything, it’s a good base to work from.
What’s your Klout score? Does it matter to you?
Hootsuite for Android Now Supports LinkedIn
That trusty little Owl that I use to manage my social profiles on-the-go just got even better: Hootsuite for Android now supports LinkedIn.
To get started, you can just add your LinkedIn profile within the app. Or, if you have it setup on the Hootsuite Dashboard, just re-sync your account and it’ll now show up.
This will be great for keeping up with and sharing with your LinkedIn connections. I haven’t had a chance to test it out fully (to see how links post etc) but I’ll give it a go over the next few days and let you know how I get on.
Other notable updates to the Android application include various bug fixes and auto-completion of Twitter usernames and Hashtags. Again, I haven’t had a run through with this but will keep you posted. Enjoy!
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