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To us, this seems to be just the beginning of a major move by Twitter to reach out and find new users, wherever they may be. Twitter was able to grow at a rapid clip for the first half of this year, but since then has hit a growth ceiling that it’s been unable to solve. It makes sense to give people the ability to sign up through other popular websites and apps. While Citysearch is the only one using the Sign-Up API currently, they certainly won’t be a last.

By 2010 Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers….96% of them have joined a social network Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the Web 1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met via social media Years to Reach 50 millions Users:  Radio (38 Years), TV (13 Years), Internet (4 Years), iPod (3 Years)…Facebook added 100 million users in less than 9 months…iPhone applications hit 1 billion in 9 months. If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 4th largest between the United States and Indonesia (note that Facebook is now creeping up – recently announced 300 million users)

It’s important to note that your blog is the hub into which all of your social media networks feed for optimal exposure. Some people feel overwhelmed by the notion of starting and maintaining a blog, so below I discuss 11 essential WordPress plugins to get your blog off to a racing start.

The purpose of onesocialweb is to enable free, open, and decentralized social applications on the web. Its protocol can be used to turn any XMPP server into a full fledged social network, participating in the onesocialweb federation. The suite of extensions covers all the usual social networking use cases such as user profiles, relationships, activity streams and third party applications. In addition, it provides support for fine grained access control, realtime notification and collaboration.

Myth 1: Students Are Technology Wizards

In particular, students don't like to learn new user interface styles. They prefer websites that employ well-known interaction patterns.

Students often judge sites on how they look. But they usually prefer sites that look clean and simple rather than flashy and busy.

CEOs of two breakthrough, webby businesses show Fast Company how office policies built on frankness, trust, and occasionally awkward closeness engender a culture of success.

Not only do you have the opportunity to win startup capital, but the exposure itself is highly valuable, according to the contest organizers, and one previous winner, Matthew Alexander of Red Tierras: “we actually entered with the intent of meeting other professionals dedicated to land rights–and that, without a doubt, as been the most valuable takeaway from the competition…the prize was really just icing on the cake.” The deadline for entries is June 15th. Apply here!

Launched this morning is the Social Brands 100 table that has ranked the top 100 social media brands and published some key insights all of which you will find below.

The Social Brands 100 has found that 99% of the brands in its ranking are active on Twitter, making it the most popular online outpost for social brands.