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"Lady Gaga will help build a social network for entertainers and other celebrities. "

"Social media and online games have the potential to convey 21st century skills that aren't necessarily part of school curricula - things like time management, leadership, teamwork and creative problem solving that will prepare teens for success in college and beyond. Making the transition between a highly structured environment in high school to a self-driven, unstructured environment in college can prove a huge challenge for many kids."

Charles Chao, with a new Chinese version of Twitter, Sina Weibo, gambled on a politically sensitive Internet service. So far his move is paying off.

"Skype will continue to offer products across all platforms after it becomes a division of Microsoft, Chief Executive Tony Bates told CNBC Tuesday."

This is a few months old but as we continue to speculate what MobileMe will look like in the future this model is certainly paradigm shifting.

"A movement exists to quantify everyone's social media strength across diverse social networks and blogs. This widespread strength is a sign of true influence, argue social media gurus. Perhaps from a mass consumer market or a top influencer's perspective, a "machine gun" approach towards influence makes sense. For most, addressing only widespread influence puts an organization into a position of weakness. "

"Citibank Ups Digital Engagement with Online Initiatives"

"Several China-based publications are reporting that Facebook has signed a deal with Chinese internet search giant Baidu to create a special social network for China. Facebook's is blocked by the Chinese government, so the rumors indicate that the company will create a new social network especially for Chinese market of 500 million internet users, and that this site won't be integrated with Facebook."

Shanghai Disneyland will include two themed hotels, a venue for retail, dining and entertainment, a lagoon and outdoor recreation areas.

"Placebook is site that takes a different approach by presenting broader information about friends as a set of graphs."

"Audiotool is essentially a Web-based sequencer tool that lets you create music, remix and collaborate with others all from within a web browser."

"The importance of social media is undeniable for any consumer facing brand in 2011. In 2010, companies spent close to $1 billion dollar on social media initiatives. In the past few years, a crop of fresh companies have popped up to measure these social media activities, in hopes of improving a company's social media ROI."

"International Motivation, Methods Differ on Ed-Tech"

In the emerging global economy, e-commerce and e-business have increasingly become a necessary component of business strategy and a strong catalyst for economic development.

"The proposed settlement in the long-standing class-action lawsuit over Google's vast book-scanning project is dead, at least in its current form."