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cademia.edu is a free social networking website and collaboration tool aimed at academics and researchers from all disciplines. Like Facebook or LinkedIn for academics, but not as annoying or distracting. Very focussed on academia. Launched in September 2008, it became one of the largest social networking sites/portals for academics in 2010.

Short article on growing use of social media by academics (vice traditional publishing). Also touches on frustration with peer review.

"Using Twitter for Curated Academic Content" (Yes, you could do this or you could just use Zite or even Flipboard - apps freely available via iTunes. Mal Booth)

"How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper?"

Some advice re academic writing for researchers.

Why academics should post using blogs.

The usefulness of Twitter to academics and researchers.

ScienceStage is a global, science-oriented multimedia portal that specializes in online video streaming, which is used to support communication between scientists, scholars, researchers in industry, and professionals. It is also used by academics and students as a virtual educational tool. Video content ranges from conference recordings, to interviews, documentaries, webinars, and tutorials. ScienceStage, as its slogan suggests, also functions as a 'hub' by creating a meta-layer that enables the networking of both users (individuals and groups) and content (video, audio, and documents), which forms an integrated multimedia and social networking platform for scientists.

A nice intro about open access scholarly publishing.

For the best in academic information, go to a Ph.D. Blogs written by PhD's have great content and sometimes very frequent content. There are some blogs that are mostly aimed at other PhD's, but some are for the general populous. Enjoy topics of all kinds with expert information. You might even get some freebees.

A fantastic resource on academic writing. 

Mobile apps for use in higher education by academics and students

Stay up to date with the lates higher education news (from the UK).

Presentation about the costs of higher education (albeit US costs) and some alternative ways we can assist including more open access, social media and social networks.

"Early career researchers making their own luck - with help from the internet"

"Store, organize, and share your education and research for free." I've not used this, so not sure what it is like, but it looks pretty useful for some.