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"What is Twitter?" is the most popular question I get about Twitter, and "Why Twitter?" is definitely the most popular follow-up question. There are many great uses for Twitter, but even once you understand that Twitter has grown beyond a micro-blogging service to become a social messaging platform, it can still leave you wondering why you might want to use it.

Understanding Wikipedia Content Licences

Yes, there are a ton of great Twitter Tools out there for you, but which ones should you pick? I thought one of the best ways to narrow your choice down is to get in touch with the real Social Media experts.

Despite the online revolution, a total of 8.73m Britons claim to have never used the internet, reports the Office of National Statistics (ONS).The figure is an improvement on last year's total of 9.2m, but was described as "depressing" by Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of Lastminute.com who was named last year as the government's "digital champion".

Cool infographic from the Skloog blog depicting the history of social media starting from the postal service in 550 BC to Google Buzz in 2010.

People are now using the internet to communicate and interact in a completely different way. People want to be heard and understood and this has implications for social learning. This presents both opportunities and challenges for learning, education and training professionals. Is the new role for learning and development as brokers for learning, connecting people to each other and to other sources of learning and not just providing formal learning opportunities?

Twitter topic tracking

Faviki is a social bookmarking tool that lets you use Wikipedia concepts as tags. Faviki allows you to keep your own tags and connect them to common, universal concepts from the world's largest collection of knowledge!

As social media evolves as sector we are starting to see some great case studies emerge around the world and we wanted to pick 50 of the best and share them here for you to enjoy. We've focused in on the big social media areas of Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, mobile and Blogging so as you can drill down in to the area that suits you best. There is a good mixture here of case studies for both smaller businesses and large brands so sit back and start reading and learning from these 50 great social media case studies…

novio™ is a free tool for turning PowerPoint slides into rich video presentations right from your web browser. No fancy hardware or video software needed - just a webcam and microphone. Give it a try and you'll be amazed how easy it is.

These are not the only social media tools available to you but are the key platforms to consider joining and optimizing.

We've done all the home work and the groundwork for you. In fact, we've broken things down into 15 categories and compared a variety of tools and sites amongst detailed criteria. From social networks and micro-blogging to photo and video sharing, we've got you covered. These charts are a wealth of research and information that you can download for free and share with the world.

Google+ Counters - creating and using lists

Guides to useing Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and much more.

TrueTwit will validate your followers so that you don't have to.

Here is some good news to start the year. A new McKinsey report, The rise of the networked enterprise: Web 2.0 finds its payday, suggests that there are many benefits to be derived from using "collaborative Web 2.0 technologies." aka enterprise 2.0.

Devising strategies that fuse content with technology, we help your brand make deeper connections. We kindle, cultivate, and measure conversation by developing tools and participating online

ocial Media Examiner is a free online magazine designed to help businesses discover how to best use social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to find leads, increase sales and generate more brand awareness.