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2010 list of tools for tracking followers and unfollowers, from Mashable.

Great tool for filtering / organizing Twitter/friendfeed/rss feeds.

"...as more and more elements of everyday life move online, the lack of Web access also puts certain populations - the poor, rural residents, those with less education - at risk of being marginalized and left without an important tool for connecting to education and health and social services, advocates say."

A good newspaper account of the "digital divide" problem.

"Created by the non-profit Grass Commons and jump-started by a grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust, Wagn has been quietly honed into a tool that breaks new ground in collaborative software. What makes Wagn special is that it takes the wiki that you know and adds database structure and functionality. Also a simple CMS, Wagn can handle data like no wiki you've ever seen."

upcoming social network - collaboration tool for teachers

Slides for 2010 Pearson survey on social media. "More than 80 percent of college faculty are using social media, with more than half using these tools as part of their teaching, according to a first-of-its-kind survey, "Social Media in Higher Education." The survey was conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group in collaboration with New Marketing Labs and Pearson, a global leader in education, technology and services."

"More than four out of every five professors use social media. And more than half of professors use tools like video, blogs, podcasts, and wikis in their classes."

"The Complete Guide to Google Wave is a comprehensive user manual by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash. Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that's notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you'll learn how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. Because Wave is such a new product that's evolving quickly, this guidebook is a work in progress that will update in concert with Wave as it grows and changes."

discusses Facebook's use in organizing protests, when it works and when it doesn't.

"CoTweet allows multiple people to communicate through corporate Twitter accounts and stay in sync while doing so. With CoTweet, you can: * Engage people throughout your company - Share the job of being on duty. Tap the collective wisdom of people across functional areas like marketing, PR and customer service. Assign tasks and track follow-ups. * Focus on the conversations that matter - Know when you need to jump in. Track your exchanges through simple case management. Schedule updates to make company announcements. * Keep your brand human - Automatically include signatures in your updates to identify who's talking and keep conversations personal."

"Rating the stuff you put on Pownce.com"

comparison of white label SNS gets most of the big names - though now a year old. (for class)

Marc A describes Ning and what their mission is ...

"Metricly is an aggregated dashboard and analytics platform that helps businesses of all sizes track their metrics in one place."

Free service w/ premium option for getting stats on your Twitter account.

"There are some things that YouTube can't do, or doesn't do so well. There are plenty of other high-quality video platforms with competitive features or specialized markets. We picked out seven of those options with a brief breakdown of what it is, and why you should use it."