Disruptive News 26 October 2011

Spännande nyheter i dagens handkuraterade nyhetssvep: @Nikkelin om hacket mot Bloggtoppen, Apple vs Amazon, hur framtidens konsumenter ser på media, Twitter testar timeline, Klout uppdaterar algoritmen, Foursquare lägger till nya funktioner för publicister, Google är transparenta kring vilka uppgifter myndigheter begär ut, Anonymous annonserar massiva attacker 5 november samt så ser den sociala konsumenten ut.

Hacket mot Bloggtoppen

Bra post av Nikke Lindqvist kring gårdagens stora avslöjande av intrånget på Bloggtoppen och vad det innebär för 90 000 personer som fått sina uppgifter spridda.

Det har varit en dag fyllt av skandaler, som egentligen alla grundade sig i hacket mot Bloggtoppen där 90000 kontouppgifter stals ur Bloggtoppens databaser. Om det finns det egentligen bara tre saker att säga:

1. Byt ut dina lösenord om du har använt samma på Bloggtoppen som någon annanstans.
2. Använd inte samma lösenord i olika tjänster.
3. Välj svåra lösenord som du ändå kan minnas.

Twitter Is Testing An Expandable Timeline

Spännande saker händer i konkurrensen med Facebook.

Twitter is testing out new design changes which makes the main Twitter timeline expandable so that you can see media and related information right in the timeline instead of off to the side or clicking off to another page.

Klout to update algorithm, launch score insights tomorrow

Intressant att ta del av nya Klout insights!

Like them or not, Klout has been around for three years and is continuing its quest to become the standard of influence online. Competitors have been announced, but have not yet launched.

Google shows how governments are getting information about you

Intressant hur Google öppet redovisar vilka myndigheter som begär information och varför. Fler företag borde vara så transparenta.

Google has released a report on how governments and police agencies are accessing information about web users. By showing how many requests Google gets for user information — and exactly how many users and accounts are under some kind of surveillance — the company hopes to have a positive effect on public policies around government access to citizens’ online activities.

Foursquare to relaunch Instapaper for places feature

Intressant funktion för shoppning, resor, turistguider och annat!

Foursquare a little over a year ago tried launching an “Add to Foursquare” embeddable button for web publishers, which allowed users to save venues to their to-do list in Foursquare. The service died out after a few months after publishers gave up on the feature. But now Foursquare is poised to relaunch Add to Foursquare under the new name Save to Foursquare in the next month. The button should work similarly for users, but will be a lot easier to implement for publishers. In the past, publishers got bogged down coding each story or review and syncing them with a Foursquare location, which slowed down the whole process and forced most to give up. Now, publishers just need to add one line of code to their content management system to automate the process.

Social Consumers and the Science of Sharing [INFOGRAPHIC]

Intressant bild !

Social media has infiltrated the purchasing funnel, helping consumers make informed decisions, from what to have for lunch to where to go on vacation. Depending on the decision, sometimes you turn to your social graph, and sometimes you turn to Google. So, as a brand marketer, you want to know what online channels you should be targeting in order to reach the perfect audience for your product. But regardless of what kind of consumer you’re trying to reach or what you’re selling, your SEO better be top notch — search is the most important influence on the web.

Anonymous plans three-pronged attack on November 5

Förannonserade attacker som i vanlig ordning är tämligen förvirrade publicitetsmässigt då Anonymous är ett stort, löst kollektiv.

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