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@VegasBiLL along with @24kMedia will be live Tweeting the next NASA Social event near Los Angeles, California at the agency’s Dryden Flight Research center on Edwards Air Force Base. NASA’s space shuttle Endeavor will arrive piggyback, on a special 747, to the Air Force Base. @VegasBiLL and @24kMedia will be two of only a few participants with rare inside access at the two-day event.

Space Shuttle Endeavour Mounted Atop A Boeing 747
NASA Photo / Carla Thomas

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LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional social network with more than 175,000,000 members in over 200 countries, recently updated their Android and combo iPhone plus iPad apps, to entice mobile users for more engagement. Their website will be rolling out similar features to its users over the next few weeks.

Real-time is a must in today’s business environment and so is communications on social networks like Facebook. That is why LinkedIn released these app updates, with features such as a new notification system. The system alerts users when people accept your invitations to connect, likes or shares content from your stream, views your profile and more.

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Social networking site Pinterest is on a roll with app releases. Their first-ever Android app, at 1.0.2, along with a newer iOS app, Version 2.0.1, now support the iPad. Pinterest’s blog says, “…the app works well on Android phones and tablets, regardless of your device’s cost, speed or screen size.”

The new Android and upgraded iOS apps come days after the service went invite free. Formerly, people that wanted to sign up for it needed an invite from a friend or wait for the site to send them one. However, not all of the app interface changes have been positive for a subset of pinners, as they are called.

The new iOS app changes the interface to two columns on the iPhone, instead of one before the update. Unfortunately, the app is not receiving good reviews on the iTunes app store with one and a half stars at 1,108 ratings (at time of post creation). This may be a temporary low rating, as all versions have four and a half stars at 378,283 ratings. So far, I have experienced fewer crashes on the iOS app and it has increased my ability to repin compelling content faster, via the multi-column view.
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Klout, a San Francisco-based Internet start-up with Joe Fernandez, CEO and co-founder, has recently integrated five new services for social media users and brands to measure influence and reach across their networks. This past weekend, Klout quietly introduced another new feature, an influencer program called Klout Squad. For those new to Klout, their website says:

What is Klout?
Klout measures influence online. When you create content or engage, you impact others. Klout analyzes that impact to find your Klout Score, influential topics, and your influencers. Klout is the standard for influence. Top brands such as Disney, Audi, and Turner use Klout Perks to reach and engage influencers. Over 3,000 applications and partners use Klout data to display Klout Scores, prioritize based on Score or topics, and segment users.

What is the Klout Score?
The Klout Score measures influence on a scale of 1 to 100, with 100 being the most influential. Klout uses data from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Foursquare in order to measure:
• How many people you influence; (True Reach)
• How much you influence them; and (Amplification)
• How influential they are (Network Score)

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Some say Google+ is a Facebook killer and others say, “what’s Google plus?” After a few weeks, 20,000,000 people have signed up to be a part of Google’s next social networking experiment. I say experiment because Google Wave, a service that’s now a part of Google+, was supposed to be the next big social network. But there were seeds of success harvested from Google Wave that just sprouted into their next social networking site experiment. Even though Google Wave was a misfire, it brought greater attention to other services like Gmail. Twitter users will like Google+’s expanded character support, link embed and integrated photo tagging. People using Google’s Android mobile operating system and Twitter will enjoy sharing content quicker than they thought possible.

Continue reading Google+ Tips: Where to Begin and How to Share Content Quickly While Mobile

The Las Vegas chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators or IABCLV held a social media panel that I participated in talking about the role of microblogging, like the services that Twitter and Facebook provide for business communications. The panel event was one of the most successful for the Las Vegas chapter and was spearhead by Victoria Soares, a member of the IABLV. Mrs. Soares asked several prominent social media professionals that cover business blogging, fashion blogging and I to talk about how blogging and microblogging could help their business.

Continue reading Speaking About Social Media And Microblogging At IABC Las Vegas Event