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This week seems to have a peculiar culinary theme, so we’re going with the flow. Two of our editorial picks involve browser cookies and Facebook tips for restaurants. Now that you’ve got the munchies, fix yourself a plate and kick back this weekend with our favorite features.
Editors’ Picks
Supercookies: What You Need to Know About the Web’s Latest Tracking Device
The newest breed of supercookies is challenging legal and ethical data collection standards. What can sites do to prevent increasing user distrust?
Why Mainstream Social Networks Complicate Our Identities [OPINION]
It’s natural for people to represent themselves differently, depending on the social context. So why are web companies competing to own your single online identity?
5 Social Media Tips for Scoring Your Next Job
In the coming years, companies and recruiters will only become more thorough when evaluating new candidates’ online behavior. Start reinforcing your digital persona now.
How Toyota Used Social Media To “Digg” Itself Out of a PR Nightmare
After a recall in January 2010, Toyota’s social media team decided to address the situation head-on, with Digg.
13 Best Practices for Restaurants on Facebook
Restaurants have unique advantages over other businesses on Facebook. Check out this baker’s dozen of tips for getting the most out of the platform.
Social Media
Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
Wondering which topics had Twitter abuzz this past week? Check out the full list of top trends.
10 Must-Follow Spoof Tech & Social Media Twitter Accounts
We’ve taken a look at the lighter side of microblogging with some hilarious parody accounts to add some comedy to your Twitter stream.
Facebook Ads: 5 Tips for Success
Two-thirds of small business owners who’ve run a Facebook Ads campaign say they would do it again. Here are 5 tips to help you get the most out of your advertising on the site.
MTV Video Music Awards 2011: 5 Captivating Moments [VIDEOS]
You can find 48 high-quality videos of performances, acceptance speeches and tributes at MTV.com’s “On Demand” video carousel.
The 10 Most Viral Apple Ads of the Jobs Era [VIDEOS]
The Steve Jobs eras brought most of Apple’s best-remembered ads. Here are the 10 most viral ads under Jobs and one from the non-Jobs era for comparison.
Social TV by the Numbers: VMAs Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]
Check out the social TV stats behind MTV’s 2011 Video Music Awards.
The Anatomy of a Social Media Crisis
Social media crises are on the rise, but the majority of them could be diminished or averted with the proper social media investments.
How Law Enforcement Agencies Are Using Social Media to Better Serve the Public
Publicly available data from social networks is being retrieved and applied by agencies to improve their services. In some cases, effective use of social media can mean cost savings and better resource deployment.
Top 25 Most-Shared Mashable Stories in August
In a month where Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple’s CEO, Google acquired Motorola Mobility and HP discontinued webOS operations, you and your fellow readers focused on the Pumpkin Spice Latte’s return to Starbucks
For more social media news and resources, you can follow Mashable’s social media channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Tech & Mobile
Hurricane Irene: 7 Devices To Help You Ride Out the Storm
Were you planning to ride out Hurricane Irene last weekend? At the very least you should have prepared to be inconvenienced, but you didn’t have to go back to the Stone Age.
Why QR Codes Are Here to Stay [OPINION]
QR codes always raise passionate discussion from fans and critics alike, but what’s in store for their longterm viability?
3 Awesome Community-Oriented Apps
Givvy, ShareMyPlaylists and LikeKraze are all about the give and take.
HOW TO: Protect Your Laptop In Case of Theft
What to do if you lose your laptop — and how to protect the data it contains.
10 Quirky USB Hubs
Considering you can never have too many USB ports, we’ve rounded up 10 fun hubs to keep you connected.
App Showcase: 10 Inspiring iPhone Panoramas [PICS]
Enjoy a photographic gallery of 10 extraordinary panoramas created with the Pano app on the iPhone.
10 Unique Laptop Bags for the Fashionable Techie
If, like many of us, your laptop is your office, entertainment center and gateway to your social circle, then it deserves a decent wardrobe. We’ve found 10 excellent bags in which to carry a precious portable computer.
How Travelers Use In-Flight Wi-Fi [INFOGRAPHIC]
What happens over Wi-Fi at 35,000 feet in the air? Gogo studied its network data and surveyed customers to find out.
Connected Cars: The Fine Line Between Innovation & Distraction
Drivers today want to be connected to their phones and social networks while they drive. Ford offers a way to do that without causing accidents.
Patent Wars: A New Age of Competition [INFOGRAPHIC]
Interesting points on the history, process and recent impacts of this important component of the tech ecosystem.
Dear Diary: 5 Journal Apps for iPhone
We’ve found five fantastic iPhone journals that will give you a digital outlet for your thoughts, but with some diary-themed twists.
For more tech news and resources, you can follow Mashable’s tech channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Business & Marketing
Baseball Everywhere: How MLB Is Innovating With Digital Media
For ten years, Major League Baseball has been a leader among sports leagues when it comes to digital media. Here’s the recipe for their success.
5 Tips for Sparking a Grassroots Movement Online
Thousands of people are leveraging the power of community through social websites to create grassroots support. Here are five tips for starting your own movement.
How Businesses Use Social Media for Recruiting [INFOGRAPHIC]
Employers are taking note of the importance of social media in the recruiting process, and the majority of businesses are turning to social media to find and evaluate job candidates.
15 Digital Agency Work Spaces That Evoke Creativity [PICS]
From thought-bubble cocoons, to brainstorming walls, to a vegetable patch, we’ve rounded up photos of some amazing spaces that encourage employees to become visionaries.
15 Case Studies to Get Your Client On Board With Social Media
By unpacking social media’s broad definition on a case-by-case basis, you will not only render it familiar to a client, but also present it as something entirely doable.
How Non-Profits Are Tapping Internet Memes & Pop Culture
Non-profits have learned to harness the power of passionate communities and cultural phenomena. Check out these great examples, from tiger blood to Justin Bieber to Harry Potter.
Are We Approaching the End of the Daily Deals Era?
The golden age of daily deals, led by the unprecedented growth of Groupon, seems to be coming to its end.
How Cosmetics Giant Estee Lauder Leverages Social Media on a Global Scale
Mashable spoke with Estee Lauder’s online division to understand how the organization conceives and executes digital strategies on a global level.
Do You Have What it Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?
Succeeding as an entrepreneur is more than just great ideas and execution. Are your personality traits up to the job?
Email Newsletters: Best Practices for Small Businesses
Here are four best practices to help ensure your business and your customers benefit from email newsletters.
LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC]
What does the ideal startup founder look like? Where does he or she come from and who is he or she connected to? LinkedIn has the answer.
Rent the Runway: How Two Women Are Making Luxury Fashion Affordable
Women everywhere have experienced a “closet-full-of-clothes-and-nothing-to-wear moment,” so Jenn Hyman and Jenny Fleiss came up with a fashion-forward solution: aspirational, high-fashion rentals.
7 Factors to Consider When Redesigning Your Website
There are very few, if any, websites on the Internet that don’t undergo at least a minor facelift at some point in their lifecycle. Here are seven things to think about to help the process go smoothly.
5-Minute Guide to Getting a Job in Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Looking for a job in social media? This infographic from training company Mindflash.com can help.
For more business news and resources, you can follow Mashable’s business channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Image courtesy of Smashing Magazine, David Leggett
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Comments: http://mashable.com/2011/09/03/digital-media-resources-30-2/#comments
This week seems to have a peculiar culinary theme, so we’re going with the flow. Two of our editorial picks involve browser cookies and Facebook tips for restaurants. Now that you’ve got the munchies, fix yourself a plate and kick back this weekend with our favorite features.
Editors’ Picks
Supercookies: What You Need to Know About the Web’s Latest Tracking Device
The newest breed of supercookies is challenging legal and ethical data collection standards. What can sites do to prevent increasing user distrust?
Why Mainstream Social Networks Complicate Our Identities [OPINION]
It’s natural for people to represent themselves differently, depending on the social context. So why are web companies competing to own your single online identity?
5 Social Media Tips for Scoring Your Next Job
In the coming years, companies and recruiters will only become more thorough when evaluating new candidates’ online behavior. Start reinforcing your digital persona now.
How Toyota Used Social Media To “Digg” Itself Out of a PR Nightmare
After a recall in January 2010, Toyota’s social media team decided to address the situation head-on, with Digg.
13 Best Practices for Restaurants on Facebook
Restaurants have unique advantages over other businesses on Facebook. Check out this baker’s dozen of tips for getting the most out of the platform.
Social Media
Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
Wondering which topics had Twitter abuzz this past week? Check out the full list of top trends.
10 Must-Follow Spoof Tech & Social Media Twitter Accounts
We’ve taken a look at the lighter side of microblogging with some hilarious parody accounts to add some comedy to your Twitter stream.
Facebook Ads: 5 Tips for Success
Two-thirds of small business owners who’ve run a Facebook Ads campaign say they would do it again. Here are 5 tips to help you get the most out of your advertising on the site.
MTV Video Music Awards 2011: 5 Captivating Moments [VIDEOS]
You can find 48 high-quality videos of performances, acceptance speeches and tributes at MTV.com’s “On Demand” video carousel.
The 10 Most Viral Apple Ads of the Jobs Era [VIDEOS]
The Steve Jobs eras brought most of Apple’s best-remembered ads. Here are the 10 most viral ads under Jobs and one from the non-Jobs era for comparison.
Social TV by the Numbers: VMAs Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]
Check out the social TV stats behind MTV’s 2011 Video Music Awards.
The Anatomy of a Social Media Crisis
Social media crises are on the rise, but the majority of them could be diminished or averted with the proper social media investments.
How Law Enforcement Agencies Are Using Social Media to Better Serve the Public
Publicly available data from social networks is being retrieved and applied by agencies to improve their services. In some cases, effective use of social media can mean cost savings and better resource deployment.
Top 25 Most-Shared Mashable Stories in August
In a month where Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple’s CEO, Google acquired Motorola Mobility and HP discontinued webOS operations, you and your fellow readers focused on the Pumpkin Spice Latte’s return to Starbucks
For more social media news and resources, you can follow Mashable’s social media channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Tech & Mobile
Hurricane Irene: 7 Devices To Help You Ride Out the Storm
Were you planning to ride out Hurricane Irene last weekend? At the very least you should have prepared to be inconvenienced, but you didn’t have to go back to the Stone Age.
Why QR Codes Are Here to Stay [OPINION]
QR codes always raise passionate discussion from fans and critics alike, but what’s in store for their longterm viability?
3 Awesome Community-Oriented Apps
Givvy, ShareMyPlaylists and LikeKraze are all about the give and take.
HOW TO: Protect Your Laptop In Case of Theft
What to do if you lose your laptop — and how to protect the data it contains.
10 Quirky USB Hubs
Considering you can never have too many USB ports, we’ve rounded up 10 fun hubs to keep you connected.
App Showcase: 10 Inspiring iPhone Panoramas [PICS]
Enjoy a photographic gallery of 10 extraordinary panoramas created with the Pano app on the iPhone.
10 Unique Laptop Bags for the Fashionable Techie
If, like many of us, your laptop is your office, entertainment center and gateway to your social circle, then it deserves a decent wardrobe. We’ve found 10 excellent bags in which to carry a precious portable computer.
How Travelers Use In-Flight Wi-Fi [INFOGRAPHIC]
What happens over Wi-Fi at 35,000 feet in the air? Gogo studied its network data and surveyed customers to find out.
Connected Cars: The Fine Line Between Innovation & Distraction
Drivers today want to be connected to their phones and social networks while they drive. Ford offers a way to do that without causing accidents.
Patent Wars: A New Age of Competition [INFOGRAPHIC]
Interesting points on the history, process and recent impacts of this important component of the tech ecosystem.
Dear Diary: 5 Journal Apps for iPhone
We’ve found five fantastic iPhone journals that will give you a digital outlet for your thoughts, but with some diary-themed twists.
For more tech news and resources, you can follow Mashable’s tech channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Business & Marketing
Baseball Everywhere: How MLB Is Innovating With Digital Media
For ten years, Major League Baseball has been a leader among sports leagues when it comes to digital media. Here’s the recipe for their success.
5 Tips for Sparking a Grassroots Movement Online
Thousands of people are leveraging the power of community through social websites to create grassroots support. Here are five tips for starting your own movement.
How Businesses Use Social Media for Recruiting [INFOGRAPHIC]
Employers are taking note of the importance of social media in the recruiting process, and the majority of businesses are turning to social media to find and evaluate job candidates.
15 Digital Agency Work Spaces That Evoke Creativity [PICS]
From thought-bubble cocoons, to brainstorming walls, to a vegetable patch, we’ve rounded up photos of some amazing spaces that encourage employees to become visionaries.
15 Case Studies to Get Your Client On Board With Social Media
By unpacking social media’s broad definition on a case-by-case basis, you will not only render it familiar to a client, but also present it as something entirely doable.
How Non-Profits Are Tapping Internet Memes & Pop Culture
Non-profits have learned to harness the power of passionate communities and cultural phenomena. Check out these great examples, from tiger blood to Justin Bieber to Harry Potter.
Are We Approaching the End of the Daily Deals Era?
The golden age of daily deals, led by the unprecedented growth of Groupon, seems to be coming to its end.
How Cosmetics Giant Estee Lauder Leverages Social Media on a Global Scale
Mashable spoke with Estee Lauder’s online division to understand how the organization conceives and executes digital strategies on a global level.
Do You Have What it Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?
Succeeding as an entrepreneur is more than just great ideas and execution. Are your personality traits up to the job?
Email Newsletters: Best Practices for Small Businesses
Here are four best practices to help ensure your business and your customers benefit from email newsletters.
LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC]
What does the ideal startup founder look like? Where does he or she come from and who is he or she connected to? LinkedIn has the answer.
Rent the Runway: How Two Women Are Making Luxury Fashion Affordable
Women everywhere have experienced a “closet-full-of-clothes-and-nothing-to-wear moment,” so Jenn Hyman and Jenny Fleiss came up with a fashion-forward solution: aspirational, high-fashion rentals.
7 Factors to Consider When Redesigning Your Website
There are very few, if any, websites on the Internet that don’t undergo at least a minor facelift at some point in their lifecycle. Here are seven things to think about to help the process go smoothly.
5-Minute Guide to Getting a Job in Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Looking for a job in social media? This infographic from training company Mindflash.com can help.
For more business news and resources, you can follow Mashable’s business channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Image courtesy of Smashing Magazine, David Leggett
More About: business, Features Week In Review, List, Mobile 2.0, Social Media, Tech, webFor more Social Media coverage:Follow Mashable Social Media on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Social Media channelDownload our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad
Posted on Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:05:26 +0000 at http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/r0-EaV6aWTo/
Comments: http://mashable.com/2011/09/03/digital-media-resources-30-2/#comments