How to Compose a Retweet

It may not seem like much, but a Twitter retweet can send a powerful message – especially if you’re using Twitter to network, increase brand awareness and be a part of an ongoing conversation within your niche. By Social Media Today

Should Pinterest Avoid The "Twitter Problem?"

Although the API for rapidly growing social network "Pinterest" is done and ready for developers, it has not been released to the public yet. By Social Media Today

Should Social Media Listening Replace Your Asking Consumer Research?

Social media monitoring is widely used to inform customer service, product development and marketing activities. Going the next step — from mere monitoring to careful listening — can help brands uncover a wealth of additional, rich insights. By Social Media Today

The future of mobile

Good slide deck reflecting on the growth of smartphones and tablets, the platform wars, and how consumers are actually using their devices. By Business Insider

Nokia: Teddy Bears and Talking Drums -- A Connecting People film

From Rio to Nairobi, Berlin to Mumbai, and everywhere in between, mobile technology continues to change our world in exciting and unpredictable ways. People all over are embracing the possibilities that are emerging from this ongoing revolution, shaping -- and being shaped -- by it in the process.

WePay: The Online Payment Start-Up Behind Occupy Wall Street

In early September, start-up WePay noticed an unusual new account on its online payments site. Called “September 17 Event”, the account’s webpage said it was raising funds to buy food for an upcoming “Wall Street occupation event” and assured contributors “any amount…would be most appreciated.” By Forbes

WePay is the anti-PayPal

Inside a Palo Alto, Calif., building that once housed PayPal headquarters, the upstarts -- Rich Aberman, 25, and Bill Clerico, 24 -- are growing a new online payments company. Their investors include PayPal cofounder Max Levchin. Their mission? Poaching part of PayPal's business. By CNN Money