It looks like Twitter has broken the news about a significant event again, with news outlets like Sky (UK) reporting they found out about the crash from tweets.  CNN’s article says that within moments, members were already tweeting news and photos of the crash.  #schipol has already become a known hashtag, and even a Twitter [...]

Recently, a new report was released on the numbers of small businesses in the US using social marketing.  Access Markets International (AMI) says that 5% of small business, or 300,000, are using social websites and strategies to promote their names, brands, and services.  They expect that in the next 12 months, that number will rise [...]