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August 2009

Social Media Workshop in the Motor City

by Roxanne Darling on August 19, 2009

I am giving a 3-hour workshop in a Detroit suburb next week and had to work a car into the discussion somehow! There’s good news in Detroit with GM announcing the Volt will get 230 miles per gallon. Ford is getting good coverage on its Fiesta Movement Social Marketing campaign (thanks to my mom for [...]

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The U.S. Navy is Using Social Media

by Roxanne Darling on August 13, 2009

Here is a brief late night interview with Public Affairs Officer Jason Salata (who manages the @USS_Nimitz twitter account) talking about how the U.S. Navy has jumped into social media in the past several months. Shane and I filmed this while on board the USS Nimitz, over “Mid Rats” aka midnight rations. The scrambled egg [...]

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Twitter, Facebook, Denial of Service Attacks

by Roxanne Darling on August 6, 2009

Twitter and Facebook were down some today due to “Denial of Service” (DoS) attacks. Here’s some information on what they are, how they occur, and what you can do as a netizen to help prevent them!
A DoS occurs when a malicious programmer or programmers unleash commands across thousands computers that have been infected with viruses [...]

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