Currently brand pages are tied to one admin account that has total control over the page and profile.

This has been a point of frustration for social media managers who have multiple team members updating their company social profiles.

Google+ will allow multiple admins to manage a brand page “before 2012,”.

Kristoffer Sorensen, a Google marketing strategist, said on in a live Q&A on Wednesday.

Until two weeks ago, when Google gave select third party apps early access to the Google+ API.

The only solution was for a team to share one login or for one person to maintain the Google+ page alone.

These situations are less than ideal because they can cause security and workflow issues.

When the social media management tools in the pilot program integrated Google+ posting.

Companies not using these tools were still at a loss.

Even some social managers using one of the six select services with Google+ are struggling as they wait for the early Google+ API to iron out some kinks.

Simply Tap will require a customer to go through a one off registration process to securely capture information such as preferred card details and delivery address via the Monitise payments platform used by major banks and payment card businesses.

Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy Europe have teamed up with The Mobile Money Network (MMN) to integrate an instant mobile checkout, Simply Tap, into its advertising, direct marketing, website and buyer’s guide.

The independent retailers will promote the service with a nationwide marketing campaign on social media channels and digital banners, enabling customers to make payments via the mobile app once registered.

Customers will then be able to use the service on their mobile phones to order products they see anywhere by tapping a code into their mobile phone, saving them time and allowing retailers to maximise sales.

MMN, which has former M&S CEO Sir Stuart Rose as a non executive director, says the integration work will help it learn about how real customers will change the way they shop using their mobile.

To maintain custom, it will offer users £10 cashback on their first purchase of a range of products from its retail partners and a selection of in app special offers.

Andrew Harrison, CEO of Best Buy Europe and Carphone Warehouse (pictured) said: ‘Simply Tap will provide retailers with compelling new options when it comes to marketing and selling products. For our customers.

it has to be all about convenience. Customers want to be able to pay for goods via any device and on any network.

Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy Europe are joined in this launch phase by Thorntons.

Goldsmiths, thehut.com, Pretty Green and moreTvicar.com. Further major retail partners that MMN is already engaged with will be announced over the coming weeks and months.

According to Nick Holland, senior analyst at Yankee Group, this service will enable retailers to capitalise on the fusion of physical and virtual worlds using mobile technology as a conduit.

John Milliken, MD of The Mobile Money Network  added, We expect to learn an enormous amount about how consumers want to use their mobiles to shop.

We are already developing the second version of the app where you can expect to see image recognition as a major feature.

The Board members will get a rough draft of changes in the school district’s social media policy during their meeting Monday.

The Springfield School Board is expected Monday to start discussing whether to allow teachers and students to connect on social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, and possible other changes in social network policy.

The plan won’t be made public until after the board and organizations representing teachers and principals have weighed in on it, Springfield School District’s spokesman.

There is no indication whether the district will consider allowing social media use inside actual schools.

“We know that we want the district and maybe even the schools … to use social media for public engagement,”

The hard part is at the teacher-student level, what to allow or whether to allow any at all.

Google+ now has more than 40 million users, and Google chief executive Larry Page told analysts that the company is well on its way toward using G+ data to transform users’ experiences with the company’s services.

Google chief executive Larry Page said, The company added 100 Google+ features in its first 90 days, helping it better understand users and tailor its search results.

In a quarterly conference call with analysts this afternoon, Page said Google’s goal is to customize the Web for users based on what it learns from their social media experience.

“It’s still incredibly early days for Google+ because our goal is actually far bigger than the individual feature launches themselves.”

Page said. “Our ultimate ambition is to transform the overall Google experience, making it beautifully simple, almost automagical, because we understand what you want and can deliver it instantly.”

Of course, that’s the point of Google+. The company was slow to appreciate the significance of social networking and the impact it could have on search.

That’s what Page means by automagical searches that automatically deliver results that take into account user’s interests, culled from their G+ experience.

“This means baking identity and sharing into all of our products so that we build a real relationship with our users.”

Page said. “Sharing on the web will be like sharing in real life across all your stuff.

You’ll have better, more relevant search results and ads.”

“Think about it this way,” Page said. “Last quarter, we’ve shipped the plus, and now we’re going to ship the Google part.”

With more than 40 million users, Google+ has enough scale to generate data that Google+ can turn into useful search signals.

That was the first step. Now, Page said, the company is going to work hard to bake those signals into the overall Google experience.

Facebook has become a haven for internet marketers because of the number of actual and potential avenues of reach. One of the best ways to make use of Facebook is to create a fan page about one’s company or product … or even if you just want to make a lot of fans for personal reasons and have a quality relationship with them.

These pages enable businesses and entrepreneurs to update through very targeted update posts. To get a good response from fans, there are a few things to remember before beginning the act of writing. In fact, there are thee simple tips to apply right away to write better and more effective posts to post on Facebook.

It is definitely not a good idea to talk bad about competition in posts added because ultimately the emphasis is to make fans believe in one’s own products. Saying bad things about competitors will not make your fans have more respect. Take the high road of integrity and faith in one’s own products and services at all times.

Be certain that posts contain various ideas so that fans will not be bored. Ultimately, you’re write posts to make fans feel good and even better … entertained. The writing should have content that makes people want to stick around and not leave. Plenty of fan pages stay on the same course day after day and never seem to make any adjustments.

One great strategy in social networking is to ask questions. A post should be written with a goal to yield some kind of result. Ask questions that encourage interactivity. Help fans participate in things. It proves that the business in charge of the page, likes them and wants to know what they think.

Apart from that, everybody wants to get into a discussion and people love giving their views when they feel welcome and safe to do so. The question doesn’t have to be all that involved but do need to make the questions the open-ended type. Questions that could be answered with a simple “yes” or “no” are not encouraging for discussion. Give people an opportunity to answer questions with details.

In conclusion, make the most out of every post and update on a Facebook fan page. Be professional in approach. Your next click on the web should be with confidence now, to build that brand for yourself with nothing bad about the competition, talk on a variety of ideas and encourage interactivity. A fan page is a tremendous asset to share what a business or person is after. Find ways to add value — the act of posting updates is just one part of that.

More ideas are available to move one’s brand ahead such as Google SEO advice? Consider reading the internet marketing book.

Feb 9th, 2011, Atlanta, GA – IPgallery’s new Social Communications platform enables Network Operators and Service Providers to offer their Consumer, as well as, Business customers advanced converged Voice, Data and Video , Social Media and Content services with Value Added Services (VAS) applications in a combined Legacy and NextGeneration (Fixed/Mobile), Over-the-Top (OTT) & Social Community (SC) environment.

“The Over-the-Top business Video, Content and VoIP business is growing exponentially and service providers are providing the backhaul without the revenue. Service Providers must create long-term competitive differentiators”, said Michelle Degani-Specktor, EVP Business Development at IPgallery, Inc. “The key to such long-term differentiating propositions is providing consumers and enterprises the ability to combine mobility with converged communications, content and social media, and giving personalized control to how they communicate, find, watch and share content over any network, any device, anytime anywhere.”

IPgallery’s Social Communications platform is an innovative Cloud-based, Cross Platform, Web-activated and Scalable Converged Voice/Video/Data Communications suite of applications offering VAS (value added service) combining Social Networking and New Media/Content/Entertainment which facilitates and enhances the social community experience through mobile and fixed, digital content, mobile TV, IPTV, etc.

IPgallery arms Legacy and NextGeneration Service Providers with faster, more efficient and cost-effective ways to surpass existing service offerings for a richer converged, mobile and personalized user experience while addressing the revenue loss to OTT offerings. IPgallery’s value proposition offers competitive technology and business advantages at reduced CapEx/OpEx. It applies to all service providers regardless of their current network infrastructure: Legacy (Fixed/Mobile), as well as, NextGeneration Network (pre-IMS/IMS).

Visit IPgallery at GSMA MobileWorldCongress 2011 in Barcelona, February 14-17, and CTIA WIRELESS 2011®  in Orlando, FL, March 22-24 to learn more about IPgallery.

At a Glance, founded in 2000 USA, IPgallery has a track record of successful global deployments of cutting-edge solutions. IPgallery’s service creation and application solutions enable service providers to improve margins from both ends, by generating new revenue streams and increasing profitability, while leveraging existing infrastructure and OSS/BSS implementations and reducing overall CapEx and OpEx.

To learn more about IPgallery please visit www.ipgallery.com. Meet IPgallery, Techistan and thousands of other movers and shakers in mobile, broadband, social media, and ip communications, at GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 14-17, 2011 and CTIA Wireless in Orlando March 22-24, 2011.

The right security and privacy choices are essential to happy use of Facebook by all. Not too long ago, rumors abounded that Facebook was hacked in Tunisia. Then people suggested there was an XSS hack on Facebook in which some users noted a status update from “Roy Castillo” in their newsfeed even though they were not Facebook friends. Plus Friday is Data Privacy Day which is an international plan by many groups to promote awareness of the importance of controlling one’s personal information. So, Facebook has rolled out two new features for security.

Facebook Social Authentication Login and Facebook HTTPS Login! The Social one lets users be verified rather than just CAPTCHAS featire. Using the Social Login choice, users will see some pictures of their friends. A question for the user to name the person in the images will be asked.

A problem with this one is many users of Facebook would not be able to match the name of a person with their picture for a few reasons. Some people are less visual than others and will remember more what people say than what they look. Second, others have thousands of friends who they could never match name to face … like casual acquaintances that they occasionally read or chat with.

The HTTPS security choice for logging in is an alternative to HTTP. HTTPS simply means some technology such as Secure Socket Layer is at work behind the scenes. Users can choose how to do this via the “Account Security” section of the Account Settings section, accessible right now in the upper right-hand area of Facebook pages.

It could be a necessity when using public Internet access points found at coffee shops, airports, libraries or schools.
As the Facebook blog notes, “Encrypted pages take longer to load, so you may notice that Facebook is slower using HTTPS. In addition, some Facebook features, including many third-party applications, are not currently supported in HTTPS. We’ll be working hard to resolve these remaining issues. We are rolling this out slowly over the next few weeks, but you will be able to turn this feature on in your Account Settings soon. We hope to offer HTTPS as a default whenever you are using Facebook sometime in the future.”

To learn more about how to keep your information safe on Facebook and across the internet, please visit the Facebook Security Page.

Be accessible to your friends in different cities around the world with Virtual Phone Lines and connect them to your Facebook profile.

Muntwo is one of those hip social video media services that have a knock your socks off creative team in the BG. Here’s an opportunity for third parties interested in getting their invention, service, product, idea or company in the midst of the social scene online like Google does or better!

Visit http://www.muntwo.com and Muntwo on Youtube for samples. You may want to put on your dancing shoes first. 2011 should be your year to be in the spotlight. It’s better than, “Smile! You’re on Muntwo Camera.”

Let the professionals with the ingenious style Muntwo share your vision via social video media.

Apply for 2011 International Techistan Awards. Where? Here.

Categories your website, person, company, application, product or service should apply for:

A. Techistan Sight over Internet Award: Video, photography, visuals over the net.
B. Techistan Sound over Internet Award: Voice, music, other sounds over the net.
C. Techistan Touch over Internet Award: Appeal to emotions or to do social good over the Internet that motivates others to participate and is making a positive change.
D. Techistan Scent over Internet Award: Venture as a Startup that is looking to pass those VIP earthlings’ sniff test? Think … Elevator Speech.
E. Best East and West Hemisphere Online Collaboration
F. Best Online Health Service, Product or Gadget
G. Best Open Source Developer Project
H.  Most Effective Unified Communications Service
I.  Techistan Hire Me Video Award: Share your award-winning video on Youtube with “Techistan Please Hire Me Video Award” in the title and in the keywords showcasing why companies should consider hiring you. (Check out a sample idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqXfBwr3Vlo.)
J.  Best in Mobile Money, Banking or Wallet Service
K. Best Green Technology Online
L. Best Internet Security Application
M. Best Online Portal in the Western Hemisphere
N. Best Online Portal in the Eastern Hemisphere
O.  Best Online Research and Development – Public sector only
P. Best Use of Internet by a Non-Profit Organization
Q. Female Online Entrepreneur of the Year Age 40 and over
R. Female Online Entrepreneur of the Year under Age 40
S. Best in Customer Service Innovation
T.  CIO of the Year – in Eastern Hemisphere Headquarters
U.  CIO of the Year – in Western Hemisphere Headquarters
V.  Best in Geographical Information Systems
W. Best in Online Brand Development
X. Best in Export Growth via Online Efforts
Y. ICT Achiever of the Year – Private Sector Only
Z. ICT Achiever of the Year – Public Sector Only

There will be one Top Techistan 2011 winner in each of the twenty-six categories.

ALL APPLICATIONS for the 26 categories will be a Techistan Finalist Award Winner for the world to see (unless disqualified). Disqualifications will be decided by 3rd party judges. Please follow all directions.

Final deadline to apply is August 31, 2011 at 11 PM CST USA. It’s open to anyone anywhere in the world.

• Fee for awards is $79 (USD) each application. Completed payment must be received by 11 PM CST USA on August 31, 2011 for award consideration.
• Payment is due at time of application. The business or service or video applying must be alive and active today.

Payment method accepted is Paypal (world’s most loved way to pay and get paid). An alternative? Western Union transfer! Just notify paypal@techistan.com with all details of the Western Union transfer per http://www.techistan.com/wu/ directions and attach a copy of your completed application.

Note: Payment must be completed and cleared to be eligible for competition. The product or service name will be showcased whether it is among the esteemed TOP WINNERS or among all praise-worthy FINALISTS in any category. List it as you would like it to appear.

SIGN UP Now for the Techistan International Awards: Click and win!

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SPONSORS: People and organizations who wish to be exclusive sponsors of the trend-setting Techistan International Awards should contact sales@techistan.com with the following:

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2. Body: Company name, company website address or blog, company postal address, names of key people to talk with at the company, contact phone numbers and email addresses of those persons, and fax number if applicable.

What do sponsors get? Their logo posted to this information page linked to their website, a full page AD in the Techistan hard copy magazine, inclusion among Techistan partners, a press release template announcing their sponsorship.

In addition, each will mentioned in all online marketing efforts on Techistan magazine, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, Digg and other social or business networking and media sites. The sponsorship fee is one time $379 USD.

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Hello from Zuhair,

In this video, I’ll show you how to use ip-pabx extension on your Nimbuzz.

If you already have Nimbuzz installed on your phone then you can just tab to “settings” and then to “SIP Providers.” If you dont have Nimbuzz in your handset, go to http://m.nimbuzz.com and from there, download Nimbuzz to your phone. Then, set up your account.

After setting up your Nimbuzz, go to options’ “settings” and then “SIP providers”.

See me add “Other” SIP provider.

I need to add my own account that is my ip-pabx extension or it may be a superphone number “ip-pabx.com” and my extension like 101064. Then you add ip-pabx.com;8891 in the “proxy server.”

After entering the password and proxy server, click save and then the Nimbuzz will say “Account successfully activated.” Click “ok” and here it is … your very own Nimbuzz.

Now if I call to my extention from any other phone, it will ring to my Nimbuzz. I’m calling my extension “101064,” and it is ringing on my Nimbuzz like you see here and you can answer it.

So these are the procedures, how you can use Nimbuzz and in the same way you can use your ip-pabx extensions or SIP phone numbers. If you want to make outgoing calls, international calls using your ip-pabx account with your Nimbuzz, just tab to “voip to voip” settings and select “SIP.” By default, it’s Nimbuzz out. Just need to change it to “SIP provider,” and then you’ll be able to make outgoing calls using your ip-pabx account.

Transcript was completed by Alishba.
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