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 The Guardian | Baby P social workers promise to fight on after sacking appeal is dismissed The Guardian Two of Baby P's social workers have vowed to fight on after losing their appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked. Gillie Christou and Maria Ward claimed they were unjustly fired by Haringey council in north London in ... Baby P social workers lose tribunal appeal Baby P social workers lose appeal |
 Reuters Blogs (blog) | Social media's mystery dividend Financial Times By Mark Needham My business works with several brands with a clear social media strategy. For example, it distributes Fitbit, a high-tech fitness monitor in the UK. And if you search on Twitter for #fitbit, you will find real users talking about the ... IA brief: State regulator's deficiency letter offers clues for social-media ... At a Tech-Savvy School, Smart Questions About City's New Social Media Policy Use social media in your job search |
 New York Times (blog) | Daily Report: New York School Discusses Social Media Guidelines New York Times (blog) By THE NEW YORK TIMES | May 25, 2012, 7:42 am Comment New York recently issued guidelines for how schoolteachers should deal with social media. The guidelines say teachers cannot ?friend? or follow students through sites like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, ... |
Senate OKs bill protecting workers' social network information Los Angeles Times California employers would be prohibited from asking job applicants and workers for passwords to their Facebook, Myspace and other social network accounts under a privacy bill approved by the state Senate on Friday. Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) ... Bill banning employers from requesting social media passwords passes ... Bill bans employers from seeking social passwords CA Senate passes bill protecting social media passwords |
 USA TODAY | Is Lady Gaga a Facebook killer? USA TODAY By Cadie Thompson, CNBC.com Lady Gaga is launching her own social network this summer, but the niche social website isn't meant to lure people away from Facebook, said Matthew Michelsen, CEO and founder of The Backplane, the start-up company that is ... Lady Gaga's Little Monsters may scare social media giants |
Youth Social Network Rocket21, Roush Fenway Racing, and Charlotte Motor ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Youth Social Network Rocket21, Roush Fenway Racing, and Charlotte Motor Speedway Announce "Dream at the Races" Essay and Video Contest Winner is High School Senior Who Dreams of a Future as a "World-Class NASCAR Engineer". Rocket21, (the only social ... |
New Version of FlipToast Released, Simplifying Social MarketWatch (press release) W3i.com ), a leader in monetization and user acquisition solutions for freemium apps, announces a sleek new interface for FlipToast, the app that simplifies social media. This fresh update to the Mac and PC versions of FlipToast comes shortly after ... |
 New York Times (blog) | Social Drawing, an Up-and-Coming Marketing Tool New York Times (blog) By STUART ELLIOTT The TLC cable channel is teaming up with Doodle.ly, which enables doodlers to share drawings socially, for a promotion for the new season of ?Cake Boss.? There are social networks, social videos and, even, in the case of apps like ... Doodle.ly and CAKE BOSS Launch Campaign to Give Fans Honorary Cake Designer ... |
Five steps to creating social media value Financial Times By Bryan Cruickshank and Mark Guinibert Executives can no longer ignore the impact and potential of social media. According to 'Going Social', a recent survey by KPMG International, more than 70 per cent of businesses around the world already use ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | A social mobility drive is at odds with the coalition's university fee increase The Guardian The second leg of Nick Clegg's social mobility drive has begun and already Britain has changed beyond all recognition. Haven't you noticed? The deputy prime minister is already vanquishing "the transmission of disadvantage from one generation to the ... Birth weight among social mobility checks - Nick Clegg Bend the twig to shape the tree ? that's the key to social mobility |