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Ok, so the proverbial cow-flap has hit the golden fan. Page 1 of Google-unpersonalized now sports damning rhetoric about you for searches related to brand and product categories. It could cost tens of millions in reputation damage. Take a deep breath, gather wits, drink some decaf’ and ride into town, let’s get started defending your brand.

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There's a revolution happening on the Internet — though broadband providers have not seemed to notice.

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/07/internet-service-providers-not-keeping.html

Tags: AT&T, EarthLink, Comcast, ISP’s, uploading rates, downloading rates, Internet infrastructure, Global IT and Business News, YouTube, Loopt, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, World of warcraft, Xbox live, BitTorrent. SlingPlayer, Simplify Media, Apple's Mobile Me, 

The wife of the designated head of Britain's premier spy agency posted pictures of her husband, family and friends on Facebook, the popular internet networking site, causing shock among security experts and calls for an enquiry.

Read more: http://globalbestpractice.blogspot.com/2009/07/uk-spy-chief-exposed-on-facebook.html

Tags: Facebook, Sir John Sawers, Lady Sawers, Gordon Bown, David Milibrand, Anthony Glees, UK, M16, Secret Intelligence Service, Speedo, Spy agency, Global Best Practice, 

Mobile uploads to YouTube jumped 400 percent last Friday, the day that Apple released its iPhone 3GS, which contains a video recorder function and easy sharing features.

Read more: http://globalitandbusinessnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/youtube-uploads-soar-after-iphone-3g-s.html

Tags: YouTube mobile, iPhone 3G, Facebook, Twitter, mobiletest tag, YouTube spotlight video, Google, Global IT News, Youtube mobile video competition, Youtube channels, 

Twitter grew 1,448 percent from this time last year, but its growth is slowing as the year goes on, according to Monday data from Nielsen.

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/twitter-fastest-growing-brand.html

Tags:  Twitter, Twitter growth, unique visitors, myspace, Facebook, Nielsen, unique video views, total video streams, twitter fastest growing brand, Global IT News, global social networking, 

(AFP) - Internet giant Google has unveiled a Farsi translation service to help Iranians "communicate directly" to the world, while Facebook has launched a version of its site in Persian, they said Friday.

Read more: http://globalbestpractice.blogspot.com/2009/06/google-facebook-launch-persian-services.html

Tags:  Google, Twitter, Facebook, Farsi, Iran, BBC, YouTube, Hotbird 6, Franz Och, Peter Horrocks, Eric Kwan, BBC Persian Television, Google Translate, Global Best Practice, 

Though Tehran has largely shut down communication outlets, protesters are getting out snippets of text and stealthily uploaded photos in a guerrilla-style Internet revolt.

Reporting from Cairo -- Footage of burning cars, masked boys and bloodied protesters in Iran is playing across the Middle East, captivating Arab countries where repressive regimes have for years been arresting political bloggers and cyberspace dissidents.

Read more:http://globaldevelopmentnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/mideast-hanging-on-every-text-and-tweet.html

Tags:  Iran, Twitter, Iranian elections, Iranian protests, Cairo, Egypt, Facebook, Bloggers, activists, persiankiwi, Tehran, Global Development News, Al Dustour, Mubarak, 

NEW YORK (AFP) – The US government took the unusual step of asking Twitter to delay a planned maintenance outage because of its use as a communications tool by Iranians following their disputed election, according to a senior official.

Read more: http://globaldevelopmentnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/us-asks-twitter-to-stay-online-because.html

Tags: US State Department, Obama, Biz Stone, Twitter, NTT America, Jack Dorsey, 140 Character Conference, Jeff Pulver, Iran, Iranians, Facebook, Election, Election Protests, Global Development News, 

A small number of super-geeky obsessives are abuzz over the upcoming launch of Facebook Usernames, an exciting new feature that will let you put some parts of your name into a web address.

Since its announcement yesterday, there's been a lot of excited discussion of the feature, but in a dashes.com exclusive I can exclusively report this exclusive look at the future of the feature. We'll also cover how the feature's rollout will be covered by the technology trade press and the mainstream press.

June 13, 12:01am: Facebook launches Facebook Usernames. The gold rush is on!

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/future-of-facebook-usernames.html

Tags: Facebook, usernames, Linkedin, Mashable, Myspace, Bebo, AIM, Techmeme, Global IT News, Mark Zuckerberg, Iphone, FUD, Kanye West, Twitter, Flikr, Openid, Digg, 

A new Web site will track policies imposed by popular Internet sites such as Facebook and Google, hoping to help users spot potentially harmful changes.

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-web-site-tracks-other-site-user.html

Tags: Facebook, Google, TOSBack, Electronic Frontier Foundation, GlobalITNewsBlogspot, Policy tracker, Terms of use, Terms of service,