The Social 7 - Episode 07

Today is a monumental day!  No, not because we might be able to send mail from thesocial7@myspace.com.  Today is Inauguration day! (And now you can watch it live from virtually anywhere in the US).  Thanks for tuning in, and (as always) feel free to e-mail us ideas for next week’s episode.

Top 7 Stories

7. Online and Mobile Inauguration Streaming: Don’t have TV access to a TV on Inauguration day?  That’s okay, you can still watch… and all you need is an Internet connection or iPhone!  Hulu, along with several other Inauguration streaming partners, will stream the event live, and Ustream just released their much-anticipated iPhone application to the Apple app store.

6. Citizen Journalism: Social networks are embracing citizen journalists, with YouTube awarding $10,000 to Arturo Perez Jr. for his 5-minute documentary on Camphill California, a community for developmentally disabled residents, and MySpace launching a campaign to send one budding journalist to the World Economic Forum.

5. Chipotle iPhone App: Like Chipotle?  Well, apparently, so does everyone else!  This past week Chipotle launched an iPhone application that was so popular it crashed (or, “ate”?) the application and the company decided to pull it from the app store a few hours later.  Burrito lovers, don’t fret - Chipotle plans to reintroduce the app in two weeks after they’ve had a chance to work out a few of the bugs.

4. MySpace Webmail Client: Rumors of a supposed MySpace Webmail client are beginning to circulate the Web.  If (and when) this happens, MySpace users will be given [user]@myspace.com e-mail addresses, making MySpace the third largest Webmail client providers on the Web, third only to Microsoft and Yahoo.

3. Yahoo Names New CEO: Sorry Jerry, someone has finally arrived to fill your shoes… and this time she’s bringing a pair of heels!  This week Yahoo named Carol Bartz as new CEO of the company.

2. U.S. Government Now on YouTube: Social media in politics is now extending beyond just Presidential campaigns.  This week, both the House of Representatives and the Senate launched official YouTube pages.

1. YouTube Mutes Videos With Copyrighted Music: Can you imagine how the Evolution of Dance would sound… silent?  Last week, the company started muting videos that contain unauthorized copyrighted music.  What does this mean for the future of consumer generated content?  Only time will tell.

Tweet of the Week:

The internet lit up with news of a plan making an emergency landing into the Hudson River - Tweeters jumped all over it, especially those who saw the plane go down!  Here’s the first Tweet announcing what happened.

Viral Video of the Week:

Nancy Pelosi introduces her office to America via YouTube.  Check it out here.

Social Shutterbug of the Week:

Aside from CNN, Twitter was the only place people could receive up-to-date information about the Hudson River plane crash last week.  Crisis Communications professionals? Pay attention:  Plane Crashes in the Hudson

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