Randall Helms dot COM

Those of you who follow my Twitter feed, @sonicrampage, will know that I frequently post links to interesting stories about social media, technology, and business. Twitter being what it is, it can be very easy to miss out on these links, which is why I’ve decided today to repost some of the links (as well as some other interesting stuff I’ve read in the past few days). These twelve stories cover a lot of different ground, but I think that they are all useful and thought-provoking.

Enjoy!

A Picture of the Global Starbucks Economy (from The Atlantic)
Affiliate marketing: death of the long tail? (from Econsultancy)
Android Tablets Gain Ground on iPad in Q4 2010 [REPORT] (from Mashable)
App downloads to soar (from Warc)
CMOs look to find revenue growth from social media in 2011 (from MackCollier.com)
Egypt shut down its new with a series of phone calls (from Wired’s Threat Level)
Google’s Social Struggles Behind Schmidt Departure? (from Socialnomics)
Quora Underscores Need for Corporate Ambassadors (from Logic + Emotion)
The 9-5 hours of social media are 24/7 (from Contently Managed)
Why the boss thinks 125,000 monthly pageviews mean failure (from ComMetrics)
With 15m sold it is happy anniversary Apple iPad [infographic] (from The Wall)