readings in social media and pr for november 27th 2010

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Here is what I am reading today:

• top 20 aps for managing social media

“Social media from Twitter to Facebook, LinkedIn to YouTube creates opportunities for building relationships, cultivating customers and promoting business, but the sea of updates and input awash with data both important and consequential can drown all but the most dogged of users. Fortunately, app developers have created more than a few devices to make keeping afloat in the social media waters manageable, sane and even productive. Yet even the tools intended to help users navigate social media are so numerous that culling through them can be overwhelming.”

• 2010’s 6 promising new companies

“Every year, Mashable covers the launch of hundreds of new companies. While many of these ventures never make it out of obscurity, some of them bubble up and become a regular part of our coverage. Further, these companies become important components to the ever-evolving digital media landscape, with consumers and businesses alike thirsting to take advantage of what they have to offer.”

• more on the fake tsunami warning

“The Twitter account of Andi Arief, the disaster management adviser to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has been hacked and used to send a fake tsunami warning, the local media reports.“Besok jakarta tsunami,” which translates as “Jakarta tsunami tomorrow,” was one of the messages sent from the account.”

• what will vince young’s apology do?

“Titans coach Jeff Fisher didn’t have much use for Vince Young‘s text message apology. “I’m not a real big text guy. I’m not really into this new age stuff. I don’t twit or tweet, but I think face-to-face is a man thing,” Fisher said on Wednesday via TitansInsider.com.”