This week on Talk Social News, we’re thrilled to feature our first female guest, Tara Hunt aka Missrogue. Tara is author, marketing expert, BarCamp Queen and blogs at http://www.horsepigcow.com. Check out the interview as we talk about her new book “The Whuffie Factor“, her thoughts on social media, what makes her tick and continue to grow in this social media space.

The interview: Talk Social News Episode 12 - length 56:12 download or click to play:

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Other topic discussed this week are:
What the blog:
http://twittervotereport.com and http://videothevote.org

The fail of the week:
Terrorists using Twitter

Tech news of the week:

Linkedin new application directory
Windows 7
Opera denied form the Apple’s iTunes app store or was it?

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This week on Talk Social News, we interviewed Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote, to talk about the past, present and future of Evernote. We also discussed the technology challenges of making a mobile application and Phill provides some advice for new startups. Even if you’re not an Evernote fan, I think you’ll enjoy what Phil has to say about what technology has impressed him, the mobile industry and where Evernote is going.

The interview: Talk Social News Episode 10 - length 50:54 download or click to play:

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For our “What the Blog” section of the podcast, we review Mophie’s iPhone juice pack and why you may want to purchase one, even at half the price ($100.00) of the 8GB iPhone.

The “Fail of the week” is none other than Britney Spears on twitter, tweeting at @theRealBritney also know as Lauren from Britney’s PR team. We love Gary Vaynerchuk @Garyvee and he called her out on how she should use twitter. I wonder how long before we see a tweet saying “leave Britney alone” from Chris Crocker like the youtube video?

Some big news of the week is that both Qik and Brightkite are coming out with their iPhone applications. QIk has been available for jailbroken iPhone but per Kevin Rose it’s soon to be in the app store. Brighkite has teased the world yet again and posted a video of their upcoming iPhone app. Both have been a guest on Talk Social News, subscribe to the podcast via iTunes to list to past episodes.

Also we want to thank Sue Polinsky @SuePolinsky the organizer of ConvergeSouth conference in Greensboro, NC. We had a great time and looking forward to next year. See photos from the event via the flickr group here.

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The interview: Talk Social News Episode 8 download or click to play:

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This week on Talk Social News Kipp and Wayne interview Louis Gray author of LouisGray.com. Louis has been handed the blogging keys by Jason Calacanis and some have asked is he the next Robert Scoble. I say he is Louis Gray, the father of twins, marketing specialists, blogger of Silicon Valley, adviser of ReadBurner and one of the smartest guys in Social Media today. Even if you’re just interested in blogging or you wonder how someone like Louis processes and gathers information you’ll enjoy this podcast. But don’t take my word for it, download and listen to the podcast yourself.

The interview: Talk Social News Episode 7 - length 51:01 download or click to play:

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After you listen to the podcast, now I can say I told you so, here are a few of the links that Louis referenced:

March 3, 2007
10 Suggestions to Improve Google Reader

January 7, 2008
ReadBurner, In Stealth Mode, Looking to Sort Shared Feed Items

April 8, 2008
Former Jobster CEO’s Social|Median Incubating in Alpha

April 7, 2008
BlogRize Builds A Community Around Your Blog and its Readers

June 16, 2008
Feedly Brings New Social Experience to Start Page, Leveraging RSS

For our “What the Blog” section of the podcast, Kipp reviews the return of innovation conversations surrounding the state of the economy and how we’ll see more useful startups in the next six months.

The “Fail” of the week is Wall Street. With tech stocks failing this week such as Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) times are looking rough but we take a look at what Silicon Alley Insider says: Don’t Panic - Profit.

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