Twitter’s website doesn’t work in China. It’s been placed outside of China’s great fire wall along with Facebook, Youtube, numerous blogging platforms, and potentially Google.  But, Twitter’s founders, Jack Doresy and Evan Williams, are optimistic. They see a Twitter.cn in the near future. In fact, they promised one.
Doresy, in a recent ReadWriteWeb panel discussion in New York, stated that he hopes to start a Chinese Twitter once the company can iron out design and legal …

Leaders are increasingly using social technology to open up lines of communication, create feedback loops, and talk directly with customers and new markets. It’s important that proactive leaders keep updated on what’s trending in the world of social networking. This week, don’t miss these stories:
1. Google Buzz is an amalgamation of Twitter, Facebook, and your Gmail account. Good luck “just” checking your email. Find out more in this video.
2. Google’s planning to offer “ultrafast internet” …

1. Here’s a simple way to make your App dream a reality…for a reasonable cost.
2. 53 sites that help you promote your blog and website.
3. Top 50 Facebook pages created by companies. Learn from what they do and don’t do.
4. 6 ways social media has changed us and the world…for the better.
5. What will social media look like over the next year? Here’s some well thought out ideas.
6. Who reads corporate blogs? People with questions …

HarperCollins’ editorial board is letting you, me, and the internet community at large do their job. Authnomy.com, created by HarperCollins, allows amateur authors to display their writing to the world. Every month the top 5 most popular stories make their way to the editorial desk where they are given a chance to be published.
It’s a great example of a company using the internet and the popularity of social media to its advantage. HarperCollins not only …

1. Social media explained in 4 minutes by co-founder of Reddit.com, Alexis Ohanian
2. 6 social media trends we can expect to see in 2010.
3. Location based social networking sites haven’t had the best luck (Meetro), but Foursquare might break the cycle.
4. Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, replies to Rupert Murdoch’s wish to ‘hide’ content from search engines.
5. From blogging to publishing. 6 bloggers turned authors talk about getting traffic, attention, and fans.
6. 7 great pointers on …

Generation Y’ers don’t like strict organizations, but they do like iPods and wearing flip-flops to work. Apparently.
But it’s hard to remember–we haven’t heard a lot about them recently. A few short years ago businesses were worried about how they could find, hire, inspire, and retain Gen Y’ers.  Worried headlines asked what the future would look like with a transient, pleasure-seeking, generation interviewing for jobs they didn’t even want. Now, look up “Generation Y” in any …