This week Mari Smith, social media “impresario” and marketing consultant joins the show. Yes, she’s the leader in the Fast Company Influence Project, but as we’ve pretty much beaten that horse dead by now the plan is to merely touch on that topic and then delve into Facebook – how has it evolved as a…
Read MoreAs a creative agency founder and an entrepreneur I wanted to share my thoughts on how Foursquare will work in the future. It started as a rant about how to improve Foursquare, moved to IM, email, Twitter and Facebook discussions with friends and colleagues, and has evolved into an explanation of how Google and Facebook…
Read MoreHow many times have you bought a friend a virtual cupcake on Facebook or some other social networking site? With the rise of such virtual goods environments, thanks to Zynga, Facebook and Foursquare among others, and brands trying to leverage them for their own businesses, the question of return on investment is an important one….
Read MoreMobspot, a showcased startup that demoed at the TECH cocktail SXSW: Blackout Sunday event in Austin and a SXSW Accelerator finalist, has released the Mobspot Facebook Application so that Facebook users with iPhones can now see which apps their friends actually use and like. As written about previously, Mobspot wants to solve the problem of mobile app…
Read MoreIf social networking hasn’t taken over enough of your life and time already, soon you will be able to grab your popcorn and head to the theater to see the film, The Social Network, as it will be hitting a theater near you on October 1, 2010. The Social Network is about Mark Zuckerberg, the…
Read MoreIs it a revolution in location based social media, or the latest fad destined to fizzle out? Any seasoned Foursquare user is familiar with the ebb and flow in interest with the application’s use. After initially registering for an account, the excitement that comes along with each additional check-in can only fully be understood by a…
Read MoreLast week we reported that high profile Facebook users like Jason Calacanis were deleting their Facebook pages in reaction to privacy concerns. Responding to criticism is something all entrepreneurs have to learn to deal with so I wondered how Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg would respond to his users that had expressed privacy concerns. Today, in a…
Read MoreThe always outspoken Jason Calacanis sent out an email late last night to his list serve JasonNation stating his plans to delete his Facebook page this Friday at 1:00pm PT. What’s more, he’s planning to broadcast it live on the Web. Calacanis says: “Simply put, I no longer trust Facebook or Mark Zuckerberg with my…
Read MoreEdison Research and Arbitron released study today titled Twitter Usage in America 2010, that shares some interesting data about usage of social networking site like Facebook and Twitter. The study presents three years of tracking data from a nationally representative telephone survey (via landline and mobile phone) of 1,753 Americans, and was conducted in February…
Read MoreOn Wednesday the Facebook’s Developers Conference f8 took place and was streamed live via livesteam. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced several new features including: one step permissions, saved caches, Facebook currency (Credits), and the social graph (Open Graph protocol). A breakdown of the Open Graph and Facebook connect by Bret Taylor, CEO and Programmer of FriendFeed,…
Read MoreLooking for a way to connect with you grandparents on Facebook? Thanks to PostEgram, a Detroit-based startup, it may now be easier than ever to keep your grandparents and other loved ones up to speed on your Facebook activity the old fashion way. PostEgram automatically prints and mails your Facebook status and photos, helping users…
Read MoreBodega, an Ann Arbor, Michigan based startup, offers a virtual goods marketplace enabling anyone to buy and sell their virtual goods in a fun environment. If virtual goods are new to you, they are defined by Wikipedia as: Virtual goods are non-physical objects that are purchased for use in online communities or online games. Virtual…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This is a warning, this article is a TOTAL GEEK FEST! Proceed at your own risk. Now that’s out of the way, let me tell you about a terrific session I attended early on Sunday morning titled “Beyond LAMP: Scaling Websites Past MySQL.” Now by trade, I am a systems engineer and do a…
Read MoreIt’s odd that as I sit here and type a post reporting on this session, I am using the very technology that the panelists said could be affecting our interpersonal relationships . This panel, as the title states, took a look at the impact technology is having on our relationships – and whether it is good or bad. As I listened to…
Read MoreThese days it seems that an important part of the web landscape is crowdsourcing. Most of us crowdsource simply using your own social networks on Twitter and Facebook to pose a question or issue to “your crowd” and seeing how your network of contacts can help you out. On the flip side, there are also professional sites like…
Read MoreLivingSocial, the social commerce leader behind LivingSocial Deals and top Facebook applications Visual Bookshelf and Pick Your Five, today announced that it has completed a $25 million Series B round of venture funding led by U.S. Venture Partners. Grotech Ventures and Steve Case’s Revolution LLC are also participating. With this round of funding, LivingSocial Deals is…
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