Last week I had the pleasure of attending Columbia Journalism School professor Sree Sreenivasan’s (@sreenet) Social Media for Journalists session in Washington DC. I’ve been a journalist for over five years now and a social media strategist for the last three years, so I wasn’t sure if I would learn anything new from his presentation. My…
Read MoreThis week’s Social Media Hour takes a look at innovation from two angles. First, an exploration of how on its 25th Anniversary Wolfe Video – leading purveyor of content for the LGBT community – is expanding its reach and using social media to further those efforts. Jenni Olson and Maria Lynn from Wolfe Video will…
Read MoreTwitter rolled out a new homepage design and with a tweet let us all know about it. The new Twitter homepage design puts more emphasis on the real-time stream as it is front and center. Twitter also rolled out a feature called “Top Tweets,” which are highlighted on the homepage. I have been waiting for…
Read MoreSouth by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) in Austin, Texas can be a lot of things, none of which we really wanted to hear about. So we challenged the leaders of over sharing to distill their message into one simple word. Watch how they did in the video (below). The video features an all-star cast which includes:…
Read MoreMingle360 is coming out with a new social media USB flash drive product line aimed at creating an interactive and engaging experience. The MingleStick+MEMORY device uses the company’s “mingle technology” for peer-to-peer networking and will be bundled with a Kingston Digital 2GB SD card. The Fairfax, Va.-based company’s Mingle Stick is a keychain-sized wireless device that…
Read MoreFor those who’ve been following Twitter closely this last week, you may have noticed an unusual number of your Twitter users bragging that they’ve: “Just unlocked the ‘Swarm’ badge on @foursquare!” Foursquare users can unlock this rare Swarm badge, by being one of 50 or more users to check into the same establishment at the same time. …
Read MoreWe know the traditional press release is dead, but companies still have a need and desire to push out news to both agencies and consumers alike. So what is the answer, especially in the midst of the new landscape of Twitter and Facebook? Pitchengine thinks they have the answer with its new platform and Social…
Read MoreIf you want to stay connected to your friends, news sources, and traffic updates without taking your eyes off the road to text, Aha Mobile, has the solution: The Palo Alto, CA-based company has developed a back-end platform that safely connects drivers to one another and to the Web with personalized, interactive radio stations. The…
Read MoreDo you have a band and wish there was a better way to connect with fans and sell tickets? Mobile Roadie offers a platform that lets anyone build their own iPhone or Android app in minutes. Users can upload music, video, photos, news, and concert schedules and manage the app’s content via MoRo’s CMS. But…
Read More“Let’s hear it for new dorks…social networks are what dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do…the geek is now damn cool…” Oh how long have some of us waited for that last line to hit the airwaves. Turn up the real speakers for this one and get your hands up in the air…
Read MoreThe irony of an on-line broadcast featuring a guest whose commentary may well make folks want to stay offline forever … well, that irony saturates this episode of Social Media Hour as Cathy Brooks talks with Journalist and Author, Joseph Menn about his latest book: “Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords…
Read MoreIn a world that demands information, breaking news, and constant updates, sometimes it’s hard to find out what’s really hot. Twitter and Facebook have played a big role in the real-time news experience, sharing trending topics and news feed updates with social recommendation mechanisms built in. Bigger companies like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have also been…
Read MoreThis week on the Social Media Hour, Cathy Brooks talks with our friend, author and communications expert Brian Solis who is about release his third book, Engage. The book was written as a guide for anyone working in a large organization on how they can bring them into new media. This four hundred page book…
Read MoreThe United States Army is getting very serious about social Web technology these days. Last month, I got a preview of the new U.S. Army iPhone App as well as the launch of my.army.mil a personalized start page for the Web. Today, the Army has teamed up with DC-based iStrategyLabs to launch a developer contest…
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Editor’s Note: Adapted from an article originally on Somewhat Frank. I have been writing about start-up companies and emerging technology for quite sometime and in doing so I have come to recognize the approach to success that start-ups take. This past summer, I got a chance to take another look at a different kind of…
Read MoreThis probably seems fairly obvious to most people, but what you say online can stick around for quite sometime and help to either further or hinder your career. Everyday, we are all building an online reputation that affects our offline lives. While there have been many stories about people using their online reputations to help…
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Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
We are excited to announce the participating startups for Tech Cocktail's South by Southwest (SXSW) event: #Startuplife Celebration presented by .CO. It was one of... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More