Since we are now officially in the holiday shopping season I thought the blog post I just read, — If Newspapers Were Stores, Would Visitors Be “Worthless” Then? — would be my early Christmas present to you.
The blog is in response to the huffing and puffing Rupert Murdoch [...]
I’m on a Alpha-Beta testing roll lately. First, I was given a sneak peak at Twitter Lists — which I really like a lot.
Then Google invited me to early test Google Wave. Since me and the Wave are in the early dating stage, I’m not [...]
Can You Anticpate and Predict Trends?
When it comes to Social Media Marketing, what are the latest trends? Where is the ROI? How can you use it to successfully reach your target audience and convert them to customers? After all…somebody’s got to answer to key stakeholders [...]
If there were ever a need for a “Google Wave For Dummies” book this is the time. But until one is published it looks like a pretty darn good alternative is already on the market; it’s called, The Complete Guide to Google Wave. And [...]
Twitter has begun to roll out its much hyped Twitter Lists feature.
As much as I really like Twitter, I can’t say I’m overly excited about Lists. Not sure how it will differ from my favorite Tweeter client, Tweet Deck.
Also, what’s up with the no Tweet request?
I’ll [...]
How to use Social Media to Enhance Marketing Opportunities?
This is the question that is on the minds of many entrepreneurs, small business owners and marketing professionals today. In light of the paradigm shifts described in The Age of Access by Jeremy Rifkin and [...]
(Be in Business for Yourself – Not by Yourself)
Whether you are Generation Y just starting out or a Baby Boomer starting anew, starting your own business can resemble a roller coaster ride. Slow jerking starts, fast jolting stops, high ups, low downs with dizzying [...]
Google is hoping to appeal to the “I need to hold a newspaper or magazine in my hand” crowd.
The search engine giant is trying out a product it’s calling called Fast Flip.
According to an AP write-up Fast Flip:
“is meant to duplicate the look and feel [...]
Twenty hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute. It gets over a billion views per day. It’s reached over 100 million U.S. users. And as company rep, Chris Dale, told the New York Times: “If all three major U.S. TV networks ([...]
I’m sure a lot of bloggers — if they haven’t already — will soon get an email from Technorati asking them to fill out its annual survey. I haven’t filled it out yet, but I’ve heard
from a few other bloggers who have filled [...]
The New York Times ran a lengthy article on Wednesday analyzing a seemingly startling fact—teens haven’t been Twittering! Indeed, according to a report released Tuesday by comScore, the age group that is usually considered the leaders in adapting to, using and promoting new technologies [...]
As football season gets ready for kick-off, college-league fans across the country are eagerly awaiting the glorious day they can once again proudly don their favorite team’s jersey, open a fresh tube of facepaint and consume enough barbeque and beer to feed an entire lecture hall.
But [...]
Cellphone-addicted theatergoers can rejoice– no longer do they have to feel shamed by their fellow audience members’ disgusted sneers when their LCD-screens disrupt the darkness. Well, only if they’re at a performance of “Next to Normal,” anyway.
The show, which tells the story of a suburban [...]
It’s rare when I come across a new web application that makes me go “Wow!” But that’s what I said when I first used snitch.name.com. I’m sure other people may go “Whoa!”
While many people use the Internet as a tool to help them do their [...]
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According to Inside Facebook, Facebook is poised to drop a new iPhone app very soon
Facebook for iPhone 3.0, which will include a spate of new features like Page updating, video uploading, events, likes, and the “new” News Feed, is [...]
How are you feeling today? Are you happily relaxing on a sunsoaked beach vacation? Or are you depressed as you toil away in the tight confines of a loathed cubicle?
Well, if you’re Tweeting or blogging about it, someone’s been listening…and taking notes.
A pair of Vermont scientists [...]
Whenever I talk to people who are unfamiliar with social media networks or ask me how their company can make money online its almost inevitable that I suggest they read the book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, [...]
It’s not breaking news that newspapers are slowly fizzling out as they weather the maelstrom of Internet news. Many blame blogs as the epitome of print publication’s downfall—they take and share news content for free, giving traditional print media companies a painful ulcer since their inception into popular use.
In today’s strategic marketing plans, big businesses are practically required to dive into the world of Twitter (albeit against their own will) to promote their brands, products or services. But now more and more small businesses are also using the microblogging site for its effective and widespread “word-of-mouth” marketing [...]
A new Twitter application makes it possible to find and keep tabs on fellow Twitterers in your area in real time. Tweetmondo, the latest Twitter/Google Maps mash-up app, has been causing increasing buzz in Twitterville as the best and easiest location-based Twitter service out right now.
As newspapers feebly continue their losing game of tug-of-war against the strong arm of Internet news, many blame the nefarious “blog” as the culprit of traditional print media’s slow and painful death. Print bigwigs have been desperately trying to come up with new, viable business models [...]
One of the first rules in blogging is to write consistently. If for some reason you stop blogging on a regular basis the one thing you should never write on your blog is an apology that says: “sorry that I haven’t been blogging as much lately.”
The blogging experts will [...]
Murdoch arrived with his wife, Wendi, on July 8 to discuss the state of the news media with other industry bigwigs
At Allen & Co’s Sun Valley, [...]
Facebook is really growing up these days—and not just because of more sophisticated features or new applications, but literally in terms of age demographics. It seems that after years of putting up with the intensive media hype surrounding Facebook, baby boomers are finally pushing their skepticism aside (or getting [...]
(Editors Note: This post and the one below it were written by Dr. Sybril Bennett. Dr. Bennett is an Associate Professor of Journalism at Belmont University. Dr. Bennett is the author of the blog Multimedia Maven)
One of my Facebook friends sent me this message, [...]
“For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don’t have the words,” said Quincy Jones, who produced “Thriller.” “He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I’ve lost [...]
(EDITORS NOTE: This blog post was actually written by Rick’s RSS newest blogger Christine Gratton. Be on the lookout for more great posts from Christine about the unrest in Iran and how social media is being used to tell these stories.)
These days, the “social media revolution” is living up to [...]
According to Royal Pingdom “Social networks are getting huge. So big, in fact, that many of them are competing in size with some of the largest countries in the world.”
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The switch has finally occurred from analog to digital. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said the number of households without a signal has been reduced greatly.
Neilsen Co. said Wednesday that 2.8 million US households — 2.5 percent of the television market — were “completely [...]
Twitter’s verification experiment will begin with “public officials, public agencies, famous artists, athletes, and other well known individuals at risk of impersonation.”~ Biz Stone, Founder of Twitter
On Friday, Twitter tested a way to verify that people tweeting are who they claim to be. [...]
The Facebook username dust up is one more reminder of something I’ve been saying for a while now: Claim your name on as many social media platforms as you can.
It doesn’t matter if you are rich and or famous, claiming your name now — even [...]
Will the new Twitter verification system be the new celebrity status symbol?
A few days ago I blogged that Twitter was going to address the growing problem of fake celebrity accounts being created.
The problem, Twitter hopes, has been addressed!
With the addition of a simple blue check [...]
“We disabled the ‘I Hate Muslims in Oz’ group a day or so ago because it contained an explicit statement of hate. Where Holocaust-denial groups have done this and been reported, we’ve taken the same action.” – Barry Schnitt
After President Obama’s statement that Holocaust denial is “hateful,” Facebook’s response [...]
My friends over at YouRenew.com just published a great blog post on how to go Green next time you’re in the market for a laptop.
And if you have any cell phones or other electronic gadgets you want to get rid of not only will [...]
LaCie's LaCinema Classic Bridge
Western Digital WD TV faces competition with LaCie’s LaCinema Classic Bridge. WD TV is an accessory for USB external hard drives that plays multimedia content stored on the hard drive. The LaCinema is larger than the WD TV, [...]
Just got a big tip from a Yahoo source who tells me that later today (Friday, June 5) Yahoo! will “supercharge email with new applications.”
Features will include :Photo Editing, Video Sharing, and Pay Pal All From Within Your Inbox.
According to my source Yahoo! Mail is rolling [...]
In a new study, Americans are spending twice as much time on social networking sites than they did in the past year. Of course, this probably has a lot to do with the growth of Facebook and Twitter.
Nielson Online discovered the number of minutes Americans spent on [...]
A Japanese university plans to give iPhones to its students for free. Aoyama Gakuin University, which is located outside Tokyo in Sagamihara city, is testing a new strategy with iPhones. They are to be given to 550 first and second year students and a few [...]
The Pre, Palm Inc.’s new smart phone can connect to Apple’s iTunes software, allowing one to download music and photos just like an iPod or iPhone.
It’s interesting since the Pre isn’t made by Apple Inc. However, third-party software is available that lets some digital [...]
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