Archive for the ‘Social Media in Review’ Category

Wyndstorm Goes to SXSW - video

Wyndstorm Goes to SXSW – video

By admin | Music, Social Media in Review

Check out Wyndstorm’s Jennifer Bennett as she tackles the convention center floor and hands out some swag!

iPad 2 is here ~ thoughts?

By admin | Social Media Trends, Social Media in Review, Tech

My, I think today should be called National iPad2 Day. #iPad2 is the trending hashtag on Twitter, the Apple store is down, the Internet is buzzing…. and did you know there is an app that lets you find disappointed people who ran out and bought the original #iPad?  Happy Wednesday! We’re rounding up the best

A Zombie Walks Into A BART…

By Courtney Parham | Misc, Social Media in Review

As I rode up the escalator at Powell Street BART in San Francisco during my commute this morning, I did a double-take at what looked like a zombie stumbling near the exit gates. I glanced to the left, and saw another ghastly ghoul leaning against a wall. I wondered, “Is this Thriller?” Given that Halloween

Facebook and Your Little Black Book: 4 Ways To Manage Your Relationship Privacy

By Courtney Parham | Social Media Trends, Social Media in Review

This morning, I told a good friend of mine that Facebook is labelled as a “social network” for good reason: it’s intended to share as much information with your connections as possible. With that in mind, many of my buddies have posted relationship news on that site, only to have their updates shared with more

Social Media in Review: Pandora vs. Last.fm

By Elliot Tomaeno | Social Media in Review

Pandora and Last.fm are two of the most popular radio-style streaming music services, but which one reigns supreme? Pandora Pandora bills itself as the service that “only plays music you’ll love”, based on personalized song recommendations from the Music Genome Project. Just plug in a song or artist, and the service will play a related

Social Media In Review: Facebook Places 101

By Courtney Parham | Social Media in Review

“Everything happens somewhere. Start exploring your world with your friends by sharing your experiences at the places where you go.” – Michael Sharon, Facebook product manager for Places On Wednesday, Facebook launched Places, a tool that allows users to share their current location. In this post, I’ll provide an overview of the new feature, how

Social Media in Review: Helpful Twitter and Facebook Apps for Businesses

By Elliot Tomaeno | Social Media in Review

If you have company pages on Facebook and Twitter, posting the same information on each platform may be tedious. Many services allow users to update both pages at once, but you may not want tweet symbols (retweets, hashtags, @replies, etc.) sent to Facebook. Furthermore, figuring out how to build a following on either page can

Social Media in Review: Gowalla vs Foursquare

By admin | Social Media in Review

The two most prominent mobile location applications Gowalla and Foursquare are engaged in a “heated” competition; which of the two is more widely used, and quite frankly the most useful. Both Foursquare and Gowalla are location-based games that function off the idea that you “check in” to locations as you visit them. These places can