Tag Archive | "social media"
5 Apps to Make You Smile
These are a few of my favorite digital things… This list is hardly comprehensive, nor is it in any particular order. Enjoy! 1. Timehop - This gets top billing because too few people know about it (and more should – it’s neat). Basically, Timehop answers one question, every day, via email. “What did you do one [...]
Continue reading...Blurtt is Worth a Thousand Words
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Let’s assume a picture is worth a thousand words — and that the average word is 6 characters long. Blurtt, a TriplePoint client which allows you to easily add images to your messages — and captions to those images — has essentially given you the power to compose a 6,000 character tweet. Not too shabby. [...]
Continue reading...Social Media Yearbook, 2011 Infographic Edition
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Infographics: the web’s unique way of defining our tech-heavy times, destroying our productivity levels, and giving us the giggles. Flowtown has a fun new highschool-themed shakedown of today’s social media giants. Where do you fit into the 2011 yearbook? Do note the omission of any gaming networks (i.e. Apple’s Game Center, OpenFeint or Xbox LIVE), [...]
Continue reading...How Generations Are Using Social Media
Saturday, May 22, 2010
A new chart has been released showing how different generations are using social media. First, the graphic: Now, a lot of this seems to be not all that surprising, such as the older you get, the less likely you are to participate in social media. After all, most senior citizens probably would freely admit that [...]
Continue reading...Facebook Traffic Up 69%, Twitter Up 45%
Friday, May 7, 2010
Social networking in general grew 100% last year in a report from media data service Nielsen. Facebook and Twitter are still leading the pack with each gaining enormous amounts of users and internet traffic over the past year. Facebook saw the largest growth with 69% which could largely be attributed to the launching of several [...]
Continue reading...College Students Can’t Make it Without their Media
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
While not an official psychiatric disorder, many college students suffer from internet and media addiction. According to a study conducted by the University of Maryland, students that gave up their media connections had withdrawal symptoms similar to those of a drug or alcohol addict. They also experienced craving, anxiety and preoccupation which made it difficult [...]
Continue reading...7 Ways Console Game Developers Could Be More Social
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Many developers are moving into the social direction with increasing integration into services such as Xbox Live, PSN, Steam and the like. However, few are interacting with the social networking world that exists outside the console like Facebook and Twitter. Currently, Xbox Live features Twitter and Facebook as parts of their Xbox Live Gold Subscription [...]
Continue reading...Social Media Continues to Pick Up Steam
Saturday, April 17, 2010
According to new research released by Nielsen Online, social media is continuing its rapid rise in use and reach. Nielsen surveyed 1,700 online users and found that 73 percent of those respondents engaged in some form of social media at least once at week. Of course, considering that the survey was held online, the numbers [...]
Continue reading...Tomorrow is April 16th aka Foursquare Day
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Tomorrow, April 16th is officially “Foursquare Day” a holiday that comes from the social media company that wants you to check-in as much as possible. What does the holiday mean for us Foursquare users? Well, a special badge of course! Check-in to any venue tomorrow and you will have a special badge in your profile. [...]
Continue reading...I Got 99 Problems But Social Media Ain’t One
Saturday, April 10, 2010
We all love social media here at Frisky Mongoose, and social media consultant Mirna Bard has collected (via WebNewser) some of her favorite social media quotes–99 of them, in fact. Some choice quotes: “Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t want plastered on a billboard with your face on it.” – Erin Bury, Sprouter community [...]
Continue reading...Founders of MySpace Acquiring MindJolt
Friday, March 5, 2010
The founders of MySpace have decided to return once again to the social market, but this time with a gaming twist. Chris DeWolfe, Colin Digiaro and Aber Whitcomb, along with Austin Ventures have acquired MindJolt, a social gaming powerhouse with over 20 million unique players on Facebook among other sites. MindJolt is a platform that helps [...]
Continue reading...Blindfolded Man Finishes The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Using Skype
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Social gaming and networking have been showing dominance with communication, sharing and competition, but rarely do we see a group of people team up to collectively prove a point or for a cause. Jordan Verner from Ontario Canada was told at a young age that he would go blind. Despite that actually not happening, he [...]
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