Archive for March 10th, 2010
A new study from security firm Barracuda Labs provides some interesting insights into the state of the Twitterverse. Unfortunately for the microblogging startup, the stats say that most of its users aren’t very active. [ READ MORE ]
Twitter has just flipped the switch on geolocation within Twitter.com. Now at least some users can pull up location-based information from individual tweets on the microblogging website. [ READ MORE ]
Web-based Twitter client Brizzly has three major developments to report: a new free iPhone app, a new Brizzly Guide (which gives trending topics on Twitter their own hub pages as permanent resources for information on the top Twitter discussion items over time), and the acquisition of WikiRank. [ READ MORE ]
Last night at its Campfire One event, Google officially launched the Google Apps Marketplace. The Google Apps Marketplace offers third-party developers and services a way to integrate directly with the Google Apps platform and sell that integration at whatever price point they choose. This is a huge win for the cloud because it finally [ READ MORE ]
Remember the Stanford iPhone Orchestra and their kick-ass musical stylings? Well, there’s a new smartphone virtuoso on the scene by the name of PixieTea who could become more synonymous with the word “telephone” than Lady Gaga herself. The Chinese artist created a video and song — mostly on an iPhone 3GS — that has [ READ MORE ]
Facebook may have secured a patent for its news feed technology, and Google for location-based ads, but that doesn’t make the two companies immune to other patent challengers. In fact, both Google and Facebook are being sued by Winksite over mobile social networking technology. [ READ MORE ]
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Crystal remains the favorite, but Siobhan and Didi made excellent strides. [ READ MORE ]
It seems like every city in America wants Google Fiber. And who can blame them? Ever since Google announced its plan last month to bring ultra-high speed Internet connections (as in, up to 100x faster than what most of the country has today) to between 50,000 and 500,000 people, cities across the U.S. have [ READ MORE ]
One of the many initiatives on MySpace’s upcoming roadmap is a renewed focus on the applications platform, most notably surrounding games. The company announced this morning at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco the launch of a new Games Gallery experience, a gaming-specific iPhone app, and a number of new tools and analytics [ READ MORE ]
The Facebook platform game FarmVille now supports the Facebook Credits virtual currency. [ READ MORE ]
When it comes to competition, CNN President Jon Klein fears Facebook. The man at the top of the news network believes that the social network is more of a threat to his business than other broadcast media organizations. [ READ MORE ]
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Today Get Satisfaction is bringing its popular social CRM tool inside Facebook Pages with Social Engagement Hub. The new app, created by Involver using the Get Satisfaction API, gives brands and businesses the ability to integrate the entire support experience into Facebook. [ READ MORE ]
Measuring social media is possible and Web analytics should be a key part of your measurement strategy. Part one of a two part series. … [ READ MORE ]
Digital has never been more important for brands that are seeking to communicate and engage with their customers, this is especially true when speaking in terms of purchase decision-making and brand perception. As digital media battles for its share of cash and eyeballs in an increasingly saturated market, advertisers find themselves faced with the age [ READ MORE ]
Microsoft Advertising publishes a fascinating library of research and case studies in the online Research Library . I’d recommend that you spend an hour browsing there if you’re trying to learn some new best practices that will help in your online advertising. At SMX West on Wednesday, I had the chance to hear from others [ READ MORE ]