February 2012
40 posts
Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview
BARCELONA — Get ready all you consumers for your first taste of the future of Windows. Microsoft announced Wednesday it’s rolling o… How To Use Twitter Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing
Feb 29th
Don?t Want Your Video to Become a Viral Sensation?...
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st… Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing How To Use Twitter
Feb 29th
How to Turn Social Feedback into Valuable Business...
You’ve set up your company’s Facebook Page and Twitter account, pulled together a social media team to start generating engagement,… Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing
Feb 28th
Visa Launches Mobile Payments Provisioning...
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Visa announced a new over-the-air provisioning service for smartphones for use with Visa’s payWave mobile payments system. The service will make it easier for operators, banks and even transit operators to link Visa payment accounts to consumers’ smartphones, the company says. Although perhaps not as exciting as news of a mobile wallet...
Feb 27th
Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS]
With feet planted firmly on the ground (wearing a new kind of ultralight Nike shoe), we reach into space once again in this edition of Top 10 Tech Thi… Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing How To Use Twitter
Feb 27th
Google to Test Driverless Cars on Nevada Roadways
The roads in Nevada are ready for driverless robot cars. Earlier this month, Nevada’s Legislative Commission approved testing of autonomou… Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing
Feb 26th
Pinterest Pins Are on 9% of the Top Online Retail...
Consumers aren’t the only ones getting Pinterest fever. About 9% of the top online retailers are offering Pinterest pins on their sites, a… How To Use Twitter Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing
Feb 25th
The Rise of the Startup Political Candidate
It wasn’t too long ago that Simon Ribeiro would have been considered an odd political candidate. Ribeiro’s de-facto campaign nerve… Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing
Feb 25th
InstaMatch Turns Instagram Into A Game
Tiny Hearts, the Toronto-based studio behind Pocket Zoo, a top 50 iOS app (and one of my kid’s personal favorites), has just released a new title that turns Instagram into a game. The new app is called InstaMatch, and it’s a modernized take on the classic memory matching game. In InstaMatch, instead of using images of duplicate items, the photos users match up come from Instagram. ...
Feb 24th
Tencent CTO: Facebook Took a Page From Our Biz...
As Facebook?s imminent IPO became the talk of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, you might have read from the social networking site?s SEC S-1 filing that it pulled in more than $1 billion in profit on revenue of $3.71 billion last year. What Facebook?s prospectus will not tell you, is that the social giant has taken a page from Tencent?s business model, at least according to the Chinese Internet...
Feb 23rd
With Facebook, Netflix And More, The PS Vita Is...
I’ve enjoyed the PS Vita for a couple of weeks now. It’s a fun device, but as John describes in our review, it feels like the last of its kind. Single function devices are no longer relevant and as much as Sony tried, the Vita is still pretty much a dedicated gaming handheld. The company launched an app store for the Vita today, which folds Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, and Flickr apps...
Feb 22nd
YC-Funded ScreenLeap: Because Screen-Sharing...
With stories of Terminator-esque Google glasses making headlines these days, you’d think a basic task like screen sharing would be something that’d be pretty well solved by now. But while there are many different ways to share your desktop (or some portion thereof) with your friends or coworkers, more often than not the process isn’t something you’d call easy. It’s...
Feb 22nd
Even on $15,000 a Year, Most Young People Buy...
When a twentysomething’s budget is tight, her smartphone is far from the first expense to go, suggests a new study from Nielsen. The surve… Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing
Feb 21st
Looks Like Freelance Marketplace Solvate is...
We’ve gotten a tip that Solvate, a venture-backed marketplace for hiring freelance work, is shutting down. Apparently, the freelancers who do work through Solvate have been told that the service will end effective March 1. I’ve emailed and called Solvate, and haven’t gotten a response yet. (I will update this post if hear back.) I also tried to sign-up for a new client account...
Feb 20th
From College To Silicon Valley: Tips From A...
Looking for internships and jobs after college can be exhilarating, especially for people with engineering and other technical expertise. In an otherwise tough job market, demand for software engineers is higher than ever right now. You may find that companies are actually competing to pay you for the knowledge you worked so hard to acquire in school. But as pumped as I was when I started out, I...
Feb 19th
Beyond Facebook: The Rise Of Interest-Based Social...
With the pending public offering of Facebook anticipated to be the largest tech IPO in history, it?s an interesting time to think about where we go from here. Some say ?social is done,? Facebook is all the social media anyone would ever want or need. Unquestionably, as it nears one billion accounts, in the solar system of social media, Facebook is the Sun — the gravitational center around...
Feb 19th
From College To Silicon Valley: Tips From A...
Looking for internships and jobs after college can be exhilarating, especially for people with engineering and other technical expertise. In an otherwise tough job market, demand for software engineers is higher than ever right now. You may find that companies are actually competing to pay you for the knowledge you worked so hard to acquire in school. But as pumped as I was when I started out, I...
Feb 18th
Hands on With Messages for OS X Mountain Lion
Apple may have killed off iChat with Thursday’s announcement of OS X Mountain Lion, but the company replaced it with something even better… How To Use Twitter Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing
Feb 18th
Google+ Sees 1400% Growth In Brand Followers Since...
Brands on Google+ are seeing tremendous growth in followers, according to a new report from SEO and digital marketing startup BrightEdge. Google+ was famously closed to brands when it launched, something that changed with the launch of Google+ Pages in November. Now, the number of users following the top 100 brands on Google+ has increased 1400 percent, from 220,000 in December to 3.1 million in...
Feb 17th
Hulu Plus Now on Wii Coming to Nintendo 3DS Later...
Hulu Plus became available as an option for the Wii on Thursday, making the service available on all three major gaming console platforms. Wii u… Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing
Feb 16th
Apps Uploading Address Books Is A Privacy...
While the hand-wringing over the future of journalism, blogging, the nature of conflicts of interest, yada yada, has been deeply interesting (alongside the personal attacks - we all like a good public fight don’t we?), it’s worth recalling that the furore was kicked off by a fairly pertinent point. To whit: Path was uploading user’s address books without their explicit...
Feb 15th
?Baseball Boyfriend? App Lets You ?Date? The...
If you’ve ever been interested in participating in fantasy sports but also wanted to combine a teenage-like element of crushing on profess… How To Use Twitter Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing
Feb 14th
Turn Instagram Photos Into a Poster
Enjoy uploading pictures to the Internet via Instagram? Now you can turn your collection into a poster. Thanks to London-based online retailer F… Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing
Feb 13th
Turn Instagram Photos Into a Poster
Enjoy uploading pictures to the Internet via Instagram? Now you can turn your collection into a poster. Thanks to London-based online retailer F… Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing
Feb 13th
Kim Jong-Un Death Rumor Sparks Twitter Frenzy
Rumors of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s death took Twitter by storm Friday. The report, which originated on the Chinese microblogging… Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing
Feb 12th
The Government Wants To Build An App Store For...
The US Department of Defense Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit is look for a few good coders to help build apps and an entire app store for bomb technicians and soldiers involved in ordnance handling. This is when sliding to unlock could mean the difference between life or death. The request for proposals is as dull as dirt (you can read it hear) but the requirements are clear: they’re...
Feb 11th
For And Against The iPad Mini
Rumors of a 7- to 7.85-inch iPad have been swirling around for a long while now. We’ve seen reports get killed moments after they initially break, only to be sneakily resurrected weeks or months later. The rumor simply won’t die. The problem, however, is that this one in particular is a tough nut to crack. When you take all the evidence both for and against a little iPad,...
Feb 10th
WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning to Be Arraigned...
U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and war reports to WikiLeaks, will be arraigned be… Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing How To Use Twitter
Feb 10th
Andrew Mason?s First Earnings Call: ?Stop Sending...
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason just finished his first post-IPO earnings calls with Wall Street analysts. (We covered it live and looked at the numbers). “We believe we are on the cusp of a sea change? in behavior, he noted. ?We?re about to see what technology can do for local commerce.? Listening to the call, I’d say his performance was mixed. He sounded a little nervous at first, but...
Feb 9th
Apple Restores Qihoo 360 Mobile Apps In The App...
On Saturday, February 4, something strange happened to Qihoo 360, a security software company. Their apps, at least the ones in the Apple App Store, were missing. After reaching out to Apple, the company learned that Apple had removed their apps based on “unusual user rating activities by unknown sources on certain Qihoo 360 applications.” There was no further explanation. However,...
Feb 8th
Spreecast Extends Reach Of Social Video Platform...
Spreecast, a social video platform that lets people broadcast together, is adding the ability to embed ‘spreecasts’ on their blogs, free of charge. The brainchild of StubHub co-founder and investor Jeff Fluhr, Spreecast can be used publicly or privately to create interactive, social online video broadcasts. Up to 4 people at a time can be face-to-face, streaming their conversation...
Feb 7th
Google Earth Deletes Rumored Lost City of Atlantis
The lost city of Atlantis — rumored to be discovered in a Google Earth map — is once again lost, thanks to a maps update from the se… Twitter Marketing How To Use Twitter Twitter Strategy
Feb 7th
Super Bowl 2012 Commercials: Watch Them All Here
There are two kinds of Super Bowl fans: those who watch for the football and those who watch for the advertisements. For those who prefer the sport,… Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing How To Use Twitter
Feb 6th
Pokki Gives Quick Access To Madden NFL Superstars,...
It’s the Super Bowl season, when a host of services and apps debut just in time for the biggest television event of the year. And, if you’re a fan of Madden’s NFL Superstars (a web app that’s available through Facebook), then you’ll like this launch: the game is now available as a Pokki right here. Pokki, for those that haven’t used it, is a platform that lets...
Feb 5th
Stylitics Is an Analytics Dashboard for Your...
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st… Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing
Feb 4th
Atari Assemble! Super-Team of Veteran Developers...
The good old 8-bit band is getting back together. Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of Microsoft’s Xbox, has assembled a super team of Atari… How To Use Twitter Twitter Strategy Viral twitter marketing
Feb 4th
How LinkedIn Gave A Former Pro Athlete A New...
While playing for the Tennessee Valley Vipers in the Arena Football League, and pursuing his dream of playing football professionally, Lew… Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing How To Use Twitter
Feb 3rd
South Korea Detains Man for a Retweet [VIDEO]
South Korea has detained a man for retweeting a message about the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il. 24-year-old Park Jeonggeun is bein… Viral twitter marketing Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing
Feb 2nd
YouTube?s 20 Most-Shared Ads in January [VIDEOS]
From last year’s Super Bowl to the upcoming big game, here are the 20 most-shared ads from January, 2012. Advertisers are increasingly cat… Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing How To Use Twitter
Feb 2nd
Florida Primary: Can Social Media Predict the...
The Florida primary is shaping up to be an important battleground in the war for the Republican presidential nomination, and it’s getting… Social Media marketing Twitter Marketing How To Use Twitter
Feb 1st