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Archive for the ‘Internet Media’ Category
No Admongo necessary for Social Media
The FTC has created “Admongo.gov” in an effort to teach preteens about advertising. The program is a game that walks kids through the mall, home, and stores to show them how advertising is all around them and what advertisers are trying to say. This is nothing new, aside from being a way to reach today’s [...]
Jon Stewart rips Apple a new Apphole
Okay, please forgive the title but it’s Jon Stewart’s word not mine. Last night Stewart made some very serious points about how Apple, the underdog, with throngs of loyalist techie fanboys, is committing a terrible public relations/social media blunder by the way they’re treating Gawker/Gizmodo and it’s editor Jason Chen.
Friends, peers are substantially less trusted than they were two years ago.
As it turns out, people don’t really care that much about your opinion anymore. But there is hope.
A realtime website data tracking solution arrives, like a live version of Google Analytics
Until now, live data reporting for websites was either a dream or a jumble of data that was difficult to understand. Chartbeat releases a new beta today that aims to change all that.
11 percent say they would interrupt sex for social media
I love social media. At Demi & Cooper we live and breathe it. I’ve been known to check Facebook—much to the annoyance of my wife—while out to dinner. I’ve even (as a joke) live-Tweeted my daughter’s 6th birthday party. But It turns out social media may be a new addiction, according to a new Retrevo Gadgetology study. Salaciously enough, 11 percent of those under 25 say they would let a social media message interrupt sex. I’m not here to judge. I’m more interested in the rising level of engagement people have with social media. After all, it can be a fulfilling and productive use of time personally, professionally and fiscally.
You can’t deny what you’ve been up to online. We have the data.
We know what you’ve been doing on your computer. You’ve been Facebooking and Tweeting up a storm, haven’t you. You can’t deny it. Nielsen has the proof.
Lots of hospitals are using social media, but only 1 in 3 has a plan
Social media is one of those things that seems deceptively simple. You open a Twitter account and send out some Tweets. Perhaps you’ll start a Facebook page and auto-feed in some content. Maybe you’ll upload some videos onto YouTube. These are all uses of social media tools — but using them doesn’t constitute a plan. And using social media by itself doesn’t constitute an online marketing plan.
Happy Birthday, Facebook! Except not really.
Do you celebrate your birthday on day your parents got nasty? Or do you celebrate it on the day you were born? Mashable, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine and others are reporting this morning that today is Facebook’s birthday — as listed on their own Facebook fan page. But Facebook didn’t go live until a year later.
Sharing your bra color on Facebook was a scam. But with a beautiful outcome.
I’m sure you noticed last week that women started posting a one word color on their Facebook status. My wife even posted hers. I remarked about how it’s funny the useless things people do in order to “spread awareness” for a cause. Well it appears the whole meme was a scam. A silly, lighthearted, harmless and somewhat fun scam, but a scam nonetheless.
Facebook revisits their Privacy Policy. And users will hate it.
Last night Facebook announced that they’re going to undertake a major overhaul of their Privacy Policy. And in my opinion, it’s long overdue — and people will hate it. The blog, posted Tuesday night, has already generated more than 17,000+ comments with mixed reactions as of this morning.
