Yesterday, the buzz engines lit up with chatter about the tease of a totally revamped MySpace. “The NEW MySpace” released a video previewing the look and features of what Justin Timberlake and others hope to be a huge comeback. The first thing I noticed was that MySpace has embraced the fact that it is rejoining …
Last Friday, we saw the full roll-out of offer posts for business pages on Facebook. For the past year, the social networking giant has been teasing its business users with the opportunity of creating a Facebook coupon. Retail giants like Macy’s, as well as countless local storefront businesses, have been able to post specials for …
Last night the New Tech Group, a Web and tech-centric networking group in South Florida, gathered to celebrate an anniversary and get the first look at a new working environment. Although Caffeine Spaces is a long way from an official ribbon cutting, it was clear to all in attendance that the huge space located just steps from …
On Monday evening, Sept. 17, the #SocialChat community on Twitter gathered to discuss the relationship between SEOs and SMMs. Our guest expert, Jim Hedger, is a partner at Digital Always Media in Toronto, Canada. He is an organic SEO and digital marketing specialist. Jim has been involved in the online marketing industry since 1998 and …
In a post on the PubCon blog yesterday afternoon, event organizers released big news for PubCon attendees. This year, all of the break-out sessions on all eight conference tracks will be filmed for on-demand streaming. This means that attendees won’t have to worry about missing a thing. They can attend the sessions that grab them …
Twitter’s CEO, Dick Costolo, made a live appearance on the TODAY Show yesterday to announce updates to the Twitter experience. The changes affect the look and feel of profiles on twitter.com and the mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, and Android. As of yesterday, all Twitter users have the option of adding a very Facebook-esque header …
Today is National Cheeseburger Day! As if we really needed an excuse to celebrate the warm juicy goodness of ground beef grilled to perfection, dripping with gooey cheese, nestled in a fluffy warm bun, topped with cool, crisp lettuce, juicy ripe tomatoes, fresh pickles and onions … (I may want a cheeseburger for breakfast now.) …
What does a former Port Authority building in NYC, dark fiber, gigabit-speed Internet, and Kansas City have in common? Google. In early 2005, the Internet search giant began aquiring high-speed fiber optic lines all over the world. The company also moved into a building atop “a major physical network node that allows tech and telecom firms …
Senator Patrick Leahy (D Vermont) has introduced a bill to amend the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The amendment would require that law enforcement officers obtain a warrant to collect various forms of electronic communication stored by a third party. Along with email messages, correspondences via Facebook, Twitter, IM, etc. would be protected from search …
#SocialChat is a weekly discussion of the best practices in Social Media Marketing hosted every Monday night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern by Alan K’necht (@aknecht) of Digital Always Media and me (@SocialMichelleR). We started the chat in January of 2011, and since then it has become an event that many of our core participants look …
