Archive for the ‘social media’ Category
7 Services to Find and Reserve Your Name Across the Web
This series is supported by Gillette. Learn more about Gillette and its products at Gillette.com.If you choose a different username for every site you’re on, it can be hard to create a consistent identity across the web. The problem, however -- as TwitterTwitter-spoofed Megan Fox, BP, and even ...Read More
Twitter Wants You to Share Your Twitter Stories
Twitter has launched a new section of its website called Twitter Tales, a collection of "examples of great Twitter use [that] will also likely inspire others to use the service in innovative and interesting ways."On the official TwitterTwitter blog, communications staffer Carolyn Penner wrote that Twitter Tales is intended to ...Read More
How People Are Signing In Across the Web [STATS]
Identity management provider Janrain has just released its latest usage study detailing what social networks and services people use to sign in and share activities across the web.As in its last report back in April, Google and Facebook continue to dominate websites that offer third-party login options. Across the 250,000 ...Read More
5 Trends Affecting How We Connect Through Social Media
Yuli Ziv is the founder & CEO of Style Coalition, a network of independent online publishers in the fashion and lifestyle vertical, based in NYC. She blogs on social media, entrepreneurship and tech at YuliZiv.com. Follow her on Twitter @yuliz.No matter how much we open up on the web, creating ...Read More
Mashable Launches Yahoo App
Today we're releasing the Mashable on Yahoo application, giving you easy access to social media news as you navigate Yahoo.This new application lets Yahoo users easily view MashableMashable content through Yahoo Pulse, Yahoo Toolbar, Yahoo Homepage and My Yahoo. To add the application, users must first give "permission" to ...Read More
Kid Receives 26,000 Texts After Justin Bieber Tweets Phone Number
On Saturday, Justin Bieber broke a sacred rule: He tweeted "everyone call me [number] :) or text" to his 4.5 million followers. The number wasn't his, though, and the boy it did belong to was inundated with thousands of calls from Bieber's fans.Bieber deleted his tweet shortly after publishing it, ...Read More
Why Location-Based Social Media Needs to Get “Passive” Aggressive
Jesse Thomas is the CEO and Founder of JESS3, a Creative Interactive Agency. JESS3 designs products and experiences for brands like Google, Nike, Facebook, MySpace, C-SPAN, Microsoft and NASA.Ten years ago, Seth Godin predicted the demise of "interruption marketing" and the rise of "permission marketing." His idea was that intrusive ...Read More
North Korea Joins Twitter [REPORT]
North Korean media outlet Uriminzokkiri -- one of the few local outlets to write in English for a foreign audience -- has opened a Twitter account: @uriminzok.Although it is hard to determine who exactly updates the site, it is believed to be directly run by the North Korean government. Thus, ...Read More
Mashable Weekend Recap: 12 Stories You May Have Missed
It's Monday morning, and you know what that means: It's time to rejoin the rat race. Make sure you have a head start by reviewing these news stories and resources you might have missed this Saturday and Sunday.This weekend, TwitterTwitter let a bug slip by that (for just a couple ...Read More
Facebook Dislike Button Is Fake [WARNING]
A new Facebook scam is making the rounds, and it's taking advantage of a non-existent Facebook feature many users crave: the dislike button.First, let's clear things up: There is no such thing as an official FacebookFacebook dislike button. It's possible that Facebook will implement a similar feature in the future, ...Read More