Archive for the ‘social networking’ Category
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
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
Twitter Allows Tweets Longer Than 140 Characters (By Accident)
Update: Twitter just fixed it. Tweets now display properly or not at all.If you're crafty, you can now publish a tweet longer than 140 characters. It's not a feature, but rather a bug, so don't expect it to be possible for much longer. We first read about the bug ...Read More
15 of the Funniest Facebook Questions [PICS]
Since the launch of Facebook's new "Questions" feature which lets you crowdsource answers from your social circle, we've been dying to see just what is being asked.As we suspected, Facebook Questions turns out to be a pretty good source of humor, and during our browsing we came across some funny ...Read More
MySpace Launches a Revamped User Homepage [EXCLUSIVE]
MySpaceMySpace is rolling out a complete redesign of the user homepage (the page users see when they log in), with a focus on content discovery through the stream and more prominent sharing tools.The revamp, which will roll out as a "sneak peek" to some users today and to all users ...Read More
XKCD-Inspired Cartoon Maps the World’s Social Networks [PIC]
This cartoon map shows the relative sizes of social networks based on real 2010 user data, and does so in a quirky and amusing way. The quirky and amusing aspect is hardly surprising, because this map — titled the "2010 Social Networking Map" — was inspired by geeky-yet-popular web ...Read More
Mashable Hosts #SummerMash in New York City [PHOTOS]
The Mashable team hosted its New York City stop on its 2010 U.S. Summer Tour Monday night. The event brought hundreds from the local community together for networking and prizes at the 92Y Tribeca. The Mashable NYC team was joined by Rachel Sklar, who interviewed event attendees and readers ...Read More
5 Funny Social Media Web Comics [PICS]
Satire comes in many forms, but one of our favorites here at Mashable is the cartoon.The world of social media is a ripe target for web comics, with some talented artists turning their sights on our new online lifestyles.Get ready to snicker, giggle, and yes, even snort your way through ...Read More