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Sometimes it’s better to be kind than fake. The Harvard Business Review recently picked up a viral story about a young man who wanted to give his dying grandmother her favorite bowl of soup from Panera Bread. On all fronts, writer Bill Taylor hits it on the nose. Sometimes in social media, companies, organizations, and…
Like a bad Hollywood movie sequel, Carmageddon II is coming to the 405 freeway in Los Angeles. For those who experienced the first one, things weren’t so bad. Native Angelinos and tourists alike stayed off the 405 and surrounding freeways allowing a haunting view of an all clear road that’s usually packed with traffic. But…
For many of you, Klout is a spiffy looking website that gives a number to your social media influence. Unfortunately, the website is often times a hub of confusion as people with significant influence score markedly lower than individuals who have little to no influence. According to a recent Forbes article, Klout processes 2.7 pieces of…
Inventive gadgetry pops up every day and Mashable reports there’s one that’s a 1000 watt idea. The Atlantic‘s new mobile-first business publication, Quartz, is set to launch next month and they’ve found a way to attract people to their Twitter feed. If you mention @quartznews on twitter, the Quartz newsroom literally lights up. This may…
There’s nothing like being one the first to like and/or adopt something new and popular. The problem is, how do you prove it? Well, when it comes to showing your early adopter cred, idego.co has got your back. According to an article by Mashable about idego and “early adopters,” this website is a hispter’s paradise. It…
Hackers are nothing new in the realm of the Internet, but that hasn’t stopped Mat Honan, a technology writer with Wired magazine, from going public about his experience with his hacked accounts. According to a Forbes article, when Honan’s accounts were hacked, he not only lost a bunch of emails. When his phone landed itself…
According to the Mashable article, the number of total accounts may be as little as 872 million active users. Facebook originally posted almost a billion users (955 million users) on their site, but just under 10 percent or 83 million are considered “bogus.” Although it’s a drop from the previous number, the 870+ million users is…
Here’s an interesting question: does your church use social media? Buzzplant, a Christian-based digital advertising company, may have your answer. And article via Mashable says that Buzzplant surveyed 250 churches nationwide to see if and how they’re using social media. Since an establishment grounded in thousand years of tradition and new technology don’t always go…
If you love Instagram and Twitter, chances are you’re going to be a bit disappointed. Recently, Forbes came out with news of Twitter and how the social networking and microblogging website has disallowed Instagram users from finding friends through Twitter. This means that users who are already on Twitter can no longer be added as…
Somewhere in the Internet ether, Twitter has gone wrong. Forbes reports that many popular athletes and politicians are tweeting and getting in trouble. For instance, NBC and NBC Olympics have been live-tweeting open events not shown live, much to the anger of several Twitter-savvy viewers. Fans fanatical enough to find their favorite athlete are sometimes greeted with and angry…