As the world waits with bated breath to see if Pyongyang will make good on its nuclear threats, the hacker collective Anonymous has made its own move in the increasingly cyber conflict between North Korea and the world. Original post on readwrite.com Comments on reddit.com
And like that, The 6th Crunchies Annual Award Show is in the bag. John Oliver provided a night of laughs while TechCrunch, GigaOm and Venture Beat jointly han.. Original post on techcrunch.com Comments on reddit.com
Eleventy provides four compelling reasons your nonprofit organization should promote social fundraising to the top of your fundraising strategy. Original post on eleventygroup.com Comments on reddit.com
Another state gives a new spin to Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
Could Costco possibly be the most genuine leader when it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and governance? Original post on triplepundit.com Comments on reddit.com
Social connectedness massively overwhelms a teen’s academic achievement in predicting wellbeing as an adult. Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
For those of you who get frustrated with the idea that in many social networks, you are not just a user but also a product, prepare to grit your teeth a bit more: a new forecast out from Gartner notes that advertising will remain the main way that social media services make money. The analysts predict that this year social media revenue will generate $16.9 billion in revenues, with more than half of that, $8.8 billion, to come from advertising. The estimates are coming out on the same day that social gaming giant Zynga is reporting earnings, and days before Facebook posts its results. That $16.9 billion figure represents a rise of 43 percent over last year, when social media services like Facebook, Spotify, Twitter and more generated $11.8 billion in revenues. While sales will continue to grow at fast clip, however, Gartner notes that the user base of social media services, now numbering at over one billion users, will only grow at a Original post on techcrunch.com Comments on digg.com
From Yahoo! News: 18% of teens would stop communicating altogether if their favorite social networks shut down. That’s according to a recent survey of American high school and college students done by email marketing company AWeber. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on digg.com
We give you the inside story of Miguel Lopez — a man who went by the Digg handle Original post on wired.com Comments on digg.com
Facebook Inc. (FB), operator of the world’s largest social-network, declined after a report from Capstone Investments said the number of users fell over the past six months. Original post on businessweek.com Comments on digg.com
News.me, the news service developed in The New York Times’ R&D labs and incubated at betaworks, is launching its iPhone app today. A bit unusually, the part of the app that you’ll use first may actually be the least interesting. In some ways, the new app is just a redesign of what News.me was already offering through its iPad and email products — a list of news stories, pulled from your Facebook and Twitter streams, then curated based on signals from Twitter and bit.ly, and presented with the context of the initial tweet or Facebook comment. Original post on techcrunch.com Comments on digg.com
Most PR professionals and small businesses constantly search for the magic social media app. Like Ponce de Leon’s quest for the fountain of youth, it’s folly. There’s no magic click that makes reporters read your pitch and write stories about you or your client. For the majority of public relations activities, specifically media [...] Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
A lot of people, including many health care professionals, believe the world is made up only of alcoholics and nonalcoholics. But our research shows us that there is another group. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on digg.com
In 2000, at the turn of the century, Roy Cullimore, a microbial ecologist and Charles Pellegrino, scientist and author of Ghosts of the Titanic discovered that the Titanic –which sank in the Atlantic Ocean 97 years ago — was being… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
A limited study of 50 convicted burglars in the U.K. reveals what most of us knew already: if you tweet or post a Facebook status about your vacation in Cancun, a criminal in your hometown may target your house for a break-in. He or she may even use Google Street View to case the joint. But law enforcement is fighting back, solving crimes using the same social media that makes it easy for people to become victims. The Boston Globe reports in today’s editions that the Boston Police Department has had Original post on readwriteweb.com Comments on digg.com
Analysis of Facebook, blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and more show different outcomes than traditional polls predict. Original post on discovery.com Comments on digg.com
DiggIt’s difficult to imagine a world where Facebook is no longer important, Twitter was a fad, and Reddit stopped sending traffic, but the one thing that has been relatively constant in social media is that sites and the companies that run them are never Original post on fastcompany.com Comments on digg.com
If you’ve browsed Pinterest, you may have seen a nude photo or two. Here’s Pinterest’s policy and what its team is doing about it. Original post on mashable.com Comments on digg.com
Reddit has become a hub of Internet influence, thanks to some unique characteristics that differentiate it from Twitter and Facebook. Original post on internetevolution.com Comments on reddit.com
How the United Nations uses social media to share its mission with the world. More
I went out on a first date with a girl who is also a recently added Facebook friend. During dinner… More
The web was in shock after GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons released a video of him shooting a “problem elephant” in Zimbabwe. PETA responded by shutting down its GoDaddy account and asking others to do the same. When GoDaddy initially announced that it supported the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, outraged customers closed their accounts by the tens of thousands. Soon after the backlash, new GoDaddy CEO Warren Adelman announced in a site forum that the company now officially opposes SOPA. More
