While this year’s Academy Awards ceremony will be shown only on TV, the Academy is still trying to reach viewers on second screens. For example, @TheAcademy, with more than 140,000 followers, has been tweeting all of the events. Oscar.com launched a social media page, Oscar Buzz, to track and [Full Story…]
Computer Infections to Rise During #Oscars ?
February 26, 2012 at 2:32 pm
According to Alvin Estevez, co-founder and president of Enigma Software Group, computer viruses across the U.S. will increase by 30% tonight during the 2012 Academy Awards. He says he predicts this will be the second-most hacked day of 2012, taken in part from SpyWareRemove.com, which tracks [Full Story…]
People Expands its #Oscars Coverage
February 26, 2012 at 1:02 pm
The day after the Academy Awards is People.com’s biggest traffic day of the year. Millions peruse the site to see who made the best and worst dressed lists, so for tonight's event, , People will feature a new Facebook tie-in and a Pinterest board for red carpet fashions. It will also incorporate [Full Story…]
#Oscars Poised to Break Social Media Record
February 26, 2012 at 11:29 am
This year’s Oscars will be another huge social media event, according to The Wall Street Journal. During the broadcast, tweets bearing hashtags #oscars, #redcarpetqa and #bestdressed will appear on Oscar.com and the Oscar app. An outside company has been hired to weed out offensive comments and [Full Story…]
New App for the #Oscars is 100% Free of Charge
February 25, 2012 at 4:03 pm
ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have decided to launch a free Oscar's app for Apple iOS devices in preparation for the show tomorrow. The app will allow users to choose from over 20 live camera feeds located backstage and on the red carpet over the course of the show, as [Full Story…]
News Show Partners with NY’s Trendrr For Red Carpet Coverage #Oscars
February 24, 2012 at 4:01 pm
NY-based Trendrr is partnering with a Los Angeles TV station for Sunday night’s Academy Award coverage. KABC-TV will use Trendrr’s real-time social media analysis to feature the 20 most talked-about topics during its “On the Red Carpet” show. KABC correspondent Tina Malave and style [Full Story…]
Stricter Privacy Settings Becoming More Prevalent Among NY Facebookers
February 23, 2012 at 12:27 pm
According to a study by New York University's Polytechnic Institute, more and more Facebook users in NY are going private. Some of the most prominent findings were that the number of members hiding their friend's list rose 200 percent during the 15 month period the study was [Full Story…]
Former Equity Analyst Creates Successful Dating App
February 22, 2012 at 5:06 pm
In 2005, Clifford Lerner, along with his brother, Darrell, founded NY-based Snap Interactive, whose main product, a dating site called IAmFreeTonight.com, helped people with busy schedules make last-minute plans to travel out-of-town. The company was probably inspired by the lifestyle Lerner led as [Full Story…]
A Look at “10 NY Startups to Watch this Year”
February 22, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Business Insider recently composed a list detailing the 10 NY-based startups deemed to be the most exciting, innovative and transformative in 2012. Some of the companies that made the list include: Flow - An emerging "big data" firm founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Eric Alterman. The [Full Story…]
Will Influx of Big Name Companies Stop NY’s Brain Drain?
February 22, 2012 at 8:11 am
A recent story from Bloomberg Businessweek, heralds the NY arrival of Silicon Valley companies Facebook, Twitter, social game maker Zynga, and other technology players who are hiring software coders and product designers in addition to marketing and salespeople. Local entrepreneurs say the influx of [Full Story…]
Tumblr CEO Says NY Tech Sector Has a Different ‘Flavor’
February 20, 2012 at 2:04 pm
Tumblr CEO David Karp said NY’s tech sector has a different ‘flavor’ than Boston or California. The flavor, he told Capital New York, “tends to be very design-centric and very media-centric. New York continues to really excel in that sort of stuff because, again, we’re just so steeped in [Full Story…]
Building a Better Facebook in NY
February 19, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Facebook’s omniscient success is inspiring others to create better and less intrusive versions. Diaspora* was originally started by four NYU students—Daniel Grippi, Maxwell Saltzberg, Raphael Sofaer and Ilya Zhitomirskiy—and is open-sourced and controlled by its users. Ed Knutson, an [Full Story…]
It’s Still Early Days for Digital Video, ANA Panel Says
February 17, 2012 at 3:07 pm
At the 2012 TV and Everything Video Forum in NY yesterday, speakers said that the nascent state of the business of providing consumers video--no matter if on TVs or on second screens-- can be compared to the television business six decades ago. The forum was presented by the Association of National [Full Story…]
City Announces Official Social Media Pages #SMWNY
February 17, 2012 at 1:09 pm
In a speech at Tumblr's headquarters yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the city would streamline efforts with four new central channels on Facebook and Twitter--as well as NY-based Tumblr and Foursquare--all under NYCGov. The Mayor said that in era where so many people get their news from [Full Story…]
Angry Knicks Fan Win Rebate From Time Warner Cable #Linsanity
February 17, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Time Warner Cable subscriber Marc Zwerdling got a $5.20 credit from the cable giant and on Twitter urged others to do the same. Zwerdling, a NYer who is angry about missing Knicks games, chatted online with a TWC rep. He offered Zwerdling a free Sports Pass to compensate for missing the New [Full Story…]
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