Generation Y has recognized their unusual antics while out on the town. They are seamlessly able to multitask between intense conversation and their smartphones without a second thought. The New York Times recently highlighted a few social scenes in which young people illustrated their usage of [Full Story…]
Cashmore Talks Future of Social Media at Mashable Summit
November 8, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Social media was a main focal point at the Mashable Media Summit, which recently took place in NY. At the event Pete Cashmore, CEO of Mashable, explained that over the course of the next year, "frictionless sharing" will be a main draw to social media. Cashmore described how stories that users read [Full Story…]
Douglas Rushkoff Gives His View of #OccupyWallStreet and the Internet
October 28, 2011 at 11:29 am
Media theorist and author of Life, Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back, Douglas Rushkoff, talked about his perceptions of the Occupy Wall Street protests recently to Alternet. Rushkoff, in an article on CNN, calls the protests the first 21st- century movement by [Full Story…]
GetGlue Talks Social TV and Network Intergration
October 15, 2011 at 3:03 pm
GetGlue is a NY-developed social media network for entertainment, allowing users to chec- in to what they are watching, reading or listening and to share with friends. Currently the site has 1.5 million users, while hoping to reach 10 million check ins next month. GetGlue earns revenue from its ad [Full Story…]
ManWall: A Social Network for Men Only
October 9, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Long Island based ManWall.com is “the ultimately social network for guys," where men have the opportunity to talk amongst themselves. Creator Ken Braun says to Social Times (via a press release) that the concept of the site is to, “take the male conversations that typically happen at the ball [Full Story…]
Twitter is a Fan of NY Startup DataMinr
October 8, 2011 at 2:01 pm
NY-based data analysis provider DataMinr, founded by Ted Bailey, detects emerging activities on Twitter by monitoring the normal flow of tweets, and observing any impending aberration. According to All Things D, DataMinr's service is more powerful than a Twitter dashboard tool, because rather than [Full Story…]
NY Startup Adapt.ly Expects $10 Million in Revenue This Year
October 4, 2011 at 9:18 am
Entrepreneurs Nikhil Sethi, 23, and Garret Ullom, 22, have created a social media server that schedules advertising campaigns. The team at Adapt.ly divides up the campaign budget between Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook, etc. all at once, saving time for media buyers. Starting out in a one room [Full Story…]
Fitocracy Social Fitness Platforms Gain 75K Users
October 2, 2011 at 3:07 pm
NY-based start-up Fitocracy is building a social network around fitness, according to The Next Web. The site was founded by Brian Wang and Richard Talens while the two were in college, where they began to realize they had to make a lifestyle change and thus became “addicted to fitness." Fitocracy [Full Story…]
Jarvis Writes in New Bookm Why We Need to Be Open on the Web
October 2, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Jeff Jarvis, a professor at the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism, has for some time been arguing that people should make publicly shared things on the Web a norm. Jarvis has garnered attention as a blogger, social media pundit and avid Twitter user and for his adamant [Full Story…]
Wilson Talks Social Media Ads at OMMA Global #OMMA
September 29, 2011 at 2:21 pm
At the OMMA Global conference earlier this week in NY, Union Square Ventures co-founder Fred Wilson addressed a new form of advertisements in what he called "native monetization systems" for Web properties. He believes ads have become tailored to the nature and content of a particular platform, as [Full Story…]
Glam Media Buys Ning for $150 Million
September 21, 2011 at 2:07 pm
NY-based Glam Media has announced the acquistion of Ning, a company that helps users build specialized social networks, for a reported $150 million. According to Business Insider, that number is about 5x Ning's revenue for this year." Glam Media, an online publishing network with 200 million [Full Story…]
WSJ Launches Facebook Edition
September 20, 2011 at 2:03 pm
The Wall Street Journal has launched this week WSJ Social, a Facebook "edition" designed to filter content through the social network . According to Forbes, Alisa Bowen, general manager of the WSJ Digital Network says “It’s about making [WSJ content] available where people are.” The users [Full Story…]
Fashion Week: Role of Social Media in Fashion’s Night Out #FWNY #FNO
September 8, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Fashion's Night Out, a NY based retail venture, was initially created in the midst of the recession in 2009 by Anna Wintour and Diane von Furstenburg to engage and excite consumers, offering them the opportunity to shop their favorite stores while meeting and greeting designers and celebrities. [Full Story…]
Sonderman Praises NY Times’ “Leaky Paywall”
August 21, 2011 at 9:31 am
Jeff Sonderman of Poynter recently took a look at The New York Times paywall, calling it a success and praising it for its "leaky" qualities. He observed that there are many ways to evade the paywall, through search results, social networks and allowing access to 20 articles free a month. [Full Story…]
Foursquare Improves iPhone Application, Partners with Sony
August 18, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Image via WikipediaFoursquare has recently updated its iPhone application by adding a feature that allows users to view photos with checkins. The app also has a more refreshing look and feel with more color to the activity stream. In other recent Foursquare news, Sony has announced that the [Full Story…]
Own a local business?
Recent Comments