Social Mention is a pretty good social media aggregator. Think Google, but for social media. When I say ‘pretty good’, I mean it’s not without its faults. It doesn’t do real phrasal searches – that is, a search for “Brendan Cooper” in quotes will give results with just “Brendan” and “Cooper” in them, which is […]
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Want PR? Been Penalized by Google? Then lead a campaign.
Campaigns are an often-overlooked weapon in the PR arsenal. And, when conducted properly, social media can really, really help – which is what I’m hoping will happen with the ‘Have I Been Penalized’ campaign. I spent some of my most creative, exciting and formative years working with Dr. Marc Pinter-Krainer on the Sharepages.com website and […]
2011 social media predictions
So while I have my blogging head on – hot off the news that Delicious is disappearing and Facebook has undergone yet another redesign – I thought I’d jot down my thoughts on the state of the social media nation for the coming year. It’s not all good. Here we go… Confidence will go down […]
Thin client? What thin client?
I just spent five minutes waiting for my laptop to boot up. It’s a fairly standard spec, running the dog’s breakfast that is Vista, but still, it shouldn’t take that long. In a world of cloud computing, could we be looking ahead to instant start-up as clients get thinner? I doubt it. I’ve documented my […]
Just how fast does a PC need to be?
Estimated reading time: 2.5 minutes (plus 4:13 if you watch the video all the way through) In an effort to get myself back into blogging habits, and to make sure I’m up to date with everything I need to be up to date with, I’ve decided to set myself a schedule. So, today is tech […]
Social spume
- LinkedIn Recovering From Outage Due to Possible DNS HijackLinkedIn is recovering from a DNS issue that sent visitors to a different web site for an hour Wednesday night The issue, which is now resolved for most users, rerouted the traffic to a domain sales page. LinkedIn, a popular professional social network, acknowledged the issue in a tweet, but did not elaborate Our site is now recovering for some members. We d […]Stan Schroeder
- 1,556 Instagrams Make 1 Incredible Stop-Motion VideoRumors are floating around that Instagram intends to jump into the world of video-sharing, but the creative duo FriendsInFaux have made their own video from Instagram photos — 1,556 of them, to be exact While the short film's plot follows a casual beach-goer's trials and tribulations, the animation is more than just a straight-forward compilation o […]Brie Hiramine
- 'Chime' Instrument Turns City Sounds Into Musical CompositionsHorns honking, engines running and construction clanging — the urban jungle's daily noises can be hard on the ears, and easy to ignore But Marc De Pape, a self-described "creative technologist" based in Toronto, is encouraging urbanites to tune back in by turning these city sounds into musicDe Pape achieves this through his creation, an instru […]Anita Li
- Multitalented Teen Is Ultimate Ladies' ManThere are two ways most teenage fellas try to attract the ladies: play sports or play music. If you play one, you're probably doing alright. If you play both, you're probably doing quite well. But if you play both at the same damn time? That's next level, right there SEE ALSO: U.S. Open Golfer Sinks Miraculous Hole-in-One Nineteen-year-old Ben […]Sam Laird
- Join Us Live From Facebook's Mysterious 'New Product' EventA small group of Facebook employees have been working on “something big,” which the social network is set to unveil on Thursday. The press event for Facebook's "new product" will take place at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. To notify reporters about the event, Facebook sent out paper invitations through traditional post — an unpreceden […]Emily Price
- 'Man of Steel' Reviews: This Looks Like a Job for … Twitter!With Man of Steel in theaters and doing monumental box office numbers, the film has quickly become the hottest commodity of the summer. Reviews for the film have been generally positive, but there's also been plenty of criticism. While a few folks have called Man of Steel one of the "greatest superhero films ever," others maintain it's […]Quenton Narcisse
- Jimmy Kimmel Will Channing All Over Your TatumChanning Tatum's noodle, an explosive science fair project and Miley Cyrus under a vending machine — all that weirdness and more pops up in Jimmy Kimmel's new music video for "(I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum." The euphemism-filled video never answers what it actually means to "Channing all over someone's Tatum." But […]Gabe Bergado
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