BlogPulse has no pulse So I was playing around with dashboards and the like yesterday – as one does – and noticed that BlogPulse has disappeared. BlogPulse was not the greatest blog search engine around, but it was the only one offering anything like useable charts. So, given that Technorati charts disappeared years ago (although […]
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And now Tweetcloud.com is gone?
It seems to be a bit of a watershed for social media sites right now. Google+ is nibbling away at Facebook, which itself might be about to undergo radical change. Delicious has introduced a new look and feel that hasn’t been entirely well received. Social Mention disappeared for a short while, making us realise how […]
Trends
Quite simply, some charts that may be of interest. For example, note how Apple is supplanting Microsoft in search volume; that PR may be peeling upwards away from advertising and even marketing; the relative fortunes of Google+, Facebook and Twitter; social media may be levelling off; and, especially heartwarming for me, Star Wars is much […]
Visible Tweets – Twitter Visualisations. Now with added prettiness!
via visibletweets.com I’m always on the lookout for cool tools. This is one of them. Type in a search term and it shows you how the tweetcloud builds up. It’s not exactly what I was after. What I was after was a tweetcloud animator that takes a timeline and shows you how the terms in […]
Pressed for time? Cute tools that give immediate results
Last time around, I posted about not having enough time to blog. I’m trying to fix this by basically making time – but it seems a good point at which to list some tools that help you get ‘cool’ results with as little input as possible. By this, I mean tools that use your media […]
If you want to understand social media, do it when there’s a big TV event happening
We’re living in a strange world right now. We’re sort of at a tipping point between broadcast and broadcomment, where we can watch what millions of other people are watching, while at the same time see what they’re saying. This was brought home to me during the Prime Ministerial debates in the UK. I watched […]
Who are: @frosty_snow, @geoff_bronson, @gavin_henderson, @peter_bently?
This morning I took a quick look at what people were saying on the UK Election Social Media Dashboard. I noticed a few spikes on Twitter for George Osborne. This was strange. Osborne hasn’t figured particularly highly so far, and when he has, it’s been associated with spikes for his contemporaries Darling and Cable. So […]
Social spume
- Kickstart these please: @philcampbell @debbiedavies @monkchipsI’ve been through four crowd-funding campaigns myself now. It’s not an experience I would heartily recommend to friends, although I think a lot more learning has been done now about what works. I was, at times, turned into a link-spouting push-marketer of the worst kind, but I also got to do some cool stuff and was glad to have involved a large group of peop […]Lloyd Davis
- Anthony Weiner Announces NYC Mayor Bid on YouTubeBrace yourselves, New York City: Anthony Weiner officially wants to be your mayor. Weiner formally announced his candidacy in a YouTube video that first appeared late Tuesday night and was then shared with supporters in an early Wednesday email. The video puts an end to the will-he, won't-he speculation that has been surrounding the former Congressman f […]Alex Fitzpatrick
- Still Living at Home? This Ad Campaign Is for YouBloomberg Businessweek is targeting twentysomethings living at home for a campaign that aims to gently nudge them out of their parents' basements by offering — what else? — a subscription to the magazine. The title launched the website bbwgetsyouahead.com, which houses e-giftcards that parents and friends can send to Gen Y-ers still living at home. One […]Todd Wasserman
- Twitter Adds Cards to Help Brands Register EmailsTwitter just took another step towards helping brands generate revenues from the social network The company announced a new feature on Wednesday called the Lead Generation card, which gives businesses a way to register users and their emails for promotions or memberships directly within a tweet. When you click to expand the tweet, you'll see an option t […]Seth Fiegerman
- How to Spot a Fake Geek FriendIn high school, geeks and nerds aren't exactly seen as cool, but have you noticed how that perception gets turned on its head once you reach adulthood? Suddenly sci-fi films, high-tech gadgets and video games are hip. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Scott Johnson of ExtraLife illustrates those friends who pretend to be geeks, just to fe […]Matt Petronzio
- Forget the ‘Slender Vender’; Now Coke’s Vending Machines Aim to Achieve World PeaceCoke has been doing some creative things with vending machines of late; the Diet Coke Slender Vender can fit in places no hefty drink-dispensing device has gone before, while a Coke-sponsored flag dispenser in a Denmark airport helped welcome people to the “happiest country on earth”. Now, it seems Coke has bestowed an even loftier task upon its vending mach […]Elizabeth S. Mitchell
- The Ticker: Apple & Taxes; Microsoft Xbox; TV’s Upfront; Eventbrite; Flickr TerabyteThe New York Times: Apple CEO Rejects Accusations Company Avoided Paying Taxes Chicago Tribune: Tech PR: Microsoft Unveils Xbox One Home Entertainment System Advertising Age: The Best and Worst of TV’s Upfront 2013 CNNMoney: Public Buys into Eventbrite Ticketing Startup TechCrunch.com: Yahoo Offers Flickr Users Terabyte of Storage Space New Career Opportunit […]James F. Thompson
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