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Romney, Obama Adopt Square for Donations

Craig Agranoff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:58:29 +0000

In 2008, social media played a big part in the presidential elections as candidates like Obama, Ron Paul, and to some extent McCain utilized sites like Facebook and Twitter to expand their campaigns. This year, they will be even more important and candidates are already working hard to take advantage of every tool they can to get ahead.

Both President Obama’s re-election campaign and Republican contender Mitt Romney’s campaign have adopted the latest tool in political fundraising: Square. Square allows just about anyone, including campaigns, to accept donations from mobile phones ...

Pinterest – the Latest Social Media Site

dave — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:48:06 +0000

Just when you think you have seen every social media site online today, another one comes along that begs you to take a closer look.

Is This the Most Powerful Google+ Hangout so Far?

dave — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:26 +0000

The number of people using Google+, the search giant’s relatively new social media network, seems to be on the rise.

Interesting Uses of Facebook’s Open Graph

Craig Agranoff — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:09:26 +0000

Earlier this month, Facebook launched its Open Graph tools to allow app developers to more easily share user activity data across timelines and on their own sites for integration. While controversial, as the usual privacy concerns were aired, the tools have been utilized in some interesting ways. Here’s a few of them.

Fab.com’s $10 monthly credit for opt-ins. This is really cool. Usually, your data is seen as a free-for-all by companies and Facebook itself. Fab.com, however, is rewarding users for opting in to shar etheir shopping data with them. For ...

New Google Privacy Policy Generates Anger

dave — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:55:28 +0000

We have seen people getting angry at updates to the Facebook privacy policy in the past. Nevertheless, this same situation has now occurred with Google.

How Not to Run a Twitter Promotion

dave — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:54:16 +0000

Promotional hashtag campaigns can work extremely well on Twitter. However, there have been examples in the past where Twitter users have taken them over for their own purposes.

Chevrolet Holding Play to Win With Interactive App During Super Bowl

Craig Agranoff — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:37:03 +0000

Chevrolet has announced that during Super Bowl XLVI, they will be running a “Play to Win” game on their interactive Chevy App. The app itself ties in with a special Chevrolet Twitter account and allows participants to interact live with other SBXLVI fans as well as participate in trivia and game-based polls to try to win one of 20 cars being given away as prizes.

The Chevy Game Time App is available free in the Android and iTunes markets as of yesterday (Jan. 22).

Other prizes will include tires and accessories from ...

Real Names Required for Microblogging in China

dave — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:42:57 +0000

Microblogging online – on social media sites such as Twitter – is exceptionally popular across the world.

Dozens of New Apps Coming to Facebook

dave — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:41:43 +0000

Most of us are aware that Facebook loves change. While some of its users may not be so keen, there are more changes coming very soon.

Rupert Murdoch, Google, Obama and Twitter on a Saturday Night

Craig Agranoff — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:29:56 +0000

Saturday night, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who’s new to Twitter and may not fully understand how permanent tweets can be and how broadly they can be distributed (which may, ultimately, be part of his problem – more on that in a minute) posted a barrage of accusations in 140 or less against President Obama and Google.

The gist of those tweets? Murdoch is a huge supporter of the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and accused the president of selling out to Silicon Valley money. He then accused Google of being the ...