Let's Get Ready to Tumblr at Social Media Week
“For those in the audience who don’t know, Tumblr is somewhere between Twitter and WordPress,” explained Amy Vernon, a Tumblr expert and former journalist. She is also known known far and wide as…
Rdio Launches In Spain And Portugal To Rival Spotify
Rdio this morning announced that its on-demand music subscription and discovery service is now available to users in Spain and Portugal. For the US-based startup, which was created by Skype…
Storify Launches a Slick and Friendly iPad App
Storify is today announcing a brand new app for the iPad, bringing its drag and drop curation of Tweets, videos and other web links to the tablet. The experience looks…
NASCAR takes to Google+ Hangouts Tomorrow
We’ve seen quite a few genius uses of the Google+ Hangout feature, including a question and answer session with President Barack Obama and 24-hour concerts from musician Daria Musk. For…
Tumblr Tuesday: Meet the Mind Behind Technically Crunchy
Welcome to our twenty-sixth Tumblr Tuesday, where every Tuesday we celebrate our love of Tumblr by interviewing the mastermind behind a new blog. Tumblr, a New York City based startup, is…
Women 'More Likely' to Make your Social Media Campaign Go Viral
uSamp has just published a study that gives a little insight into what kind of information men and women are willing to share on social networks. Surveying 600 adults in the…
Google+ Brand Pages Growing 4X Faster than Twitter
Last week, we took a look at a report that showed that the most popular pages on Google+ were becoming more consumer-focused. Now, according to a recent report from Socialbakers,…
LinkedIn Hits 1M in Indonesia, is Outpacing Facebook
LinkedIn has announced that it has passed one million registered members in Indonesia, as the professional social network has added new users at a faster rate than Facebook in the country…
Google Finds Itself Playing the Role of Microsoft These Days
Just like Microsoft was the dartboard of the Internet for so many years simply because of its sheer size and “power”, Google has become the latest easy target. Over the…
Report: Twitter To Hit 500 Million Users. We're Skeptical.
According to some reports, Twitter will be breaking through the 500 million user mark next Wednesday. Put on your party hats, drinks all around! Actually, hold your birds. Color us…
5 Video Sharing Alternatives to YouTube
There’s absolutely no doubt that the rise and popularity of online video sharing is changing the way brands and individuals market, advertise and sell. If your company hasn’t already jumped…
Yandex Launches Social Networking Search Program
Yandex, Russia’s biggest Internet search and related services company, this morning announced the launch of a ‘social search program’ (note: links to page in Russian), aiming to inject content and…
Kuwaiti Detained for 21 Days for his Tweets
Facing a prison sentence as a result of statements made on Twitter seems to have become the norm in Kuwait. Kuwaiti Twitter user Mohammad al-Mulaifi could be joining the ranks of…
Japanese Man's Unique Tweet Won 1,000 RTs Challenge
Just the other day an email dropped into my inbox asking me if I wanted to buy 10,000 followers on Twitter. The message, which assured me that the price would…
Twitter Promises Fix for Mobile Image Display Issue
If you’re an every day user of Twitter’s official mobile app you may be noticing some inconsistencies when it comes to displaying photos that your followers post. Basically, every now…
