Category Archives: Social Technology
Mara Online to Connect Africa Using Social Portals
Mara Online offers professional, personal and social tools for communicating, networking, and collaborating across borders. The launch of Mara Online was announced Saturday by Ashish J Thakkar, founder and CEO of Mara Group and Mara Foundation. The vision of this
PromoJam Launched for Social Media Marketers
PromoJam has launched its new cloud-based promotion platform for social media marketers. With PromoJam, users can launch promotions faster, cheaper and with less effort, unleashing the ability to create branded social promotions in under 10 minutes – from start to
Digitas to Identify YouTube’s Rising Stars
Integrated brand agency Digitas announced Thursday an exclusive partnership with Outrigger Media to develop a measurement product that identifies emerging creative talent on the YouTube platform. The Emerging Talent Tracker will leverage data and logic from Outrigger’s OpenSlate platform to
How to Create Your Own Social Magazine
Released Tuesday, a new edition of Flipboard aims to turn the social magazine into a place for self expression. Flipboard is claimed to be the world’s first social magazine. Available on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, this second generation of
After Social Media, Now It Is Time for Social Email
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is extending its social business platform with an integrated social email solution. The move aims to simplify and accelerate social business adoption in the marketplace, providing employees with a single access point to all
Facebook Integration for Netflix TV Shows and Movies
Leading Internet television network Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) introduced Wednesday new social features that make it easier to find TV shows and movies to watch and discuss with friends. Now, Netflix streaming members in the U.S. can link their Netflix account
Kirsten Bay is New President and CEO for Attensity
Social analytics and engagement solutions company Attensity says that J. Kirsten Bay has been appointed as the company’s new president and CEO. The announcement was made Wednesday, Jan. 30. Bay succeeds Ian Bonner, who will continue to serve Attensity as
Has Facebook become a Mobile Company?
If you are ready to believe Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, then Facebook has become a mobile company. He said this on Wednesday, Jan. 30, while declaring Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December
How to Bring In-Stream Video Viewing on Twitter
Leading video streaming platform provider Ooyala says it has developed a Twitter Video Card solution, in close collaboration with Twitter. It enables Ooyala customers a turnkey solution to embed videos directly into their Twitter streams for instant playback. Previously, users
How Bing Brings Your Facebook Friends to Web Search
With every search that people do, Bing believes there is a person out there who can help you make a decision. This is why Bing lets you tap into the wisdom of friends and experts in the social sidebar. Starting
“Days of the Dumb Box Coming to an End”
Open-eyed TV consumers must be watching the metamorphosis of their idiot box, as it’s slowly tiptoeing from the humdrum corner of their living room toward the center stage of their home. A veritable smorgasbord of disruptive technologies is leading this
Getty Images to Connect with Social Media Sites
Leading creator and distributor of still imagery, video and multimedia products Getty Images, Inc., announced today, Jan. 14, the launch of The Feed by Getty Images, the use of the Getty Images’ Connect API applied to social media platforms. This
IBM Buys Out Kenexa for $1.3 Billion Only
Tech major IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the closing of its acquisition of Kenexa. The move is expected to strengthen IBM initiatives to help its clients embrace social business capabilities while gaining actionable insights from the enormous streams of information
Football Gaming Goes Online with Gillette Football Club
Following the global launch of the Gillette Football Club, Gillette announced Wednesday a gaming partnership with UK-based social entertainment company, We R Interactive. In the global, multi-layered partnership aimed at driving registrations to the Gillette Football Club, We R Interactive’s
How Yelp Plans to Deal with Fake Consumer Reviews
Today, the unruly social media is replete with frauds of different types and magnitudes – ranging from fake user profiles to ad click frauds to purchased Likes to bought (and meaningless) comments. Realizing the perils of social media for any
What Social Networkers Say About Traffic in India
Leading tech company IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled Thursday a new social sentiment capability based on analytics technologies to help cities around the world measure and understand public opinions on key city issues and services such as public transportation or education.
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