Mediabistro’s Social Media Marketing Boot Camp is back. In this interactive online course, you’ll learn how to develop a social marketing strategy for your business. The weekly sessions will run June 7 through August 2, 2012.
After months of rapid growth, Pinterest’s traffic took a turn for the worse in April, dropping 25 percent. But May is looking better for the online Pinboard. New statistics show a steady climb in the number of people who use the Facebook app every month, while the amount of daily activity has more than doubled.
Path has published an update to its user agreement and privacy policy to clarify the types of information the Facebook competitor collects from users’ mobile devices and how that information might be used. Here’s what you need to know.
In what could be a definitive case in the battle for copyright protection against photo-sharing sites, Perfect 10 has sued Tumblr for failing to remove unauthorized nude images from the blogging site. Paid Content had the details on how this lawsuit might succeed where others have failed, but does Tumblr make enough revenue to make the suit worthwhile?
With gratifying action sequences and a perfect mash-up of Marvel comic book characters, it’s no surprise that The Avengers grossed a record-setting $200.3 million at the box office this weekend. Here’s the story, in tweets, of the moment the fans realized just how awesome the movie was going to be.
Pinterest is not only a search tool for inspiration, it’s also a place to establish yourself as a tastemaker online. Now that the virtual pinboard is the third most popular social network in the U.S., it was only a matter of time before someone tried to buy their way to the top.
NEW YORK: Consumer Reports’ Kevin McKean shared a few statistics from the company’s annual report on Internet privacy and security at a roundtable discussion held at NYU on Thursday night. Shortly thereafter, a panel of experts wondered aloud whether the privacy controls belong on the social networks or on the people who use them.
On today’s Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), GalleyCat editor Jason Boog joined me for a look at Evernote’s $1 billion valuation and Tumblr’s decision to bite the bullet and start selling ads – at $25,000 apiece.
NEW YORK - At NYU on Thursday evening, Consumer Reports raised tough questions about how to regulate the Internet in a round table discussion entitled “Facebook and Your Privacy: What Every Consumer Should Know in the Age of Social Networking.” In his keynote speech, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark declared that “trust is the new black.”
Evernote, the company known for its notetaking and archiving apps, announced a $70 million Series D investment led by Meritech Capital and CBC Capital at a $1 billion valuation.
