Twitter Thrives When Sports Underwhelm: The Funniest Tweets From a Boring March Madness Final
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Meme Alert — ‘Chicks with Steve Bucemeyes’ Spells It That Way For A Reason
The newest meme on the scene takes the natural creepiness of Steve Buscemi and pairs it with hot females. Every red-blooded male’s dream.
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Join us on July 31 for our Social Curation Summit in New York, where you'll learn new strategies to connect and engage with your audience using visual communities such as Pinterest, BO.LT, and Tumblr. Speakers include Scott Belsky (Behance), Shane Rahmani (Thrillist), and Elias Roman (Songza Media). Register by June 7 and save.
Use Visual Social Network Sites to Market Your Business
Join us on July 31 for our Social Curation Summit in New York, where you'll learn new strategies to connect and engage with your audience using visual communities such as Pinterest, BO.LT, and Tumblr. Speakers include Scott Belsky (Behance), Shane Rahmani (Thrillist), and Elias Roman (Songza Media). Register by June 7 and save. Stephen Colbert Leads Hilarious Twitter Attack on Senator Jon Kyl
For years now, oblivious or simply stubborn politicians have felt the remorseless wrath of YouTube, with video evidence of every public word ever spoken available to point out anything the least bit hypothetical. Late night satirists have used this to consistently point out lies and double-speak, which is sometimes amusing and often disheartening. Few politicians seem to know what to do with YouTube, and how to use it advantageously (Anthony Weiner is a notable exception), but while they deal with that, one of the sharpest of satirists has taken to another social medium to call out the inane.
Twitter Thrives When Sports Underwhelm: The Funniest Tweets From a Boring March Madness Final
One of the many redeeming qualities of Twitter is that when a big event in our culture takes place, and millions watch together and tweet together, should that event let down, Twitter comedy ensues. Hilarity is bred from heartbreak, disappointment, and sheer awfulness; the 2011 Oscars and halftime show at the most recent Super Bowl with the Black Eyed Peas come to mind.Last night, the March Madness championship game joined that group.
Well Done, Arianna, and Happy April Fool’s Day to You, Too!
The Huffington Post Media Group announced Friday that it became the latest online news source to implement a paywall — a very, very selective paywall, applying only to employees of The New York Times and residents of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Improbable? Naturally: Check your calendar.
Sony Expands Crackle with Ad-Supported Movies and Television
According to Eric Berger of Sony Pictures Television, viewers spend about 50 minutes per visit to Crackle on connected TVs. Crackle can be found in the Channel Store on Roku, on the PlayStation 3 Internet Browser home screen and on all BRAVIA Internet Video devices. Crackle is partnered with Google TV and can be accessed via the Spotlight section.
5 Social Media Habits To Give Up For Lent
Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, a day of excess and celebration that many will take up and enjoy regardless of the meaning behind it, while ignoring the sacrifice that is to come with it in the following days and weeks. Lent needs not to be a religious observance, nor does one need to be Christian to adhere to it. Everyone can take time to kick a habit that may be unhealthy, time consuming, or simply annoying, and in the year 2011, there is no reason not to try to and shake some bad social habits.
The Sports Guy Bill Simmons Takes His 1.3 Million Twitter Followers to Facebook
Since the announcement, the fan page has been increasingly in membership every minute. In fact, you can hit refresh every second and see the number of ‘likes’ increase incrementally. Simmons influence is paramount in the world of sports. Only a few professional athletes, and certainly no sports writers, have more followers on Twitter than Bill Simmons (as of this writing, Twitaholic has Simmons at 1.343.457, coming in at 201).
Bridging the Gap Between Athletes and Fans, an Ex-Footballer Connects on Facebook
For decades, sports reporters spanned the gap between professional athletes and the fans that adored them. Journalists would share the stories of the players, relay their quotes, and update followers on an athlete’s daily life. Over the last five years, that gap has been shrinking, and in 2011 it is as negligible and easily crossed as possible. For someone, there is no disconnect, and no middle-person necessary.
There's Nothing Hipper Than Anti-Hipster
From ‘Hipster Ariel’ to ‘Hipster Hitler’, the blogosphere can’t get enough of hipster memes.
President's Day Whimsy — I Wish These 5 Presidents Used Twitter
This President’s Day, as we remember some of the greatest leaders in history, let’s take a flight of fancy and imagine what fun it would have been could these past Commanders-in-Chief themselves tweet, suspending all disbelief. Thus, here is the list of the five Presidents who I wish could have used Twitter.
