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The Hyp Replacement: Multimedia Storytelling On Twitter, Tumblr, Blogspot and YouTube

Megan O'Neill — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:11:00 +0000

Social media has changed the face of storytelling. Characters, real and fictional, tell their stories in 140 characters or less on Twitter; filmmakers have found storytelling outlets in YouTube and Vimeo; stories are told on blogs, through all sorts of media from text to photos to news clippings, on Facebook walls and beyond. E.A Marciano, a Brooklyn-based writer, has turned to these channels to tell the story of four Brooklynites in The Hyp Replacement, an experimental literary project told through Twitter, Tumblr, Blogspot and YouTube. I had the opportunity to speak with Marciano to find out more.
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Police Pay A Visit To The Dad That Shot His Daughter’s Laptop In YouTube Video

Megan O'Neill — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:17:58 +0000

Unless you live under a rock you’ve probably seen the video of the dad shooting his daughter’s laptop that went viral last week. In the ‘Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen,’ which has been viewed over 21.1 million times since it hit YouTube last Wednesday, Tommy Jordan fires 9 rounds into his daughter’s laptop with his .45 after discovering a rant she wrote on Facebook about her parents. Wondering what’s happening with the family since the video has gone viral? Jordan shares it all on his Facebook page.
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How Thrillist, JackThreads Use Facebook, Oink and Pinterest

Devon Glenn — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:27:53 +0000

For online publishers who want more subscribers, it helps to think outside the inbox. There are now 100,000 Facebook fans of JackThreads, the members-only fashion site for men; and Thrillist, a free daily email offering tips on local food, shopping, and entertainment. Social media manager David Pessah told Social Times he’s always looking for new ways to repackage content on Facebook and emerging platforms like Pinterest and Oink. Here are some of his best strategies.

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Parenting & Social Media Part 1 — 5 Tips to Keep Your Children Safe

Neil Vidyarthi — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:45:09 +0000

As a social media professional and as parent of a 12 year old girl and 10 year old boy I have a different perspective on the use of social media by my kids than the average parent. I am all too knowledgeable on the pluses of my kids using it and of the risks and dangers.

I know the difference between hype and reality when it comes to my kids’ safety. As with all things, sometimes it’s best that kids learn things on their own and at other times we need protect them. We don’t leave dangerous drugs on the kitchen table when toddlers are around and so we need to approach social media the same way. I’ve prepare my top Five list of things as parents we can do to mitigate any dangers of our kids using social media properties.

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A History of Social Media [Video]

Neil Vidyarthi — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:55:07 +0000

The folks over at Grovo have released this cool new video explaining what we’re trying to do with social media, and how we got here. The video covers social media from its trivial to epic, and describes the phenomenon pretty well. May be a nice video to send along to an older family member who “doesn’t get this Facebook mumbo jumbo.”

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How Social Media Has Changed The Relationship Game [Infographic]

Megan O'Neill — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:29:24 +0000

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, now seemed like as good a time as any to take a look into social media’s growing impact on relationships. A fun new infographic takes a look at the role social networks, and specifically Facebook, play in the relationship development from dating to marriage and even (unfortunately) divorce.
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The Perfect Valentine For The Social Media Addict In Your Life

Megan O'Neill — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:57:20 +0000

Does your “significant other” love their social media sites almost as much as they love you? If your boyfriend is addicted to Path, your girlfriend can’t stop tweeting, your husband can’t get enough of Angry Birds or your wife updates her Facebook at any chance she can get, we’ve found the perfect Valentine cards for you.
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Google+’s David Glazer To App Developers: ‘I Want Someone To Build a Deck of Cards’

Devon Glenn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:37:08 +0000

Google+ is still virgin territory for games and other social applications. At the Inside Social Apps 2012 conference this week, Inside Network’s Justin Smith sat down with Google+ director of engineering David Glazer to talk about what developers can expect from the platform.

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How Schools Are Using Social Media [Infographic]

Neil Vidyarthi — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:57:24 +0000

84% of colleges and universities now use Twitter to reach out to their students — that’s up from 0% in 2008-2009. With LinkedIn, it went from 0% to 47% in the last two years. There’s no doubt that social media is affecting the way schools reach out to students, and you can bet that students today have a different relationship with their institution than they had just a few years ago.

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Social Games and Gamification: What’s the Difference?

Neil Vidyarthi — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:37:16 +0000

This is a guest post by Keith Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of BigDoor

Often the terms “social games” and “gamification” are used interchangeably, but in actuality they’re very different animals. While it’s true that gamification borrows its game mechanics from social gaming, there are many real-world situations where it makes more sense to apply gamification instead of building an entire game. First, let’s take a look at a definition of each concept:

Social games are built on a social media platform like Facebook or Google+. Casual in nature, they can be picked up or dropped at a moment’s notice and are designed to engage the player’s social network of friends. Games like CityVille, Hidden Chronicles, and Words with Friends are popular examples.

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The Facebook Platform Roadmap in 2012

Devon Glenn — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:17:30 +0000

For Facebook, 2012 will be the year of the third party app. News, videos, and songs streaming down your newsfeed are just a “small taste of overall vision,” said Carl Sjogreen, director of product management for Facebook at the Inside Social Apps Conference. The focus for the coming year will be on enhancements to Open Graph, mobile and games.

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ISA 2012: Facebook, Apple, Google – Which Platforms Hold the Most Opportunity in 2012?

Devon Glenn — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:06:15 +0000

Today at the Inside Social Apps Conference 2012 in San Francisco, game developers discussed which platforms hold the most promise in 2012.

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Google Acquiesces and Censors Content in India

Neil Vidyarthi — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:12:23 +0000

After a prolonged district court case ordered Google to take down images that may be offensive to Muslims, Google has agreed to do just that, and has began to censor its search results to remove offensive images. Facebook and Yahoo, also named in the case, are sticking to their guns and saying that they can’t police the content of their sites as that content is uploaded by users.

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How Well Are Schools Using Social Media? [Infographic]

Devon Glenn — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:37:55 +0000

Is social media a distraction for students or an integrated part of college life? This infographic shows how schools have joined their students on sites like Facebook and Twitter to make college campuses even more social.

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Super Bowl XLVI Was The Biggest Social TV Event Ever Recorded…By A Landslide [3 Infographics]

Megan O'Neill — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:34:45 +0000

Did you watch the Super Bowl last night? If so, did you Tweet or Facebook about it? If you did, you helped make history. According to Bluefin Labs, last night’s game was the biggest social TV event ever recorded. It didn’t only beat last year’s MTV Video Music Awards’ record of 3.1 million social media comments, it crushed the record with a whopping 12.2 million social media comments.
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