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Reddit Founder Forms Internet Defense League to Fight for Internet Freedom, Comic Book-Style

Devon Glenn — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:11:42 +0000

If we learned anything from the Internet Blackout that united Wikipedia, Google, and other social media luminaries against the anti-piracy measures SOPA and PIPA, it’s that Internet companies can win any battle that’s fought on the Internet. To keep the flame alive, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian has created an Internet Defense League to fire off a bat signal (in the shape of a lolcat) to quickly assemble a force against any new legislation that threatens Internet freedom.

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Social Media Jobs: Activision, Design Within Reach, Spooky Cool Labs

Nadine Cheung — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:51:46 +0000

This week, Activision is hiring a mobile analytics manager, while Design Within Reach is looking for a social media community advocate. Spooky Cool Labs needs a social community manager, and Time Inc. is seeking a social media marketing manager for AmericanFamily.com. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro.

Mobile Analytics Manager Activision (Santa Monica, CA)
Social Community Manager Spooky Cool Labs (Chicago, IL)
Social Media Marketing Manager – AmericanFamily.com Time Inc. (Stamford, CT)
Social Media News Coordinator International Business Times (New York, NY)
Social Media Community Advocate Design Within Reach (Stamford, CT)

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How to Use Social Media Like a Rockstar [Podcast]

Devon Glenn — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:04:44 +0000

On today’s Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), GalleyCat editor Jason Boog and I talked about the Flaming Lips’ lead singer on Twitter, Syfy’s upcoming series and massively multiplayer online game, and how to share books and eBooks with our troops for Memorial Day.

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Announcing Mediabistro’s Social Curation Summit on July 31 in NYC

Devon Glenn — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:57:42 +0000

The Internet is starting to look like that drawer full of family photos that we’ve been meaning to put into an album for years. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of our new conference, Social Curation Summit! Join us in New York City on July 31 for the first ever full-day conference exploring the business of social content curation and visual communities like Pinterest and Tumblr. We’re offering a special early bird rate of only $199 when you register by Thursday, June 7.
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Flickr Expands its Justified View to Include Groups

Neil Vidyarthi — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:57:22 +0000

Flickr has been rolling out what they call the “Justified” view of photos for the last few months, including it in various parts of the site as a nicer way to look at photos. Well, they announced in a blog post that they’re now bringing it to Groups, and it makes the whole experience a lot more fun and a little more social. I take a look below.

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How People Spend Their Time Online [Infographic]

Neil Vidyarthi — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:57:57 +0000

How do people actually spend their time online around the world? Did you know Brazilians have the highest online friends, and Japanese have the least? How many views does YouTube get per day (hint, it’s in the billions). Who gets the most unique visitors per month other than Facebook or Google? Is it Twitter? Wikipedia? Take a look at this new infographic by Go-Gulf and find out.

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What Do Photographers Want Next from Google+? [Video]

Neil Vidyarthi — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:11:42 +0000

The Google+ Photographer’s Conference took place a few days ago, and there was a panel who answered the question: “What do you want next from G+?” In classic Google style, they set the conference up to include a few people connected remotely via a Hangout. The panel first discussed how Google+ is helping photographers before moving on to more general desires for Google+.

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Friday Morning Laughs – An Epic Slinky & A Dog Riding A Bike Like A Human

Megan O'Neill — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:26:19 +0000

Happy Friday, folks! The weekend is just around the corner and to help get you through to the end of the workweek we’ve put together a collection of funny, crazy and just plain awesome videos. This week’s Friday Morning Laughs roundup includes a most awesome slinky, cats, dogs, a ketchup breakthrough and more! Enjoy!
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Watch: Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Talks Twitter

Devon Glenn — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:38 +0000

The Flaming Lips are known for pushing the boundaries of time and space with their music. Lead singer Wayne Coyne stopped in New York on his way to a 24-hour bus tour from Memphis to New Orleans for MTV’s O Music Awards, the band’s most epic performance since the 24-hour song it released in October 2011. “I can talk all day,” the singer announced upon arrival. But he has no trouble staying within 140 characters on Twitter. In our interview with Wayne Coyne, the singer shares his Twitter philosophy and a few of the unexpected connections he’s made through social media.

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Facebook Releases Camera App | Obama Answers Tweets | Groupon Testing Payments Device

Tim Sohn — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:15:45 +0000

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Facebook Camera App Launches for iOS (TechCrunch)
Facebook began rolling out a standalone photos app Thursday with which users can shoot, filter and share single or sets of photos and scroll through a feed of photos uploaded to Facebook by your friends. Facebook Camera for iOS lets users rapidly pick one or more photos, apply filters, tag friends and locations, add a description and post. Gizmodo iOS users are used to pulling down at the top of apps to refresh a stream, but this action reveals your iPhone’s photo album, instead. This takes getting used to, as does the process of selecting multiple photos to upload or changing your mind and removing one. Wired The product highlights the company’s commitment to its mobile business. But considering Facebook’s recent purchase of the photo-sharing app Instagram, it’s hard not to compare the two. Silicon Valley Mercury News Facebook agreed to acquire Instagram on April 9 for cash and stock then valued at $1 billion, but the value of the stock has widely varied after the Menlo Park, Calif.-headquartered social network went public last week and has experienced volatility on Wall Street. The deal has not closed, and Facebook recently changed wording in its Securities and Exchange Commission filings that indicated it did not expect the acquisition to be complete in the current quarter. Reuters Less than a week after its IPO, Facebook is already facing multiple lawsuits by disgruntled shareholders who claim that the company and its underwriters told only select institutional investors about the social media company’s weakened growth forecast. This is not the first time investors in a hot tech company’s initial public offering have alleged that underwriters favored their regular clients at the expense of the little guys. continued…

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Elevator Pitch: Fondu Is Yelp Meets Twitter

Andrew Gauthier — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:24:01 +0000

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler chats with Gauri Manglik, the co-founder and CEO of Fondu.

Fondu is an iPhone app that allows users to share bite-size restaurant reviews with their friends (sort of like Yelp meets Twitter).

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VEVO’s Video Audience Grew 142% In One Month Through Deeper Facebook Integration

Devon Glenn — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:48:21 +0000

VEVO is really liking Facebook this quarter. The video-sharing platform saw tremendous growth between February 2012 and March 2012, and the company has the larger social network to thank for at least some of the increase in membership, traffic, and impressions.

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Yahoo! Launches Axis: A More Visual, Social, and Portable Browser

Devon Glenn — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:50:23 +0000

Yahoo!’s got a brand new search tool that will follow you from your desktop all the way home. Launched Wednesday night, Yahoo! Axis is socially connected, spatially redesigned, and has some unusual features that definitely make it worth a test drive. See a demo and screenshots here.

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UEFA Champions League Final Wins Big on Social Media [Infographic]

Neil Vidyarthi — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:57:48 +0000

Soccer fans worldwide tuned in over the week of May 14th to 19th to watch the UEFA Champions league finals play out, and they didn’t just win with an estimated TV audience of 150 million viewers — they won on Facebook, YouTube, Google+, Twitter and Foursquare as well. The games were a fantastic success, and viewers were able to connect with one another over social media the entire time. The world of social TV is just around the corner, and stats like the ones in the infographic below prove we are in the beginning stages of the phenomenon.

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Case Study: Pinterest Drives More Sales Than Any Other Network [Infographic]

Devon Glenn — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:41:19 +0000

Pinterest has the potential to topple not only Facebook and Twitter for sales referrals, but also Amazon and Google. On the e-commerce platform Shopify, pin-driven sales have quadrupled in the last six months. This infographic shows how Shopify‘s retailers have benefited from the visual bookmarking site.

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