It’s Valentine’s Day and the pressure to plan a fun and exciting date is on. If you don’t have a clue about where to take that special someone (or are interested in finding some cool folks to spend the evening with), there’s a new mobile app in town that just may help you plan something out of this world.
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. 
Earlier this week FanFueled officially launched a new event ticketing and marketing platform that offers a Win-Win situation for event marketers and fans. The service harnesses the power of social media to reward fans for building a buzz around the events they are attending.
A unique map-based event organizer, Syncuz enables groups to synchronize their location on the fly without calling or texting. Syncuz users simply create an event, place the event’s location on the Syncuz map, and invite contacts to be part of that event-specific group.
In Germany, a Facebook privacy snafu brought a lot of uninvited guests to a 16-year old girl’s birthday party. When the girl, Tessa, created the event on Facebook she made the mistake of listing her private party as a public event and over 1,400 people showed up.
Our mediabistro team has put together a fantastic roster of online courses for the summer, and if you sign up today you’ll get 25% off your registration fee! I personally have taken a few of the courses and found that they really will push you to complete your homework and formalize your education in whatever discipline you choose. The prices are good, and I honestly recommend them to anyone interested in blogging, social media, or any of the many areas of expertise.
The world of online video doesn’t have to be restricted to the world of “online”. Sometimes it’s nice to step away from your computer screen and get out in nature to talk about your passions and meet the faces of web video out in the real world.
During a panel at the Inside Social Apps conference in San Francisco, the top Facebook game developers spoke about the state of the Facebook Platform and social games in general. The silence from panelists when Justin Smith asked the panelists about what Facebook can do to help small developers echoed the overall consensus from many in the room.
Only GigaOM’s team of experienced journalists and industry analysts can bring together the people and uncover the opportunities in the IT infrastructure market with their signature insight, knowledge and candor. SocialTimes readers register here to purchase your exclusive $100-off ticket.
Read more
Imagine what the workplace looked like before the Internet and PC revolutions. Now imagine the impacts as high speed broadband and cloud computing transform the global workplace.
GigaOM’s flagship conference, Structure, returns on June 23rd and 24th for two days of deep insight into the cloud computing industry. Taking place at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, Structure 2010 promises to be our best edition yet.
Read more
For the past few weeks we’ve been working hard at finalizing the agenda for the upcoming Social Developer Summit and are finally near completion. While there are still a few more speakers that we have left to announce, we’re really excited about how things are shaping up. If you are still figuring out whether or not you should attend, here are five reasons you should be at the event.
Read more
