Posts Tagged ‘Live’

This infographic shows how the social media comments on Facebook, Twitter and other sites fluctuated during the send-off episode.

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Tim Devane (bitly), and SocialTimes' writer Devon Glenn.   Register now.

The editor of our sister site AllFacebook.com is on the ground floor covering Barack Obama’s Facebook Town Hall today. Head over there now to check it out!

When SGN’s iBowl game was released for the iPhone and iPod Touch, we noted that there’s a lack of social interaction for this Wii-like game. That’s all changed, with SGN’s current update to the popular mobile game. Users can now play a live bowling match against up to four people, making his game much more social and engaging.

This is a big step in the right direction for SGN’s iPhone-specific games, as Apple’s platform doesn’t provide an inherent social network for connecting users across various applications, including games. Because of this missing component on Apple’s platform, we’ve been waiting for SGN to release an update that could provide a more social means for interacting with other users on some level.
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Like most little boys of the 80s, I was a baseball card collector. There was nothing more satisfying than completing a set, peeling back a pack and seeing that ‘rare’ rookie card or making the ultimate trade with a buddy. Laying awake at night, I would often dream about how my thousands of cards would one day make me a very wealthy adult. Read more

As someone who openly has some serious traffic anxiety (of the road variety), I was quite pleased this morning to see that Google has added a traffic prediction engine to their suite of map services. Read more