Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’
Remembering 9/11 Through Social Media
Today marks the eight-year anniversary of the shocking 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon building in Washington, DC, and the crash of United Airlines flight 93 in rural Pennsylvania. The attacks directly led to the deaths of nearly 3,000 people, including hundreds of police officers and firefighters who responded to the disaster, and was profoundly felt all...
5 Ways Banks Are Using Social Media
Lon S. Cohen is a writer and Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY. He is @obilon on Twitter. Many banks have started using social websites to help them with everything from healing the financial industry to promoting their latest credit cards. By embracing the most popular tools available, the industry has also been embracing the best of what social media culture has to offer, and...
Twitter’s Tough Week: The Social Media Recap
It’s been an unusual week in social media, most notable because many of us had to learn to live without it. A DDoS attack targeting Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal and many other sites knocked the leading micro-messaging service offline and caused numerous problems with the leading social network, too. In other news, we looked into the age demographics of Twitter users, a mindblowing combination of Twitter and...
FastPencil: Speedy Self-Publishing for Authors
Name: FastPencil
Quick Pitch: FastPencil makes the book-writing process painless – from concept to printed book or e-book.
Genius Idea: On top of writing and editing stories for Mashable, I’m also an author – specifically, I finished my first novel, a 130,000 word sci-fi novel, several months ago and am in editing. But I’ve quickly learned that writing is often not the tough part of getting a book...
Sarah Palin Shuns Press: Talks to Twitter, Facebook Instead
Sarah Palin yesterday announced her plans to resign from the role of Governor of Alaska, leaving the press clueless as to why. Does she plan to retire from politics completely, or is she preparing to make a 2012 presidential bid? Palin is talking to no one…except Twitter and Facebook. In fact, Palin used her Facebook page to criticize the mainstream media for their treatment of her.
The 10 Commandments of Social Media
As an author of The Social Media Bible, I am often asked, "What do I need to do engage my company, my products, and myself in social media?" The answer is easy: participate. Get out there and get involved. If you aren't in the game, you can't win. Here's your Ten Commandments or things you need to be doing to get in and win with social media. Thou Shalt Blog (like crazy).
Thou...
Behind The Scenes with Shepard Fairey
Following up on the release of Issue. 0051, The Arkitip Chronicles present a short video with a behind the scenes look into the creation of a Shepard Fairey piece. The acclaimed artist is in his most natural form, creating one of his stencil masterpieces in a Los Angeles studio. Source: Ltd. Hype© Staff for Hypebeast, 2009....
Intel Buys Wind River, Wants More Intel Inside Your Mobile Devices
Intel, obviously not hurting too much from a recent $1.5 billion anti-trust fine, has just spent $884 million purchasing Wind River, which makes embedded systems software. Why would it do that? Because Intel wants it's "Intel Inside" stickers on more phones and mobile Internet devices, that's why.
Intel's no stranger to the world of "small, low-cost notebook PCs" thanks to its Atom chip. Those tiny strips of silicon power pretty...
5 Beers for the Long Weekend, and the Future
It's a good year for environmentally-conscious beer lovers; manufacturers have become increasingly responsive to consumer demands for sustainable alcohol, and that means it's easier than ever to impress your Memorial Day BBQ guests with guilt-free beer. Some of the best are highlighted below. Cascade Green The brewery associated with this Australian lager offsets 100% of its carbon emissions with carbon credits, right down to the energy associated with transporting ingredients. Cascade Green is made with...ToldYa’s Social Media Storefronts: Sell on Facebook, MySpace and More
Online shopping and selling is just plain popular. There is a reason why so many people prefer to sell on eBay or Amazon. It’s easy and it’s simple. Yet the time and resources needed to open up stores on these online destinations can be extensive. And even if you do open one, you have to draw people to your store as a destination.
In the world of...