The Super Bowl Sets a Social Media Record with 10,000 Tweets a Second [STATS]
The closing moments of Super Bowl XLVI, which saw the New York Giants come from behind to edge the New England Patriots 21-17 with a last-minute touchdown, were so dramatic that they set a new tweets per second (TPS) record on Twitter. The final three minutes of the Super Bowl saw Twitter users firing off [...]
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: Social Media, Sports, TwitterInside Social Apps Starts This Wednesday
SNAP Interactive’s Stock Grew 230 Percent – Did Facebook’s IPO Help?
Call it the Facebook effect. Ever since the social media giant announced its long-awaited IPO the many gaming companies and social applications that use its platform are rising with the tide. SNAP Interactive, Inc., the parent company of the Facebook-integrated dating app AreYouInterested.com, has already seen its stock go up 230 percent since the beginning [...]
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: AreYouInterested.com, Facebook IPO, mobile dating apps, SNAP InteractiveInside Social Apps Starts This Wednesday
Inside Social Apps 2012 starts in San Francisco this Wednesday! Join the industry’s leading developers on February 8-9 for two days of panels, discussions, and networking around the social and mobile app ecosystem.
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: Inside Social AppsNonprofits: Enter YouTube’s DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards
The DoGooder awards are a celebration of the best in nonprofit video and members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program are invited to submit their non-profit videos by February 29, 2012 for the chance to win recognition, some great prizes and the opportunity to spread the word about their organization and the good they are doing in the world.
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: awards, DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards, Nonprofit Program, Nonprofits, video, YouTubeCreators’ Guide To The New YouTube – Video Manager
Back in December YouTube rolled out a new homepage and an upgraded site design, making changes to everything from their analytics to channel design, the video manager and more. Last month they made even more changes, announcing new updates to the YouTube Browse page and Video Editor, as well as their Video Editor. We thought we’d take this opportunity to provide you with an in-depth overview of how the new YouTube Video Manager works and all of its functionality.
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: design, Guide, New YouTube, Video Manager, YouTubeHow Long Until Woody Harrelson Apologizes to Reddit with a Real AMA?
Woody Harrelson recently got on Reddit to engage in one of those famous “AMA” ask me anything threads. Well, that’s what it seemed like. In the past, people like Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Louis CK have had lots of success with their AMAs, focusing on being completely honest and engaging the community’s tough questions. However, [...]
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: ama, Reddit, Woody HarrelsonThe Super Bowl Sets a Social Media Record with 10,000 Tweets a Second [STATS]
The closing moments of Super Bowl XLVI, which saw the New York Giants come from behind to edge the New England Patriots 21-17 with a last-minute touchdown, were so dramatic that they set a new tweets per second (TPS) record on Twitter. The final three minutes of the Super Bowl saw Twitter users firing off [...]
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: Social Media, Sports, TwitterA Pre-Game Roundup Of 10 Awesome 2012 Super Bowl Commercials
We’ve put together a list of ten of the most popular 2012 Super Bowl commercials to be released so far. Which is your favorite?
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: 2012, Commercials, Super Bowl, video, YouTubeAre Social Media Jobs Only for the Young?
When newspapers started moving online, the technological gap between those who had grown up with computers and those who had not led to a lot of opportunities for younger professionals to jump in and bring the news into the 21st century. Now that it’s 2012, those same young people may be wondering what they were [...]