It’s a pretty solid measure of success when a Chinese company clones your startup before you have even exited the beta stage. This is what has happened to the very good-looking web application Ifttt or IfThisThenThat. Ifttt began distributing beta invites at the end of 2010, allowing the lucky few to use its service to create online tasks. Among other things, Ifttt lets you connect your social network actions together across various services and networks. For example, if you take a photo on Instagram you can arrange Ifttt so that the ...
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How To: Track India’s Fight Against Corruption Online
Earlier we wrote about how Anna Hazare’s ‘fast unto death’ movement created an uproar on Facebook and Twitter and how more than 400,000 people have already pledged their names on the online petition. Clearly, India's unified voice is increasing in volume day-by-day, supporting Anna Hazare's campaign for the Lokpal Bill. Everything came like a storm and we understand it is difficult to keep a track of what's happening. To make it easier, we have created a guide that sources the best new media and touch points to get you involved through the Internet. 1. ...
Nov 29 2010
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Facebook Can Be Anything It Wants to Be
Facebook is a shape shifting Internet monster. With more than 500 million users, it really can be anything it wants to be. Whenever a new startup pitches an idea, one of the questions an investor might ask is if Facebook could do the same thing. That is definitely a valid question that every start-up should consider even before working on the idea. You wouldn’t want to spend years on an idea but see Facebook dominate your space in months. . When I was watching AppBistro’s pitch, one of the investors raised this concern. ...
Sep 15 2010
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Brilliant Guerilla Social Media Campaign for 3M
I'm not too sure how many of you out there have heard of thingsweforget. After being introduced to the site last year, I grew to become a fan of this kind samaritan's work - I checked in on the blog periodically, added the account on Facebook and Twitter, and secretly hoped that I would be able to chance upon a Post-It with an uplifting message on it too. I thought the person behind it was a selfless angel, spreading words of kindness and virtuous wisdom, throughout the streets of Singapore. Evidently a ...
Dec 8 2009
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6 Hilarious Social Media “Motivational” Posters
Alright, these posters are not the usual motivational posters you see hanging around offices. In fact, the little quotes we see on them aren't exactly motivating and might even be insulting to social media users. Any offense is obviously intentional, but it's all in the name of humor. The Facebook poster is my favorite. How about you? 1. Digg 2. Flickr 3. Reddit 4. YouTube 5. Twitter 6. Facebook More social media humor 1. 20 Hilarious Social Media Comic Strips 2. 20 Hilarious Twitter Comic Strips 3. College Humor: 4 Awkward Moments On Facebook 4. COMEDY: Twitter Tells Users To F*** Themselves 5. LOL: ...
Oct 22 2009
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What Flickr Thinks About Social Media
If I ask you for a picture to convey what you think about social media, what would you pick? They say a picture can speak a thousand words but wait till they meet Flickr, where a million pictures are found. With a simple search for "social media", we can see what people from unique places, who speak different tongues think about social media. The ideas of social media can be warped or totally random, but they translate to what social media mean to individuals. Note how some people view social media with ...
Oct 16 2009
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Philippines Typhoon Ondoy. Social Media Playing A Big Part
According to reports, Typhoon Ondoy has killed at least 83 people, with 23 others missing. 60,000 people were brought to emergency shelters, adding to a total of more than 330,000 people affected. Communication through telephones is almost impossible and many turned to the Internet to get direct updates. Besides news updates from online publishers, Filipinos away from their homeland are anxiously checking for updates through social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. Check out how each medium is used to keep us updated on the situation. Twitter Philippines has been a trending topic ...
Sep 16 2009
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Twitter The Most Followed Social Media Site on Twitter?
Often, we judge someone's influence on Twitter by the number of followers he or she has. Although we should not solely use this to measure influence, it is to a certain extent accurate. For the fun of it, we gathered the necessary information of each social media site that is on Twitter, and ranked them accordingly. Note: We don't take founders or any personal accounts as the social site's main account. For example, we are not taking into account Digg's founder, @kevinrose but the official account, @Digg. Twitter Standing 1. Twitter Followers: 2,272,802 Bio: Random stuff ...
Aug 28 2009
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3 Things We Can Learn From Whole Foods Social Media Backlash
What CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey did without first consulting the board has angered thousands of consumers and caused boycotters to crowd its markets, asking visitors not to patronize the company. It has gone to such an extent where the social media backlash is almost costing Mackey his post in Whole Foods. While we can't undo everything that has happened, we can learn a lot from the Whole Foods experience. 1. You Represent Your Brand, Not Yourself The debate has been going on about who’s right and who’s wrong. Is CEO John Mackey wrong ...
Sep 19 2009
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Social Media in the Iran Election Crisis [Flashback]
From the start of the presidential poll to a vote recount and Neda Soltani’s death, the crisis has never failed to get massive media attention both online and offline. What has been particularly striking is how heavily social media is being used to deliver news of the situation to millions of people online. Content is not being generated by professional journalists but by online users like you and me. More often than not, it is delivered faster and in larger size. 1. Blogs & Wiki Detailed information largely originates from these two sources. ...
Aug 2 2009
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What is Flickr?
Flickr is one of the largest photo sharing community; a site for you to store your pictures online and share them with your friends. It claims to have hosted more than 3.6 billion images in June 2009, a drastic increment compared to its 3 billion figure in 2008. Presently, Flickr's main competitor is Photobucket. Short Profile Flickr was launched in February 2004 and is created by Ludicorp, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based company. It was initially created as a tool for Ludicorp's online web based game, Neverending. However, Flickr by itself proved to ...
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Japan’s Social Giants: Trends in User Numbers [CHART]
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