Articles about Social Media – Page 10 of 14

Vizify debuts tool to visualize what your life on Twitter looks like

Vizify, a Portland-based startup that turns your social media chatter into visualizations, today announced a new feature that lets you see… Read More

Before IPO, Twitter partners with NFL to sell video ad packages

Miss that amazing touchdown pass? Want to see how exactly the Seahawks won again? Check your Twitter stream. Before its… Read More

Twitter is now an emergency aid service

Twitter launched Twitter Alerts today as a way for public institutions and NGOs to send out emergency alerts via text… Read More

Facebook now testing auto-playing videos in news feed, prepping for video ads

Want to watch video in your news feed without having to press play? If you’re one of the anointed few,… Read More

Seahawks Sunday: Must-follow Twitter accounts for the most anticipated NFL season in years

Life is back to normal today for the millions of pro football fans around the country, as the NFL season… Read More

Twitter goes down for 30 minutes, social media addicts lose composure

Twitter’s homepage went down sometime around 2 p.m. PST Wednesday afternoon, but came back online about 30 minutes later. We… Read More

Tagboard raises $2M to curate hashtags for brands

It’s been nearly 11 months since we first heard about Tagboard, the Redmond startup that curates social media content for… Read More

Twitter continues growth, flocks to bigger Seattle offices

It’s been a little over a year since Twitter opened up shop in Seattle, and now the social networking giant… Read More

AWS server issues take down Instagram, Airbnb, Flipboard

People posting photos, recording videos, making room reservations and reading the news on Sunday afternoon had to take a break… Read More

Instagram, Vine stop working at same time; people use Twitter to freak out

New post: AWS server issues take down Instagram, Airbnb, Flipboard Original post: If you want to Instagram another selfie or… Read More

TV anchors integrating Twitter into live broadcasts with Jenni Hogan’s new app

Back when Jenni Hogan was working the morning show at Seattle’s KIRO 7, she became frustrated. As a small earthquake… Read More

Waiting for Clint Dempsey at #DempseyWatch: The most fun I’ve ever had on Twitter

For the past two hours, I’ve been glued to my Twitter feed. It’s not some high-speed car chase; catastrophic natural… Read More

Why super angel Geoff Entress is smiling: HootSuite just scored a whopping $165M VC round

Seattle super angel Geoff Entress told me a few months ago that HootSuite, the B.C.-based maker of social media analysis… Read More

You can soon embed Facebook statuses, photos

It’s been easy to embed Tweets for quite some time now, but Facebook did not offer a similar tool for… Read More

It’s now illegal for employers to ask for your social media passwords in Washington

If you walk into work tomorrow and the boss demands access to your Facebook account, you can now use the… Read More

Geek on the Street: Facebook’s stock is soaring, but do people think it’s still cool?

Sure, Facebook’s future looked quite nice on Thursday after its second quarter earnings report exceeded Wall Street’s expectations with a… Read More

Persona wants to help you get hired by protecting your social media reputation 24/7

To learn more about you, employers today are reviewing the social media accounts of both prospective and current employees. Unfortunately for… Read More

Facebook earnings beat expectations as Q2 revenue reaches $1.8B

Facebook’s second quarter earnings report showed the social networking company’s revenue up 53% from the same period last year, exceeding… Read More

Annoyed with something in your News Feed? Soon you can tell Facebook why

You’ve likely seen something in your Facebook News Feeds that annoys you, whether it’s another annoying I’m-on-vacation-and-you’re-not feet-by-the-pool photo or a… Read More

These are the keys to social business, according to Eventbrite’s VP of Marketing

SAN FRANCISCO — For Eventbrite, social media is a key component of its business plan. According to Tamara Mendelsohn, its… Read More

These five brands are kicking ass with Instagram video

It’s been about two weeks since Instagram unveiled its 15-second video feature and the response has been excellent for the Facebook-owned… Read More

Nordstrom experiments with Pinterest, showcasing top ‘pinned’ items in 13 stores

There are so many options these days for retailers to use social media to drive sales. Nordstrom is looking to… Read More

Twitter using Bing to translate tweets automatically

Microsoft has come up with some pretty cool language translation applications over the past year, and now Twitter is getting in on… Read More

Amazon debuts group gift cards for birthdays on Facebook

Facebook already makes it easy to remember the birthdays of your friends. Now, with a little help from Amazon, you… Read More

Vizify teams up with Twitter, lets you create personal movie trailers based on your best tweets

While there are Twitter analytics tools out there that can spit out in-depth personal usage stats, the data isn’t always… Read More

Free analytics: Twitter now lets anyone track their tweet performance

Twitter today opened the doors to its robust tool that lets anyone from big brands to basement bloggers monitor tweet performance… Read More

You can now use #hashtags on Facebook

Hashtags are coming to Facebook, as the social media giant announced today that it has added support for phrases with “#”… Read More

Study: Gain more Twitter followers by being confident with predictions, not accurate

Here’s a way to get more Twitter followers: Exude confidence. That’s the finding from a study done by a pair of doctoral… Read More

Ben Huh’s Circa news service hires Reuters social media guru as editor-in-chief

Circa, the mobile app hoping to redefine news presentation, today announced that it has hired Reuters social media editor Anthony… Read More

Report: Teens leave Facebook for Twitter, because they want less drama

Facebook is still the social media king, but teens are using Twitter and Instagram at an increasing rate recently because,… Read More