Startup Spotlight: Socedo dives into social media to help you find sales leads

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Socedo co-founder Aseem Badshah came up with the idea for his startup after helping big brands like Microsoft and Guess boost their presence on Twitter and Facebook. Badshah realized that businesses were doing a good job of broadcasting their messages and responding to customer inquiries, but not taking advantage of driving new sales leads via… Read More…

How social media reacted to Sonics news that left Ballmer ‘horribly disappointed’

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By now, you’ve probably heard how the NBA relocation committee unanimously voted Monday afternoon to block Seattle’s bid to buy the Sacramento Kings and bring the NBA back to the Emerald City. An investment group led by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and hedge fund manager Chris Hansen had already reached an agreement with the Maloof family (current… Read More…

Bill Clinton (officially) joins Twitter, gets shout out from Bill Gates and Colbert

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Former president Bill Clinton has joined Twitter — and this time the ex-commander-in-chief is doing so without the help of comedian Stephen Colbert. You may recall that Colbert helped Clinton send his first Tweet on air a few months ago under the unofficial account @PrezBillyJeff. “What if you tweet and nobody tweets back?” Clinton said on… Read More…

POLL: Facebook Home reaches 500K downloads in nine days — are you a fan?

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Yes, the initial Google Play ratings are pretty crappy for Facebook Home. But at the very least, we know that people are definitely curious about the social media king’s new addition. Facebook Home surpassed 500,000 downloads in the Google Play Store this weekend, just nine days after its release on April 12. The company’s newest add-on puts… Read More…

Twitter unveils sleek new #music discovery app for web, iOS

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There’s a new way to find the tunes and tracks everyone is talking about. Twitter today debuted a new music discovery platform for both browsers and iOS devices. The service uses Twitter activity to aggregate the most popular music. You’re also able to preview the songs right through the app via iTunes, and subscribers to… Read More…

Officials want Instagram photos, Vine videos for Boston Marathon investigation

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Social media may provide a huge hand in solving the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. Officials are asking spectators to provide images and/or video they have that may help investigators with leads for finding out who was responsible for setting off the bombs that killed three and injured more than 150 Monday afternoon in Boston. BostonPolice… Read More…

Why I uninstalled Facebook Home in 30 seconds

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Facebook Home is out today in the Google Play Store for those fortunate enough with one of the five Android-based phones to download it. Well, maybe not so fortunate. I just installed Facebook’s newest add-on, which puts Facebook photos, updates, messages and services at the forefront of smartphone homescreens. Less than 30 seconds later, it was… Read More…

Relaborate scores cash to help big brands figure out what to write about

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Relaborate has raised more than $500,000 in a first round of funding, money that the Seattle startup will use to continue to developing what it dubs a “smart content marketing engine” for companies. As part of the round, some of the company’s initial users have become angel investors. “We help solve problems businesses face by… Read More…

Blab launches software to predict social media conversations

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No, Blab’s new platform can’t necessarily predict the future. But what the Seattle-based social analytics company did debut today is software that will help brands determine which of the millions of social media conversations they should focus on. Using Blab’s patented technology, the company analyzes 50,000 news and social media sources, including more than 60… Read More…

Social Media Madness: Which NCAA school is most-effectively using Twitter?

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There are lots of different spins people put on the annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament — a.k.a. March Madness — from different sports to subjects. PayScale did their own bracket based on average graduate salary, and heck, even GeekWire is doing our own Geek Madness. Now Seattle-based social media analytics startup Simply Measured is getting in on… Read More…