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
Startup Spotlight: Socedo dives into social media to help you find sales leads Socedo co-founder Aseem Badshah came up with the idea for his startup after helping big brands like Microsoft and Guess… Read More
How social media reacted to Sonics news that left Ballmer ‘horribly disappointed’ By now, you’ve probably heard how the NBA relocation committee unanimously voted Monday afternoon to block Seattle’s bid to buy the… Read More
Bill Clinton (officially) joins Twitter, gets shout out from Bill Gates and Colbert Former president Bill Clinton has joined Twitter — and this time the ex-commander-in-chief is doing so without the help of… Read More
POLL: Facebook Home reaches 500K downloads in nine days — are you a fan? Yes, the initial Google Play ratings are pretty crappy for Facebook Home. But at the very least, we know that… Read More
Twitter unveils sleek new #music discovery app for web, iOS There’s a new way to find the tunes and tracks everyone is talking about. Twitter today debuted a new music… Read More
Officials want Instagram photos, Vine videos for Boston Marathon investigation Social media may provide a huge hand in solving the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. Officials are asking spectators to provide… Read More
Why I uninstalled Facebook Home in 30 seconds Facebook Home is out today in the Google Play Store for those fortunate enough with one of the five Android-based… Read More
Relaborate scores cash to help big brands figure out what to write about Relaborate has raised more than $500,000 in a first round of funding, money that the Seattle startup will use to… Read More
Blab launches software to predict social media conversations No, Blab’s new platform can’t necessarily predict the future. But what the Seattle-based social analytics company did debut today is… Read More
Social Media Madness: Which NCAA school is most-effectively using Twitter? There are lots of different spins people put on the annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament — a.k.a. March Madness —… Read More
Study shows how to get more followers on Twitter Here’s how to get more followers on Twitter: Be positive, be clear and share quality stuff. That’s according to a… Read More
3 ways your brand can learn from how sports teams handle social media When panelists are introduced at an event, the audience usually gets a typical rundown of accolades and achievements of the… Read More
Instagram hits 100M user mark 28 months after launch Instagram, welcome to the 100 million club. The Facebook-owned photo sharing social network announced today that two-and-a-half years after launch,… Read More
Does this Tweet-based map of Seattle accurately describe your neighborhood? This is pretty cool. Microsoft researcher Andrés Monroy-Hernández, an expert in social media analysis, has come up with an interesting way… Read More
30 Hour Famine: Teens tweet about starving for charity This weekend, the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision will put on its 20th “30 Hour Famine,” a biannual youth fasting event… Read More
Youngsters think Microsoft is getting cooler as it ages Looks like those hip new Microsoft commercials are paying off. A Reuters poll found that just under 50 percent of… Read More
MTV and BET’s fake Twitter hack PR stunt wasn’t funny and raises serious questions MTV and BET just fooled us all, and I’m not sure if it was funny, stupid or scary. Yesterday, Burger… Read More
Dethroned: Burger King Twitter account hacked to look like McDonalds The Burger King social media team sure is having an eventful Monday morning. The fast food company’s Twitter account, @BurgerKing,… Read More
POLL: Should employers have access to your social media passwords? Imagine this for a second: You walk into your next job interview, sit down and the employer asks you for… Read More
The 10 social media tools that every startup must have Social media has revolutionized the way we communicate. With the revolution has come insane amounts of data, analytics and information… Read More
Akron men’s hoops team printing Twitter handle @ZipsMBB on back of jerseys Social media is taking over the sports world. Well, not really. But Akron University is certainly doing something I’ve never… Read More
