So I was hanging out with my kids watching iCarly on Nick, and tonight they were arguing about what “MPEG” stands for. I was actually intrigued by this question, because honestly, I didn’t know! I did know it was directly related to video file formats, but what exactly it stood for I had no clue. […]
Category: Social Media
Sports Talk Dominates On Twitter
It wasn’t too long ago, on a Saturday afternoon where I wrote about how college football was dominating the Twitter trending list. And then again on a Sunday about how the NFL was dominating the Twitter trending list. Tonight is no different – A Rod, Twins, Yankees, Titans arel in the top 10 Twitter trending […]
Twitter is #1 On Mobile Phones
I just found an interesting article at marketingmag.com.au that highlights some research done on social media activity from mobile phones. In summary, the research shows that Twitter is the most popular social media activity conducted on mobile phones. Of course, talking on mobiles would probably be the most popular activity overall – but next to […]
Perhaps Twitter will find it’s maximum utility in helping businesses provide customer service. And amazingly, we are seeing this unfold directly with Google Wave. I follow Steph Hannon, a Google Wave Engineer, on Twitter (@twephanie). And about 6 hours ago she received a question from @milleniumfoxx asking “is there a way to wrap the toolbar […]
If you’re a small business owner, then what do you spend nearly all of your time on? I’m going to argue that the #1 problem small business has with social media is TIME! If you’re like me, or the small business owners I know, then you are almost exclusively consumed with your day – to […]
A new problem has emerged on Facebook. The problem is this – you’ve always had a personal Facebook Profile, but now you also have a Facebook Fan Page for yourself, your business, products, or services, etc… And now you want to promote your Facebook Fan Page to all of your friends who are associated with […]
One of the most impressive features I’ve seen so far with Google Wave is Rosy! Rosy is a real-time automatic translation robot, built on top of Wave and Google Translate, enabling real-time, multilingual, collaborative communication. [source: YouTube]