This week, Facebook tweaked Graph Search so that it can search posts, photos, check-ins, and comments. Basically, any word you’ve written on Facebook.com is now searchable. Here’s how to keep those potentially embarrassing posts, photos, check-ins, and comments from coming …
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While the Twitterati waited with heightened anticipation for its beloved
social network to file its public offering (IPO) papers with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this past week, it appears the
microblogging site just became additional collateral damage as a direct
result of the Federal Government’s shutdown.
If you think that kids today are going to have screwed up childhoods because all they care about is playing with their phones or keeping up with friends on Facebook or shooting people in video games, well, there’s still hope! Comedian Mark Malkoff sat down and talked with some kids about social media and the conversations were so adorable that it might just reaffirm your faith in humanity.
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If you want a good idea of just how many people use Facebook on a daily basis, this dizzying site manages to cram every single user onto a single page—represented by over 1.2 billion colored pixels that can be zoomed to reveal the individual faces of every member.
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Following a similar deal in May with the NBA, Twitter’s Amplify program has landed an envy-inducing arrangement with the National Football League. As part of the new advertising partnership, the NFL will leverage Twitter to “package in-game highlights and other video content” inside sponsored tweets, which can be distributed via a marketer during games. Both Twitter and the NFL will take a slice of the profits, though neither side is talking specific terms. As of now, it sounds as if Verizon will be the “premiere sponsor,” which grants it “exclusive sponsorship rights for Amplify ads during the Super Bowl next February.” The upside? Easily tweetable instant replays. The downside? It might make you a shill. Them’s the breaks!
Source: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal
There are bad comments, and then there is the seventh level of commenting hell known as YouTube comments. The video service is now hoping to turn those conversations into something that doesn’t make you want to take a shower and …
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Companies are inclined to give freebies and complimentary services to people who have a huge following on social networks. As a marketing move, it makes perfect sense. The odds of these people tweeting and talking about the event is high, and the more people they get to share it with, the better, right?
Jumping on this bandwagon is the 1888 Hotel located in Sydney, Australia. They’re hosting a giveaway for Instagram users who have 10,000 or more followers, so if you’ve already passed that mark, then lucky you.
All you have to do is follow them on Instagram (their handle is @8hotels) and send an email to media[at]8hotels.com.
But first things first, what’s the 1888 Hotel? Staying true to the promo they’re hosting, it’s a five-star luxury hotel with an Instagram theme. Just think of the Twitter hotel, only this one is optimized for Instagram users instead, beginning with the selfie wall where guests are encouraged to take a selfie after checking in. The hotel offers beautiful views on every floor and luxurious facilities that are, as they claim, “Instagram-worthy.”
Naturally, you can find more pics of the 1888 Hotel on Instagram, under #1888hotel.
Is Justin Timberlake’s top-forty hit tune "Mirrors" a soulful lullaby to his better half — or indeed is that
mirror-image really — himself? The more you analyze the lyrics with refrains such as "my
mirror staring back at me", the more you realize the song could be
considered this generation’s anthem or mantra.
While I typically share the more weird and wacky stories that pertain to
business, when I read the news that Twitter might start offering online
shopping a couple of weeks ago, I decided there’s just no way that I
can skip opening up the lines of discussion about such a business
structure.
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and Facebook is sharing a new infographic and a site-wide public service announcement to help users find the resources they need when a friend makes troubling posts on the social network.
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