Bing Adds Social Media Face To Its Search Engine
In the ever increasing fight to stay relevant, Microsoft’s Bing search engine is making headway in attracting social media users. As part of its revamp, starting this week, Bing will input more searches based on your social media following and unlike giant rival Google, will include the option to get your Facebook friends’ direct input [...]
Give Me A Social Media Break
Advertisers have finally found a solution to “social media stress”: Kit-Kats. Just kidding, although a firm that works with Kit-Kat in Singapore is trying to do to tackle the unfortunate problem of “social media stress,” which, if you’ve ever used Facebook or Twitter on a regular basis, you know is all too real. Their solution [...]
3 Questions About Facebook Privacy
According to a recent Consumer Reports survey, the magazine estimates that as many as 13 million don’t use or have little idea about the privacy controls offered by the social media giant Facebook [mind you they only surveyed 2,000 people, so it’s an estimate at best]. With Facebook changing its privacy setting more often than [...]
3 Social Media Tips For Trayvon Martin’s Shooter
Although the Trayvon Martin case has sparked demonstrations, media coverage and Twitter hashtags, it has largely been on the side of the family of the young Florida man shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Last week, the lawyers of George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering Martin have made the unprecedented move and [...]
Facebook Cares: They Share Your Organ Donor Status
First it was your relationship status, then it was those photos from your fraternity days and with that timeline feature, your whole life is an open book. Now Facebook wants you to share your body—by being an organ donor. That’s right, the share-happy social media site is adding a feature on the timeline that lets [...]
Jack White, Gary Oldman Collaborate On VEVO Project
As another example of how established artists transition into new media ventures, Jack White, formerly of the duo The White Stripes, is collaborating with VEVO and actor/director Gary Oldman for a live performance on the “American Express Unstaged” web program Friday night at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. His live performance on VEVO coincides with [...]
How Can New Media Artists Use Google Drive?
Like its previous endeavors Gmail and Google+, the latest Google project is having a slow rollout. You may ask: What could Google possibly think of next? Well, Google joined the cloud game yesterday by introducing Google Drive, which not only lets you access your files from any computer but has overhauled a few of your [...]
4 Reasons Why Dove’s Facebook Ad Campaign is Awesome
I read this on Mashable yesterday, and I literally can’t stop thinking about it. This is possibly one of the most brilliant social media marketing campaigns I have EVER seen. So just to give you guys the lowdown, Dove created a Facebook app that aims to replace all those ads you’ve seen that make women [...]
AudioSwap News That Should be Music to YouTube Creator’s Ears
Are your YouTube videos tired, run down, listless? Are they poop at parties? Are they unpopular? The answer to all your problems is in YouTube’s AudioSwap feature. AudioSwap contains instrumental, electronic, pop, r&b, and other stylish audio tracks to serve as the soundtrack for your videos. Are you a YouTube comedic type whose “funny” videos [...]
5 Things To Do When Gmail Fails
Like nearly 7 million of you who use Gmail (out of 350 million), I was shut out from reading my emails and going on Gchat to talk about plans for articles for your reading pleasure. Of course, that didn’t go well with me because, as a busy man, I live off of Gmail to send [...]
