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23 Aug
Facebook Officially Launches “Places”
As previously documented, Facebook has released its first ever location based service, Places, according to Mashable. This application is directly available on the iPhone only at the moment, though other smartphone users can access Places by using the touch.facebook.com site. Android and Blackberry editions will eventually be released though no set dates have been announced. […] -
16 Aug
More Newspapers to Charge for Online Content
Do you still pick up the paper in the morning? Read the headlines while sipping your morning coffee? Or do you scroll through the news on your ipad or blackberry on your way into the office? Well if you’re like a lot of people these days then you probably get your news online. Once for free […] -
12 Aug
Facebook Delving into Geolocation with Places
As it continues to subscribe to the philosophy of “anything you can do, I can do better” Facebook will soon roll out its own location based program “Places” to rival services like FourSquare and Gowalla. Since establishing its base, now 500 million strong, the ultimate social network has not been shy in modeling itself after […] -
29 Jul
100 million Facebook user’s personal information made public
The personal information of over 100 million Facebook users has been gathered and published online, according to MSNBC. Ron Bowes, an online security consultant, used code to scan the 500 million existing Facebook profiles and gathered all the information that was not protected by privacy settings. Bowes then create a downloadable file and posted it […] -
28 Jul
The Ice Cream Truck, Brilliant Marketing, Brain-Washing or MAGIC!?
Written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) Had an observation over the weekend……. Very simple concept: A truck (that always needs a muffler, or it’s a creepy van, really an ice cream van?) PLUS ice cream (and not even good ice cream) PLUS a theme song = Emotional Connection The driver doesn’t (to my knowledge) have a […] -
14 Jul
LinkedIn Groups—New and Improved
written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) Who has two thumbs and likes the NEW LinkedIn Group interface and functionality? (Two thumbs thumping into my chest) “This guy” Yup, I’m that guy. For those who haven’t noticed or have been ignoring LinkedIn lately, the Groups have changed and I’m loving it. I’ll leave my favorite new feature […] -
12 Jul
Tracking Social Media Trends
I stumbled upon this nifty device that is very easy to use and offers a quick glance into your target audiences’ online behavior (and it’s FREE). It’s a mini tool that was recently launched by GlobalWebIndex. It is a “lite” version of the GlobalWebIndex Wave 2 (available only to GlobalWebIndex clients). It gives you a […] -
07 Jul
A-Twitter “Thank you very much”
written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) I’m sure my most astute and loyal readers (or just my mom) will remember my last Twitter post, and yeah, I was a little harsh and down on the tweeting trend. Today, I’m changing my tweeting tune and I want to finally give a shout out to Twitter and say […] -
30 Jun
Do you really “Like” me?—Facebook “Like” me that is
written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) Everyday I see my Facebook friends “liking” everything from TV shows to Spamburgers, or becoming “fans” of the Black Eyed Peas,”finding $20 on the ground”, or “doing the Single Ladies dance when no one’s looking”…okay, not sure if that last one is really a group, but I’m sure it is… […]