Category Archives: Social news

The Long Facebook Week (and the week-end too!): here’s a summary of news, hints and thoughts about this event [part II]

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Stefano

Following my previous post, here are more news and thoughts about Facebook (and Mark’s life as well) and social network present and (near) future. What happened about all the other Social Networks? Other social media companies, most of which have … Continue reading →

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The Long Facebook Week (and the week-end too!): here’s a summary of news, hints and thoughts about this event [part I]

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Stefano

Last week has definitely been the (long) Facebook week (and the week-end too!): here’s a summary of news, hints and thoughts about the world’s greatest social network. Facebook shined in the past days in the news headlines and its IPO … Continue reading →

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What is actually social data value? What is the value of a single “social-bit”?

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Stefano

What is the value of a tweet? How much does Yelp value a review? As a participant in the social media economy, how much value does your participation create for companies like Facebook and LinkedIn? Here comes a pretty infographic … Continue reading →

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Facebook goes shopping and acquires Instagram; price tag: $1 billion

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Stefano

Breaking news: Facebook shoots a nice picture! Facebook is buying Instagram according to this post by Mark Zuckerberg. This is an important milestone for Facebook because it’s the first time we’ve ever acquired a product and company with so many … Continue reading →

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Sport+TV? Here’s some unbiased opinion about the future

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Stefano

How will TV evolve? How will social TV change all this? ParisLemon says the future is iPad, its ability to watch a game and check all scores etc. I say the future is somewhere in the Social TV zone, where … Continue reading →

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Pin me up: according to Experian, Pinterest is the third most popular social network

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Stefano

Here we are: Pinterest, the new kid on the block has become the third competitor in the social network arena. Experian’s “2012 Digital Marketer: Benchmark and Trend Report” says social networking has reached new highs, with 91 percent of adults … Continue reading →

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Social media and advertising analytics trends and tools that are effective, profitable (and somehow even free!)

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Stefano

A nice post by KissMetrics about social-, and -web, analytics tool that help marketers plan and report strategies and campaigns effectively. We all know these days that a good marketing strategy always includes a digital component…like email, blogs, Twitter, Facebook … Continue reading →

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Dating online in 2012: what is really like?

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Stefano

This infographic from FreeDating UK shows how much dating has changed recently – and how much is social media involved! How much is true (or a bunch of lies) in all social relationships sparkling around the ‘net (growing and… failing)? … Continue reading →

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Social Media TV Charts: who wins, who loses, where are TV viewers heading to?

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Stefano

Mashable reports with this cool infographics about Social TV trends and charts what happened in a middle-March week in the Social TV arena [Via Mashable]

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Which devices are used the most by social media users? An infographic explains and gives much more hints

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Stefano

Believe it or not, 5% of US adults are getting news on full-featured computers (be it a desktop or a laptop), on tablets and on smartphones, whereas computers/smartphone users sum up to an interesting 34% of the grand total! [Via … Continue reading →

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