Tag Archives: Social network

Facebook introduces Cards: Gifts will never be so socially the same

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Stefano

As reported by Venturebeat, Facebook is introducing Cards, a sort of prepaid credit card for sending gifts – social gifts, actually. Cards are like regular, plastic gift cards, except that they work at a wide range of retailers. (For the … Continue reading →

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Facebook introduces Graph Search: natural language search within the social network giant

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Stefano

Mark Zuckerberg introduces Graph Search. Looks like natural language searching will be soon available to all Facebook users! Check for more details on Graph Search here on Facebook Newsroom. During the live coverage provided by Mashable, an example search was: … Continue reading →

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Xmas 2012 version of a Reindeer Race? Social with Facebook, ‘real’ with Arduino!

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Stefano

Australian-based agency VML created this XMas-themed race with some technical and social cool elements! Reindeer Race allows you to race your… reindeer (four available) and race against other people or some bots (according to who’s online). The cool fact is … Continue reading →

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Google forays into Social Media – an infographic

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Stefano

Uber-guru and friend Max Guadagnoli shared this on Pinterest. It’s a Mashable-made infographic of some Google forays into social media (sometimes unhappy ones). [click on image to enlarge] [Via Visual.ly]

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Twitter drops Linkedin partnership?

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Stefano

This is the kind of news that deserves much attention. As reported by Mashable: LinkedIn announced via a blog post on Friday that Twitter would no longer be partnering with the business-networking site to sync updates from one site to … Continue reading →

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Meebo has been acquired by Google for a reported $100 million

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Stefano

Meebo now goes with Big G, that is it’s been acquired by Google for some $100 million. Meebo, started in 2005 as a web-based messaging service, but has since developed “the Meebo bar,” its flagship offering which “wraps” a web … Continue reading →

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A social media parody viral video that’s sooo true!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Stefano

Great Viral Video from ThePoke and a lot of unsaid truth about social media as well!

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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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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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Twitter for Small Businesses: promotion, user engagement, product awareness and … a nice video too!

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Stefano

This is how Twitter promotes itself and explains the (good) reasons why (even) a small business should use Twitter to reach new customers, to talk with them and spread the word about their products/services. The video exploits the recipe metaphor … Continue reading →

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