Brands on Gowalla
A list of brands marketing on Gowalla, the location-based social networking game.
First Week at Mashable
Erica Swallow joins Mashable as an editorial assistant after leaving her position as a social media consultant at The New York Times.
Parker Higgins and Erica Swallow Win #SurprisedSXSW
My favorite panel at the 2010 SXSW Interactive Conference was “How to Create a Viral Video“, which featured Damian Kulash, frontman of OK Go, Margaret Gould Stewart of YouTube and Jason Wishnow, director of film and video at TED. The panelists introduced the secret ingredients (boobies and kitties) and took it a step further by creating an homage…
Ferris Bueller Spends His Day Off on Twitter and Foursquare
ferris_bueller_ i’ve said it before & i’ll say it again: life move’s pretty fast. you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. 08 May 2010 from web Ferris Bueller, Jeanie Bueller, Cameron Frye, Sloane Peterson, Tom Bueller, Ed Rooney, Abe Froman, and the Chez Quis Maitre D’ made their debuts on Twitter this…
Faisal Shahzad’s Headline Photo is Sourced from Orkut
The recent creation of Facebook Open Graph opened a whole new can of worms regarding privacy on social networks. Now more than ever, the world is all a-buzz about privacy. But what about privacy for criminal suspects? Faisal Shahzad, the suspect who admitted to attempting to explode a bomb in Times Square on May 1st, has…
LinkedIn Adds Ability to Follow Companies
LinkedIn, the business networking site with over 60 million professionals, is taking cues from Facebook fan pages with its new Company Following capabilities. Users opting to follow a company can see updates on new hires, open positions and company profile status updates. All of this information is found on the Companies homepage, which is similar…
Tweetie 2 Update: Twitter for iPhone Coming Soon
A recent update for the Tweetie 2 iPhone app teased that “Twitter for iPhone” is coming soon. Just last month, Twitter bought Atebits, the company behind Tweetie. Twitter CEO Evan Williams promised that Tweetie would not disappear, but that it would become the official Twitter client and be renamed Twitter for iPhone. Well, folks, it looks…
Brands on Foursquare
A comprehensive list of brands that have partnered with Foursquare to contribute location-relevant content.
Bravo Rewards Foursquare Users with Swag Bags for Unlocking “Real Housewife” Badge
Bravo sent out special gift bags to the first few Foursquare users that unlocked the “Real Housewife” badge. The gift bag included four Bravo-branded items: a tote, umbrella, t-shirt and flip video camera.
Facebook Replaces “Become a Fan” Button with “Like” Button
Facebook introduced the “Like” button for Pages today. Instead of clicking the traditional “Become a fan” button on “fan pages”, fans will now click the “Like” button on “community pages” to show their approval for brands and public figures.
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