Disaster fundraising has hit a new high using mobile texting and social media. In just 24 hours, the Red Cross has raised more than $5 million for Haiti quake relief efforts, solely through text messages going viral on Twitter and Facebook. The Red Cross calls it a new record for mobile giving. People are donating [...]
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Facebook fix means less hassle
January 13, 2010 – 7:56 pm
Next time you get an e-mail from Facebook after someone leaves a comment on your Wall, just reply and hit send. Facebook went live Wednesday with “reply by e-mail.” Instead of spending more time logging in and searching for the new comment, photo or update, you can now respond directly by e-mail and the post will automatically [...]
Twitter tied to murder
January 11, 2010 – 10:16 pm
Taunting Tweets between friends turned into 140 characters of rage. Now one young man is dead and another is charged with murder. Reporters in New York are watching this case closely, because it’s apparently the first time Twitter has been linked to a murder. The NY Daily News reports the D.A. will subpoena Twitter records to look [...]
Facebook fellowships
January 8, 2010 – 7:00 pm
College students have a friend at Facebook. The big social networking company has a new fellowship program. Five doctoral students will get tuition and fees, along with a $30,000 stipend. In exchange, they will help Facebook developers solve technology problems. To qualify, you must be a Ph.D. candidate, studying fields like internet economics, cloud computing [...]
Tweetdeck transforms newsroom
January 7, 2010 – 11:25 pm
A 24-hour news operation in Great Britain is installing Tweetdeck on staff computers this month. Sky News, a TV network owned by News Corp, will focus on Twitter. According to Mashable.com, it’s an organization-wide rollout that signals a transformation in conventional newsgathering. A Sky News executive tells Journalism.co.uk that social media will be embedded throughout the [...]
Media Lab ready for Video Boot Camp at SoCon10
December 29, 2009 – 2:10 pm
We all have some sort of digital technology that we utilize on a daily basis. It could be the camera on your cell, an audio recorder used in meetings, or the video feature on your digital camera. Believe it or not, these are untapped resources in the PR, marketing, or journalistic world!
I’ll be giving you the basics of [...]
Twitter: Police scanner for the digital world
December 29, 2009 – 1:18 pm
Tweets from our neighbors at the Woodstock, Georgia Police Department:
Slow Down and Drive Safe. The Super Speeder law goes into effect Jan 1, 2010. http://bit.ly/7iNzFq about 15 hours ago from web
12-27: Ofc. Whitley arrested a male on Creekwood Dr for DUI 11:40 AM Dec 27th from web
Every day a new police department or fire department is [...]
Twitter makes $25 million
December 22, 2009 – 12:46 pm
Twitter is making money. A lot of money. The microblogging site agreed to make tweets searchable by Google and Microsoft in separate partnership deals forged in October. But now Bloomberg Business Week reveals the number: Google will pay $15 million. Microsoft, $10 million.
Mapping social networks
December 21, 2009 – 12:27 pm
Want to know who’s talking and where? Check out the maps of online communities, web trends and social networks gathered at Huffingtonpost.com. They vividly show where Facebook dominates. The U.S. has 220 million internet users, while China has 253 million. Tuesday and Wednesday are the busiest on Twitter. Here’s a sample.
Social media ends Dell Hell
December 15, 2009 – 6:22 pm
Not too long ago Dell, the big maker of personal computers, was getting a barrage of angry complaints about customer service. Influential blogger Jeff Jarvis was writing about Dell Hell, and other social media experts around the world joined the fray.
Dell executives started listening. More than 100 employees are now actively tweeting to 1.5 [...]
