Social media is a double-edged sword. Due to its unfiltered nature, it can be a powerful promotional tool. However, it can also publicly expose our problems. Former reality TV star Tila Tequila is an unfortunate but prime example.
Some backstory: Tila Tequila is one of the most popular artists on MySpace, was the subject of an MTV reality show, and most recently filed assault charges against San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, which were subsequently dropped.
Fastforward to Wednesday, November 18th. That night, Tila had a very public meltdown on her Ustream page. Full story...
So far, Google has failed to launch a successful social web product to U.S. Internet users. Orkut has taken off in including Brazil and India, but not in North America.
Bummed because you don’t have the time to salivate in front of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Ustream? Well, now you can get plenty of SI content sent directly to your cell: All you need is a physical issue of the mag and a camera phone.
Earlier this afternoon, Google announced Google Buzz, a semantic approach to social status updates that live inside Gmail.
It’s no shocker that the web is buzzing about Google Buzz (terrible pun intended), Google’s most aggressive push into social media yet.
Shashank Nigam is the CEO of SimpliFlying.com, an award-winning blog on airline branding. He tweets at @simpliflying.
Google has just unveiled its latest attempt to become more relevant in the social media space: Google Buzz.
It’s official: Google has just announced Google Buzz, its newest push into the social media foray.
Facebook has removed its Lexicon analytics app, blogger Steve Rubel noticed last night.
Don’t know what Lexicon was? That’s OK, a lot of people didn’t; it was announced very quietly, but it was a neat tool.
Susan Payton is the President of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm.
In an effort to remind you that WordPress can be just as flexible and e-mail-friendly as Posterous, the company has released a Posterous importer for users who want to “graduate” from the mini-blogging site to “a full blog with the features, flexibility and reliability of WordPress.