background preloader

News

Facebook Twitter

The 6 Types of Social Media | Out:think. As you think through all of the options for getting involved in social media, they all fall into 6 general bucks. There are 6 types of social media. This week I will introduce you to each of the types of social media and then we will go more in depth in the coming6 weeks. Social Networks - Services that allow you to connect with other people of similar interests and background. Usually they consist of a profile, various ways to interact with other users, ability to setup groups, etc. The most popular are Facebook and LinkedIn.3Bookmarking Sites - Services that allow you to save, organize and manage links to various websites and resources around the internet.

Most allow you to “tag” your links to make them easy to search and share. Keep in mind that, while these are the 6 different types of social media, there can be overlap among the various services. I'm sharing everything I learn as I work towards selling 10,000 copies of Your First 1000 Copies in one year. Questions? Comments. Google And Berg Team Up To Create An Internet Of Things. Google is ridiculously powerful. The service isn’t just search. It isn’t just maps. It isn’t just your email or spreadsheets. Google is artificial intelligence fueled by an endless buffet of every piece of information on the Internet and every human tendency behind it. Google isn’t a website or a collection of services; it’s the most powerful deity in the known universe.

And ultimately, it’s strange that so much thought can exist only behind a PC or smartphone screen. So in 2011, Google Creative Lab approached Berg with a question: “If Google wasn’t trapped behind glass, what would it do?” At the heart of Berg’s concept was a smart lamp inspired by Pixar’s Luxo Jr. So where were we? Imagine the switch as a QR code. It’s a fascinating question--one that flips the notion of digital products on its head--but it’s hard to imagine the practicality of buying a smart lamp to serve as a hub for our Netflix, Rdio, and Facebook remotes.

See more here. Facebook Is Top Social Network In 127 Countries. The Most Important Facebook Number: 140.3 Billion. Facebook announced that it had hit a billion active accounts Thursday; an extraordinary milestone, celebrated with a rather odd ad. But that number, like that ad, is a sideshow. Another extraordinary stat got overlooked, and this is one that really gives you the scale of what the social network is building. Or to put it another way: one billion isn't cool.

You know what's cool? 140.3 billion. As you can see from the infographic based on Facebook's internal data at the bottom of this article, 140.3 billion is the total friendships on Facebook. If you keep track of one thing about the company, make it this, not the user number or fluctuating stock price. Friends: a Powerful Drug On average, then, we have 140.3 friendships each.

What does that mean? That time-tested structure is what we're programmed to look for, essentially. Facebook Is Top Social Network in 127 Countries. Facebook ipo. Facebook IPO fallout might get even worse. (Photo: ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov/CP) The most anticipated initial public offering in years has also turned out to be the most disastrous. Trouble began almost immediately for Facebook on May 18, when its first day of trading was delayed by half an hour due to technical glitches on the Nasdaq exchange. Problems continued throughout the day as the system was overloaded with requests. Some investors weren’t even sure if their orders had been executed. It later emerged that analysts at Facebook’s underwriters revised their growth targets to reflect weaker advertising revenue, but didn’t properly disclose the revisions to clients before the IPO. Dozens of lawsuits against Facebook, its underwriters and the Nasdaq ensued. But what’s worse than the immediate IPO fallout is Facebook’s current share price.

To wit, revenue from Facebook’s payments operation (money earned when users purchase virtual goods for games) is under pressure. Massachusetts Fines Morgan Stanley Over Facebook I.P.O. Richard Drew/Associated PressAlmost as soon as Facebook went public on May 18, questions arose and problems showed up with the trading of its shares. 10:48 a.m. | Updated Morgan Stanley is paying for its role in the troubled stock market debut of Facebook. On Monday, Massachusetts’s top financial authority fined the bank $5 million for violating securities laws, the first major regulatory action tied to Facebook’s initial public stock offering.

William F. Galvin, the secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, accused the bank of improperly influencing the stock offering process. The regulator’s consent order asserts that a senior Morgan Stanley banker coached Facebook on how to share information with stock analysts who cover the social media company, a potential violation of a landmark legal settlement with Wall Street. “The broader message here is we are going to use any means possible to enforce the strict code in place about giving out information,” Mr. Mr. This behavior, Mr. Facebook. Biggest Tech Flops Of 2012: Top 5 Failures, From The Facebook IPO To Microsoft Surface. Below is a list of tech’s biggest flops in 2012, from products that never took off to business moves that failed miserably. Google’s Nexus Q. At its I/O developers’ conference in June, Google touted its Nexus Q device to be a premiere addition to its Nexus-branded line of products.

The round Android-based social streaming media player was offered up for pre-order alongside the Nexus 7 in June, but was quickly removed from the Google Play Store. The company had decided to “postpone the consumer launch of Nexus Q while we work on making it even better.” This could be due to its heavy price tag --- the Nexus Q was priced at a whopping $299, which doesn’t include speakers or cables required for the device.

Microsoft’s Surface for Windows RT. When the Surface initially launched, Microsoft failed to accurately clarify the difference between Windows 8 and Windows RT. Apple Maps. However, when iOS 6 launched in September, users were met with some unpleasant surprises. Facebook IPO. It's Becoming Clear That No One Actually Read Facebook's IPO Prospectus Or Mark Zuckerberg's Letter To Shareholders.