The Disney Story app is a photo and video sharing app that groups all of your stored phone photos by location/date and creates a scrapbook-like presentation out of them. Continue reading
Here are a few amazing Facebook stats that illustrate just how vast their empire is. Continue reading
Pinterest announced this afternoon that they have added a new feature that allows you to block another user from following you or liking/repinning/commenting on your pins. Continue reading
Do you share too much personal information on social networks? Apparently, if the answer is “yes,” you aren’t alone. Continue reading
Twitter announced tonight that they are getting serious about their spam crackdown. In fact, they are suing a few of the bigger spammers on their platform. Continue reading
Facebook recently launched a cool way to keep your subscriptions, page likes and friends better organized. The social network has created interest lists, which allows you to group celebs, pages and friends of like interests into an easy-to-follow stream. Continue reading
Yammer announced on their blog tonight that their private social networking tool is now being used by 85% of Fortune 500 companies and has amassed 4 million users. Continue reading
Google+ VP of Product Management, Bradley Horowitz, announced Thursday that the social network was lowering its minimum age limit from 18 to 13.
Google announced a week or so ago that any new Google accounts will be signed up for Google+, by default. Since the minimum age for a Gmail account is 13, this change in Google+ is most likely an effort to bridge that gap.
This move puts Google+’s age restrictions more in line with many of the other major social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Changing the minimum age may lead to a number of digital marketing implications, including: Continue reading
Many people who use Facebook for personal and work reasons struggle to find the balance between sharing somewhat personal info with friends and sharing with the world. Creating and maintaining a separate page is a boatload of work and, depending on the size of your following, may not be worth it.
In the past, you pretty much had to make the decision- do I make my life public? or do I just shut out everyone I don’t actually know? Most people elected to keep their friend list to those individuals that were close friends and thus, they were not able to enjoy some of the business benefits of growing your network and personally branding yourself. Continue reading
Did you know about Facebook’s ‘other’ messages folder? I didn’t.
I always thought Facebook did a decent job at notifying me of incoming messages. I get a notification at the top of the website and push notifications on my phone and iPad. I thought I was always on top of things when it came to receiving and responding to messages.
Come to find out, I was on top of receiving and responding to SOME of my incoming messages, in particular, just the messages sent from friends. Continue reading
