‘Social Networks’ Archives
How did TripAdvisor, Facebook app add 12.5 million users in a month? Help solve the mystery
Over June, the Facebook app of travel reviews site TripAdvisor has increased its Monthly Active Users (MAU) by over 67 percent. It now has 31 million MAU, moving it up to fourth on AppData’s Facebook Apps Leaderboard – just above the ever-popular MyCalendar [Read More]
Chill, platform for social video discovery raises $8 in funding
Chill, the leading platform for social video discovery, today announced an $8 million equity investment led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and William Morris Endeavor that will accelerate the development and distribution of its intelligent social video platform. [Read More]
AGANAR creates audiovisual content for social networks – shares future trending
Gabriela Natale, host of “SuperLatina” and co-founder of AGANAR, likewise stressed the advantages of Internet social networks over television as an advertising medium. “What we do allows for a brand to establish a point of communication with the consumer [Read More]
Second screen summit explores monetization strategies
There still are a host of issues to resolve in the burgeoning market for “second screen” entertainment — not the least of which is how the various stakeholders in the media and entertainment business are going to make money off this new platform. So notes Chuck [Read More]
Cox TV in Seattle to air Social7 a tv show created by social media fans
Cox-owned KIRO TV in Seattle will air a live special tonight that has been named, planned and even given a time slot by the audience over social media. As it airs, trending topics and audience participation will dictate much of the content. Called “Social7,” it will be [Read More]
Go social or become irrelevant Ryan Hogarth warns companies
ONLY a fifth of online conversations in today’s social media involve business, making it an underutilised tool for companies to communicate with their clients, according to Ryan Hogarth, speaker on communication, at the recent Markex conference in Sandton, Gauteng. If a [Read More]
New study shows smartphones have boosted use of social media and games among young people
Smartphoneshave increased the use of social media and computer games, particularly among young people, according to a recent survey. Each year, Nordicom at Gothenburg University carries out a nationally representative survey of media use among the Swedish people. The [Read More]
Fashion brands find success on social networks
Fashion brands have some of the highest profiles on social networks. From Burberry broadcasting catwalk shows on Twitter to ASOS setting up shop on Facebook, retailers in this sector have really nailed how to make social media work for them. So why does the medium work so [Read More]
Which business social network is right for you?
Microsoft is no stranger to throwing huge amounts of money at markets it wants to break into – it did it with the Xbox and it’s in the process of doing it with its new Surface tablet. But even in this context, the $1.2bn it has agreed to pay for enterprise social [Read More]
Americans share how social media is affecting their communities
In light of Mashable‘s Social Media Day mission to celebrate the digital revolution, we asked youhow social media impacts your local community. From disaster-affected regions using Twitter for community safety to local charities rallying donations from Facebook users, we [Read More]
