Came across this animated image on Google+ earlier today and thought it was amusing enough to share:
No idea where it originated, so if you know the image source please let me know
Posts Tagged ‘Social network’
Google+ Vs Facebook Humour
Sunday, January 29th, 2012CoTweet Standard Being Pulled
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Image by Gustavo Pimenta via Flickr
CoTweet Standard, which is used by a lot of companies to manage Twitter for teams, is being withdrawn on February 15th
From then on CoTweet will only be offered as a paid service under a new name “SocialEngage”
There aren’t much details about SocialEngage on the CoTweet / Exact Target site unfortunately, nor is there any information on pricing. It looks like they’re adding support for tracking Facebook, but without knowing pricing etc., it’s really hard to see if this is going to end up costing companies a lot more than they’ll gain or not.
Their Enterprise product “Cotweet Enterprise” may have been very powerful, but it also came at a very high price.
So are there any viable alternatives?
Irish Social Media Awards
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Nominations are open for the 1st Irish Social Media Awards. There are also full details on how to submit a nomination for the awards and what information you need to supply.
The awards ceremony will be held May 26th 2011 in Dublin’s Mansion House, which is a great venue.
Social Is All About Permission
Sunday, April 24th, 2011If you’re going to use “social” as part of your online strategy you need to remember a key concept.
Permission.
Earlier this morning I got an email “invite” from a contact to join a site that likes to see itself as being “social”.
I ignored the invite but the wording of the email really touched a nerve:
Skillpages unsubscribe email footer
Why on earth would I “unsubscribe” from something I’d never subscribed to in the first place?
Who gave them permission to “subscribe” me in the first place?
It is possible that this is just bad wording on their part and that what they actually mean is that clicking on the link will “block” my email address from being used ..
Now why don’t they actually say that?
It’s also worth noting that Facebook’s notifications include equally misleading wording, so Skillpages aren’t alone in this.
LinkedIn’s April Fool’s
Friday, April 1st, 2011Today being April 1st the web is awash with April Fool’s jokes and pranks.
Some of them are pretty clever, while some of them are downright silly.
One that caught my eye was LinkedIn’s
If you go into the “people you may know” section you’re in for a surprise:
LinkedIn April Fool Joke 2011
Some Social Media Icons
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011If you’re looking for some social media themed images and icons there’s an excellent variety of them over here.
Some are “free” for non-commercial use, while others are released under a Creative Commons license.
Just check the license before you use them – though most of them seem to be pretty liberal.
Enjoy!
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The Social Network Available For Pre-Order
Sunday, January 16th, 2011The Social Network is probably going to win a lot of awards before the year is out.
If you haven’t seen it yet it will be released on DVD and BluRay in Ireland and the UK on February 14th.
Play.com have it for €23.99 (bluray) and €18.49 DVD. Both prices include free delivery.
Amazon are listing the bluray for £16.93 (approx. €20) and the standard DVD is available at £12.93 (approx €15). Pricing excludes delivery, but they offer free delivery on orders over £25.
US audiences can already get their hands on a copy, as it was released on bluray and DVD there last week.
LinkedIn Loses Its Frontpage
Thursday, January 6th, 2011LinkedIn has been around for several years. For many professionals, including recruiters, it is “the” social network that they use.
Unfortunately they seem to have “lost” their main page:
The URL is correct
But the content seems to have gone AWOL:
The home page of LinkedIn - throwing a 404
The Social Network On Release In Ireland – What Do People Think Of It?
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
The Social Network is on general release in Ireland and the UK
Last weekend The Social Network went on general release in the UK and Ireland.
It’s currently playing in most of the cinema chains across Ireland and seems to have been well received.
Have you seen it?
If you have, what did you think of it?
Seemingly Mark Zuckerberg isn’t overly impressed with it, but then again I doubt if many Facebook users are impressed with the latest revelations regarding privacy issues on the popular social networking platform.
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