Showing all posts tagged Social Media
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Couple Street: A Social Network for Two
Last week at the Launch Festival, NYC-based Couple Street (Couple St.) unveiled the first social network for only two
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Rock Your Block: The Social-Networked Job Engine for Teens
I wish Rock Your Block existed when I was in high school. (Of course, there was no Internet then, so that is truly wishful
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Challenge Your Facebook Friends to Just About Anything with Leap
Let’s be honest - trying to one-up your friends is an effective way to constantly improve upon yourself and become the
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Culture and Collaboration: The Language of Social Media
On Monday night, Rosetta Stone hosted an event at Barcode as part of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. The title
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Cracking the Love Code: Why Most Online Dating Sites Fail
If you’re single, today sucks. There is no escaping all the ooey-gooey-makes-you-just-want-to-barf ads and promotions
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StyleMusee Pairs Social Discovery with Fashion
Just in time for New York Fashion Week, much like Clothia, new startup StyleMusee is helping men and women discover
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The PowerInbox API Lets You Turn Emails Into Interactive Experiences
Boston-based PowerInbox, has just launched an API (in beta) that is a marketer’s dream. Anyone from developers to
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Facebook Files For IPO, Exposes ‘The Hacker Way’ Among Other Juicy Details
Facebook filed it's form S-1 with the SEC today to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering. It's likely to be the
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Twitter to Censor Tweets in Some Countries
Well, Twitter didn’t exactly use the word “censor.” But “withholding” particular tweets after they’re posted
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New DC Startup Accelerator The Fort Launches
A new tech accelerator is coming to town: Fortify.vc, a venture fund from Virginia, will begin accelerating some of its
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ThDstrct: A Lesson on Building Community and Keeping it Simple
As our world gets smaller, online communities are becoming more and more ubiquitous. I’m not talking about huge social
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Ourspot: The Image and Video Sharing Social Network for Close Relationships
Early this morning a new social network that focuses on quality, rather than quantity, of relationships launched publicly to
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2011 Trends: Tech Year In Review
Editor's Note: This article is a revised version of an article written by Jen Consalvo and Frank Gruber that appears in the
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Nextdoor: Turning Neighborhoods into Social Networks
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The Next GE Instagrapher Announced
Last month we announced GE's use of Instagram to search for the next GE "Instagrapher." After more than 3,000 Instagram
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Belly: The Universal Loyalty Program App
Logan LaHive wants you to get rid of all those pesky loyalty cards stacked in your wallet. You know.. the ones with the
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Finding the Underlying Gems in User-Generated Content with 451 Degrees
We all know that content is “king.” Thoughtful, meaningful, original online content garners high SEO results – true
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Facebook Acquires Gowalla, Will It Improve Facebook Places?
Following closely behind the announcement of Facebook opening a new office in New York City solely dedicated to engineers,
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Little Printer Goes Retro To Bring You Digital Updates On Paper With A Smile
London-based product development startup BERG introduced the Little Printer today, a new product that takes your digital
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Frugalo Launches Daily Deal Dashboard With Social Recommendations
With the loads of daily deals offers out there you probably got a slew of Cyber Monday emails yesterday. I did. I am sure
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Twitter Acquires Whisper Systems, an Android Security Firm
Twitter has acquired Whisper Systems, an Android security firm based in San Francisco. According to an announcement on
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