An Unknown Corporation Has Been Collecting Information About You – Soon You’ll See What They Know

There is a giant corporation you’ve probably never heard of that’s been collecting your personal information for years. And it has nothing to do with Prism. In fact, your call logs and social media history, information allegedly collected by Prism, is chump change compared to the data this corporation has stored about you – legally. This… Continue reading An Unknown Corporation Has Been Collecting Information About You – Soon You’ll See What They Know

Microsoft’s New Bing Voice Recognition Ad Claims It’s Twice as Fast, But Looks It’s From the 80s

If you happen to be using a Windows Phone in the US, you may have noticed that the voice recognition capabilities on your phone have grown a whole lot faster recently. Over the last several weeks, Microsoft has been rolling out a series of updates to improve the speed and accuracy of voice to text… Continue reading Microsoft’s New Bing Voice Recognition Ad Claims It’s Twice as Fast, But Looks It’s From the 80s

Now Find Your Most Popular Tweets with Twitter Analytics

After a long time of only allowing advertising partners to access its Analytics, Twitter has now opened its Analytics feature to all Twitter users. According to The Verge, the tool allows users to check on the performance of their tweets and view information about their followers in table and graph form. Have you been wondering… Continue reading Now Find Your Most Popular Tweets with Twitter Analytics

Now #Hashtag All You Want on #Facebook – #SocialMedia #Marketing #News

Now you can #hashtag away on Facebook. Following in the footsteps of Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Pinterest, Facebook will soon allow all users to incorporate clickable hashtags into their posts on the social networking site. Now Facebook users, too, will be able to click on hashtags to follow real-time conversations about topics that interest them.… Continue reading Now #Hashtag All You Want on #Facebook – #SocialMedia #Marketing #News

Protesters Crowdfund $99K and Counting to Demand Change in Turkish Government

What began as a peaceful protest against the removal of green space from Istanbul and spiraled into a violent attack by the police, complete with teargas and water cannons, has erupted into a larger protest against the government in Turkey and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policies. Now protesters are criticizing the government’s use of force, lack… Continue reading Protesters Crowdfund $99K and Counting to Demand Change in Turkish Government

Facebook Now Notifies Page Managers to Promote their Most ‘Engaging’ Posts

Facebook has just rolled out a new feature for Pages that encourages page administrators to purchase more promotions by highlighting their most engaging posts. As seen above, in the Admin Panel posts that Facebook considers to be “more engaging than many of your other posts” are highlighted in yellow. This appears to be part of a… Continue reading Facebook Now Notifies Page Managers to Promote their Most ‘Engaging’ Posts

Disney’s MagicBand: Next-Generation Customer Experience Without Social Media Integration?

Disney is well known for providing the ultimate entertainment experience, and for some time they have also been trying to expand the customer on-site experience at their parks with RFID technology. As of May 20, 2013 Disney passholders can change their common paper passes into a new card that allows visitors to use the new… Continue reading Disney’s MagicBand: Next-Generation Customer Experience Without Social Media Integration?