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Comic: Poor Google+

Josh — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:54:43 +0000

Facebook finally releases iPad app

Josh — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:40:45 +0000

I didn’t think this day would ever arrive, but finally, Facebook has released its iPad app. After playing around with the app, it’s a much improved experience than using the Safari browser, especially scrolling through the News Feed and viewing photos.

Facebook for iPad is now available for download in the App Store.

Infographic: 60 seconds of social media sharing

Josh — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:45:41 +0000

Video: Overview of the New Facebook Layout

Josh — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:50:05 +0000

What do you think about Facebook’s recent changes?

Infographic: The 4 Stages of “Getting” Twitter

Josh — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:52:37 +0000

This infographic takes you through the four stages of getting Twitter, from a complete inability to understand the purpose to being totally addicted.

Is Twitter faster than an Earthquake?

Josh — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:21:15 +0000

During the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Virginia last week, tweets reached New York City before the earthquake hit the Big Apple. According to Twitter, more than 40,000 earthquake-related tweets were sent within a minute of its occurrence, hitting a rate of about 5,500 tweets per second!

Facebook Places is checking out

Josh — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:46:56 +0000

Facebook has decided to end the “Places” check-in feature after just over a year after it was introduced. Facebook introduced “Places” after other location-based sharing services like Foursquare and Gowalla were gaining in popularity. However, to my surprise and I imagine the surprise to others, Facebook “Places” just wasn’t being used.

Facebook will be developing a more general location-tagging feature. According to Chris Cox via the Facebook Blog, “Lots of people use Facebook to talk about where they are, have been or want to go. Now you can add location from anywhere, regardless of what device you are using, or whether it is a status update, photo or Wall post.”

Twitter adds image galleries to user profiles

Josh — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:20:11 +0000

Now when you upload photos to Twitter, they will be featured within an image gallery on your Twitter profile. When you visit a user’s Twitter profile on Twitter.com, you will notice that their profile highlights the most recent four images. To view more images from a user, just click the “view all” button to see several images in a grid view or a detail view highlighting the tweet that was associated with the photo.

Images are collected from Twitter’s new photo-uploading tool, as well as other third-party photo apps like yFrog, TwitPic, or my new favorite, Instagram. I like the fact that it pulls photos from multiple photo sharing services. I think this is a great addition to user profiles (makes the profile look more interesting) and will hopefully create more engagement with tweets that contain photos.

Infographic: Instagram fun facts & stats

Josh — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:40:39 +0000

Instagram is not even a year old and already has over 7 million users and more than 150 million photos have been shared on the app. Instagram has quickly become one of the most popular apps for taking and sharing photos.

I was a late adopter to Instagram, as I just created an account a few months ago. I created an account for myself and one for Arby’s (I wish there was an easier way to use the app with 2 accounts). We’ve uploaded only a handful of photos to the Arby’s Instagram account, but we’ve seen some great engagement. For more on how brands are using Instagram, check out this great presentation from @ktmel here: Instagram + Brands.

Enjoy more fun facts and statistics about Instagram in the infographic below.

Are you an Instagram user? If so, why do you love the photo app?

Via Followgram.

ESPN launches page & new badge on foursquare

Josh — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:45:07 +0000

Now that pages on foursquare are open to all brands and organizations to create, we’re probably going to see more and more brand pages on foursquare. The ‘worldwide leader in sports,’ otherwise known as ESPN, recently launched a foursquare page of their own and a new badge. When you follow ESPN and check in at sporting events or the places ESPN has left tips, you’ll become eligible to earn the ESPN Foam Finger badge.