November 16th, 2009
With new forms of social media come new opportunities for spammers to attack. Recently, a new Internet tool was launched by Kaspersky Labs to analyze Twitter posts that contain URLs and block any associated malware. The new tool called Krab Krawler dissects the millions of tweets posted every day and detects any malicious spam or [...]
Posted by Kellie Fronk in MF, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology, User Experience | 3 Comments »
November 13th, 2009
I had the privilege of both working at and attending Social Media Today (SM2Day)—a truly momentous conference for upstate New York, as it convened prominent minds from all walks of social media life. In a PR capacity, I wrangled media to attend and cover the discussions around the evolving marketing and communications landscape, as well [...]
Posted by Sharon Harper in Business Blogs, Communication, MF, Social Media, Social Networking | 4 Comments »
November 10th, 2009
While researching Augmented Reality (AR), one of the newest technologies in the lands of interactive advertising, online gaming, and the like, I came across an interesting (though very crude) presentation on the possible integration of augmented reality within Facebook through facial recognition. In short, the author explained that if the facial recognition technology that currently [...]
Posted by Scott Wolf in Interactive, Social Media, Technology, Trend Spotting | 1 Comment »
November 9th, 2009
At this point in the social media revolution, most companies understand the basics of blogging. But many fall short when it comes to developing a blog that can withstand the test of time. Sure, setting up a blog is easy. Maintaining a blog is a different story. Here are five common reasons why corporate blogs [...]
Posted by Julie Napieralski in Blogging, Business Blogs, MF, Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media | 2 Comments »
November 6th, 2009
When it comes down to it, timing is everything….in business, life, and even in the World Series. Admittedly, I’m not [yet] a die-hard Yankees fan (dare I say in this neck of the woods), but their victory the other night was nearly eight years’ coming. Says a New York Times article: For eight seasons, they [...]
Posted by Sharon Harper in Decision Making, MF, Pop Culture, Social Media | 3 Comments »