Nike’s Shambhala initiative, which kicked off in 1999, aimed to transform Nike’s approach to social and environmental issues. A series of workshops brought together sustainability gurus, speakers and more than 50 managers from across Nike’s many divisions to discuss ways to push the envelope on internal […] Read more »
The newspaper industry has been battered over recent years, as people migrate their reading online and sites like Craigslist steal classified dollars. Now newspapers may need to defend another revenue stream — the Sunday circular — as Office Depot has decided to take some of the […] Read more »
Max Levchin’s Slide, a San Francisco-based startup that caught the Facebook application wave early, is making a strategic shift, refocusing its revenue efforts on higher-margin premium advertising that include brand sponsorships for many of its well-known applications such as Super Poke. As part of this realignment, […] Read more »
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Using social media tools seems to be a must in every knowledge worker’s life — whether you’re a remote worker or not.
But not everyone finds it easy to make new connections through these tools. If you feel that you’re too shy for social media, how do you get past your hesitation? Read more »
In the astonishing time surrounding the news of Michael Jackson’s death, there were several false rumors that other celebrities had died. I started wondering how I would react if someone posted false information about me and my business. Now, I’m not famous, so I doubt that […] Read more »
Facebook expects to “very soon” release a new version of its iPhone app, and via TechCrunch we hear it will enable video uploads from the new iPhone 3GS. Now, this is just one social network on one (very new) phone, and yes, it’s going to be […] Read more »
Here are a couple of ways to be more efficient when it comes to sharing your photos online from events. Like most web workers, you’re probably on many different social networks. How do you share those great photos from the event with all of your contacts […] Read more »
Facebook is testing a set of changes to its privacy settings that will make it easier for folks to control what they share and with whom. Essentially the Palo Alto, Calif.-based social network is betting that if its users have more control over privacy, they’ll share […] Read more »
My 3GS has given me (relatively) little cause for complaint since I got it, though there was the one little replacement issue for what I thought were Wi-Fi problems. Turned out to be a persistent issue that hopefully will be resolved with a firmware update, but […] Read more »
Facebook said today that former Genentech executive vice president and CFO David Ebersman will join the social network site as its new CFO in September, succeeding Gordon Yiu, whose departure was announced at the end of March. Ebersman will direct Facebook’s strategy, planning and operations and […] Read more »
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Everyone has their favorite tricks to keep focused while working at the computer. Mine can be summarized as “out of sight, out of mind…but easily accessible.” The Spaces function is one of the nicer features that I discovered in OS X when I started using a […] Read more »
It’s the weekend, people, so prime your downloading finger and get ready to make good use of it as I guide you through the latest picks from the App Store. Thanks to the release of OS 3.0 and the iPhone 3GS, there’s been a constant stream […] Read more »
There’s a long list of YouTubers poking fun at tech and social media, but with February’s viral hit 25 Things I Hate About Facebook, Julian Smith proved he’s one of the few doing it well. (So well, in fact, that he was invited to film a […] Read more »
Om sat down this afternoon with Facebook Technical Operations VP Jonathan Heiliger to talk about the social network’s infrastructure and started out by asking how the company managed to withstand the heavy user traffic during its username product launch. Heiliger said that Facebook had originally planned […] Read more »
Facebook’s live status update stream alongside CNN’s live video stream of Obama’s inauguration was a seminal event in combining the web and TV. Sure, we don’t want to make too much of a simple topical stream of comments, but it’s a start. Since then, Facebook has […] Read more »
Remember when you’d plop down in front of the television to veg out and do nothing? Well, those days are numbered as TV manufacturers cram more interactive features into their sets. Case in point: Vizio today announced that consumers will be able to access eBay, Facebook […] Read more »
This is a big week for NBCSports.com. After a rain-delayed U.S. Open Golf Championship spilled over into a live-streamed Monday finale, the sporting world now turns its eyes to Wimbledon, where the grand-pappy of tennis tournaments kicks off this week (watch it here). Note: If you’re […] Read more »
MySpace said today it’s cutting two-thirds of its non-U.S. workforce, bringing the total number of international employees to 150. The move comes a week after the social networking site said it would slash 30 percent of its U.S. workforce. MySpace said today that it will ”restructure its […] Read more »
If the growing number of games being played on it are any indication, then San Francisco-based micro-messaging service Read more »
MoTR 175 is 31:35 minutes long and is a 29 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: iPhone 3GS first impressions. Comparisons to the Palm Pre. […] Read more »
Ever since Netscape started storing cookies in its browsers, there has been a Jekyll-and-Hyde nature to the web. The Jekyll web promised a more personalized experience, with sites serving ads for products and services that you would actually be interested in — ads that are more […] Read more »
A lot of things make Twitter special. The 140-character restriction makes the writing more potent, because people are forced to get to the point instead of rambling on. Anyone can search for things that are happening “right now,” as opposed to waiting hours (if not days) […] Read more »
Earlier today we hosted one of our GigaOM Bunker Series sessions, monthly events that we’re holding in order to provide an intimate forum at which some of the most pressing issues facing startups can be discussed. Today’s topic was “The Future of IPO/Liquidity Events for Technology […] Read more »
[qi:063] The European Commission, which has been a staunch protector of privacy, may consider tighter regulations about sharing a user’s data with third-party sites, The Financial Times is reporting. It also wants to subject marketers that use social media sites like Twitter to tougher regulations. Under […] Read more »
As web workers, we are often asked to help friends and relatives fix computer problems. For me, the majority of these problems seem to be related to email. It’s ironic, as email is now less popular than social networks. So why is email such a hassle? […] Read more »
The protests in Iran that have come in the wake of the country’s June 13 election results, which returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power, have showcased the rise of social media like Twitter, Facebook and even cell phone video taken in the streets and uploaded onto […] Read more »
Whenever I use social media tools, I find myself communicating in two languages: English and Tagalog. I use the former to talk to international contacts, and the latter for local contacts. It’s not a strict rule, since I prefer to use English, but there are some […] Read more »
MySpace is cutting nearly 30 percent of its U.S. workforce, or roughly 420 people, the social networking site said today, bringing its total number of U.S. employees to around 1,000. The announcement comes just two months after MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe and President Tom Anderson left […] Read more »
The Palm Pre is here, and while it hasn’t exactly felled the Goliath of Apple’s iPhone, it does have some features that are making iPhone users jealous. One is greater built-in social networking connectivity, including Facebook integration. The implementation of Facebook in Palm’s WebOS basically allows […] Read more »
This past Friday, Facebook started issuing vanity URLs to its 200 million-plus community. It was a big change for the social-networking company that has so far used unique numerical identifications to identify its members. Not anymore — now you can go to Facebook.com/OmMalik and friend me. […] Read more »
Facebook users have probably seen the notices that from 9:01 pm Pacific Time tonight, the site will offer personalized addresses, like this: http://www.facebook.com/your.name.here If you have a fairly common name and want a vanity URL, it would be a good idea to get in early. Not […] Read more »
YouTube today integrated Facebook Connect, endorsing the social sharing site and its power to bring people to content. YouTube users will now be able to directly share with their Facebook friends the videos they publish on YouTube. They can also automatically send uploads to Twitter and […] Read more »
Though they probably never saw it coming, mobile phone companies have a new secret weapon: social networking. Indeed, thanks to our growing usage of social networks like Facebook as communication tools, more and more people are signing up for mobile data plans, which are far more […] Read more »
Watch Webby Footage; check out the five-word acceptance speeches from winners and celebs as well as the gala and red carpet. (YouTube) CNET asks: Do We Still Need the Webbys? A Closer Look at QuickTime X in Snow Leopard; new on-screen player controls, video capture and […] Read more »
I woke up this morning, checked the news and realized that I didn’t get the “Today, we think Twitter is dead” memo. Last week, Twitter was on the cover of Time magazine, deemed to be a life-defining technology. Today, Twitter is making gloomy headlines. Compete.com says […] Read more »
[qi:046] We don’t quite need the U.S. Census to tell us that most (but not all) people love the Internet. Breakneck growth in the number of broadband connections, growing sales of cheap computers, and our growing reliance on modern communication tools, such as email, instant messages […] Read more »
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has never been solely about games — it’s been a way for Microsoft to move beyond the PC and into the living room to become a digital entertainment hub. During its E3 press conference today, Microsoft got a whole lot closer to that […] Read more »
Kevin and I are no longer the only folks on the GigaOM Network who have seen the Palm Pre in person. Om Malik of GigaOM had a chance meeting with the Palm Pre and has published a quick hands-on review of the phone. We are jealous […] Read more »
Facebook today confirmed that it has received a $200 million investment from Digital Sky Technologies, valuing the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company at $10 billion, significantly less than it was in 2007 after an investment made by Microsoft valued it at $15 billion. In a conference call […] Read more »
I know, I know — it’s a bit presumptuous of me to think I can write the “10 Golden Rules of Social Media.” Then again, I’ve been online since 1987, consulting clients on the Internet since 1992, on the web since 1994, immersed in working on and speaking about the web since the mid-90s, so I do feel like I’ve paid some dues and learned some lessons along the way.
So here are my 10 Golden Rules of Social Media to embrace, debate, pass around and refine. Have at it. Read more »
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