From Inside Social Games, As you can see, Hollywood City and Vegas City just hit the charts. Both by Digital Chocolate, the creator of Millionaire City, you can expect to see these games continue to track well. Another interesting note- FarmVille hasn’t really grown much week over week (although it is the largest Facebook social […]
November 11, 2010
Here is a new report from CMR at UMass. Lots of good information on current trends in social media at the big companies. You can get a copy here. Interesting to note that although Blogging by F500 has appeared to level out year over year (1% growth; 23% have corporate Blogs), Facebook and Twitter have […]
November 8, 2010
Now this is interesting stuff to those of us that tuck away useless pieces of data and information. But it is kind of interesting to note these types of trends. Once you get 2 points on a data line, you have a trend and this is just one of many such tidbits that you could […]
November 8, 2010
So location based services have not ‘caught’ on according to new Pew research information. Or have they? The reality is that not many Americans are utilizing these services and the cash from advertising has not poured in- yet. although usage is small, there are indications that Geo-location based social site service will eventually be part […]
November 8, 2010
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. NYT — Silicon Valley is awash in tales of the “PayPal Mafia,” the tight-knit group of PayPal alumni who have helped one another start and finance a crop of new companies. But William V. Campbell, who is something of a godfather figure in the Valley, said, in a rare interview, “There is […]
November 6, 2010
The Internet is the Internet whether accessed through wired or wireless portals- thats just one of the findings from Sandvine’s Fall 2010 global internet trends report. Once again, nothing really new here to report from an intuitive standpoint. However, from a relevant research POV, this is exciting stuff. Just one example- in North America we leave […]
November 5, 2010
(Media Post) Lowe’s began running a series of paid-search and display ads earlier this week to push consumers to its Facebook Fan page that just after midnight this Friday will provide a sneak peak of forthcoming specials on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, which traditionally kicks off the holiday shopping season in stores. The retailer […]
November 5, 2010
(NYT) PARIS — The European Commission called on Thursday for stronger protection of Internet users’ personal information, after news of data leaks at companies like Facebook and Google highlighted concerns about digital privacy. Viviane Reding, the justice commissioner, announced its intention to overhaul the European Union’s data protection rules to take account of the development […]
November 4, 2010
(Games Beat) Social game maker Zynga said it’s launching games on Android-based mobile phones, beginning with Zynga Poker-which has about 36 million monthly and six million daily active users on Facebook. The company, which has become famous for its games on Facebook, recently launched games on Apple’s iPhone. Its support for Android is a vote […]
November 4, 2010
Not that this is especially enlightening, social media is a much more ‘me’ engagement than emails. What I do find interesting to note is that a lot of this activity is happening on a mobile device. The user experience and ease of usage of social sites on mobile has gotten much better over the past […]
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