Antitrust war brewing in the Twittersphere?
CNBC’s Julia Bornstein brings her insights to whether Google is favoring its Google + social network when consumers search the web for “@usernames”. Twitter, according to Ms. Bornstein, argues that...
View ArticleMittens is not a Social Media Shot Caller, Baller Like POTUS. Not Yet Anyway.
Seems like presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee Willard M. Romney has a ways to go to catch up with incumbent Barack H. Obama in terms of a social media presence, according to...
View ArticleYoutube: Consumers Uploading 72 Hours of Video Per Minute
According to Gigaom.com, Consumers are uploading 72 hours of video to YouTube per minute. That’s a lot of content. YouTube is owned by Google, Inc. With all the smart phones equipped with cameras,...
View ArticleFacebook Walks a Dangerous Fine Line
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Facebook is contemplating technology that would allow children under the age of thirteen to use the social networking site. As if this company doesn’t...
View ArticleThe Downside of Broadband Adoption
The New York Times has a piece on the downside of broadband adoption. It seems like low-income kids enjoy playing video games and hob knobbing on social media sites like Facebook. (No wonder Zuckerberg...
View ArticleFacebook the Night Club
I’m experiencing one of those a ha moments that may not make it into the annals of history, but I claim all the same. The team on Bloomberg Surveillance chatted a bit about the big three social...
View ArticleAmericans for Prosperity getting older Americans interested in social media
For the past two days I’ve been enjoying the dry heat of Orlando, Florida. It’s always good to come back to my adopted home state and got the chance to visit with my law school chums as well as witness...
View ArticleWith minorities creating disproportionate amount of tweets on Twitter, how...
Twitter recently filed papers for an initial public offering earlier this week to become the last of the three prominent social networks to raise capital on a yet to be announced public stock exchange....
View ArticleTime to stop coddling social media consumers
Author Bernard Marr today posted an article on Linkedin (NYSE: LNKD)discussing a class action suit filed against social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). The plaintiffs allegedly have taken issue...
View ArticleTo get the best out of broadband, be extraverted
Yesterday I met with my old friend Phyllis for lunch. We met at Florida State and would meet at 5:30 in the mornings a couple times a week to play racquetball. I think in 21 years I’ve only won two...
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