Crowdfunding is an online pooling of individuals who donate money for a cause or project presented by other individuals or groups. One man and his wife took a different perspective on the phenomenon. Together they created the world’s first ever non-profit crowdfunding website to help individuals around the world. Continue reading
Category Archives: Technology
Get Your Parking Tickets ‘Fixed’ With New App
Screenshots curtesy of Fixed and CNN.
We’ve all wondered whether we could miraculously navigate traffic laws to successfully dispute a totally undeserved parking ticket. Fixed, hitting the app store this week, aims to aid those who feel the wrath of the meter-maid and want to fight the injustice of unfair parking tickets. While parking tickets can be infuriating and expensive, Fixed not only helps you fight a parking ticket, it actually submits the legal paperwork for you. It’s as simple as taking a picture.
Dating Apps are the New Black
Crowdpilot: The new dating/advice app.
As we evolve into newer and better forms of technology, it was only a matter of time before
technology leaked into our personal sphere. Online dating as whole has been around for about ten years and are increasing in popularity year after year. Everyone sees at least one commercial a day for Match.com or eHarmony. And then Tinder happened.
Tinder became a popular “dating” app last year. Because one of my colleagues has already blogged about Tinder, if you aren’t familiar with it, please refer to her blog post. Tinder has set the course for an untapped
market of dating apps and the newest comes with a twist: instead of looking for love you are asking for love advice. Continue reading
New e-Book Hits the Stands in the Digital Communication World
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What’s the next biggest trend in the digital world?
The e-Book. GovDelivery, the leading public communication solution that offers an automated e-mail and digital subscription management platform to government, announced the availability of “What’s Next,” a complimentary e-book that identifies key trends in digital communications. GovDelivery enables government organizations to connect with more people, and get those people to take action. More than 1,000 government organizations use their communications platform to reach over 60 million people. GovDelivery shares tips and strategies for public sector communicators to capitalize on these trends to achieve mission results.
The key to staying connected – is GovDelivery
Facebook More Popular Than Ever Before
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On the eve of Facebook’s tenth birthday, reports show that Facebook is more popular than ever before. Facebook is used by 57 percent of adults, and of adults that use the Internet 70 percent have Facebook. As far as teenagers 70 percent have one, and 64 percent of Facebook users use the social media site everyday. All together Facebook has more than 1.2 billion users and is the most used social media platform in the world.
Common Steps to Create a Successful Marketing Campaign
Now more than ever businesses and brands are relying on the Internet to launch campaigns and over the years there have been several key steps taken by businesses in creating a successful marketing campaign.
Hello? Can You See Me Now?
Face-to-Face Communication Across the World
Due to popularity and high demand, social networking platforms are constantly evolving. With products such as Skype and Facetime, we can virtually travel and communicate with anyone in the world in a matter of seconds.Is Twitter Toast Thanks to New Social Media?
Has it finally happened? Has twitter crossed the invisible line that separates cool, relevant social media to irrelevant declining social media? First MySpace, now (slowly) Facebook, Twitter seems to be the next one to go.
Dead Poet(ry) Society
Verses features various rhyming and writing tools.
Is poetry a form of art that can adapt to modern society?
Technology’s development in modern society has been one of the greatest catalysts for change and progress. Almost everything is becoming digital. But can everything become digitalized? Does anything lose value as it becomes infused into our ever digital world? Continue reading
Klout Just Grew, Not Only in its Score
The social media platform Klout is having a big week. It is being purchased by Lithium Technologies, a social customer service company for $100 million. If you didn’t already know, Klout is a website and mobile application that uses social media analytics to rank its users based on their social media usage. Its business focuses on a score 1-100 using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Foursquare, Instagram, and Wikipedia to create the Klout Score. Over the past several years, Klout has undergone a bit of criticism regarding a tech analyst. It was understood that he had a higher Klout score than President Barack Obama. Critics have also argued that a Klout score devalues the authenticity of online communication. The founder of Klout, Joe Fernandez created the social media platform due to his inability to speak after jaw surgery. Consequently, relying on Facebook and Twitter to communicate…the irony. Continue reading
Statigram Yields More Double Taps
Statigram optimizes Instagram use by analyzing posts, interactions, and trends.
Instagram may be one of the newest, most popular social media apps, but it’s proving to be one of the most profitable for businesses, especially fashion. Businesses post Instagram allows users to scroll through photos and either double tap to like it, or simply continue moving on. There are countless programs that analyze websites, Twitter accounts, and Facebook pages, but Statigram is a revolutionary tool for any Instagramers. Continue reading
How Much is an Instagram Worth?
A picture is worth a thousand words. Now pictures are replacing the need for words at all, thanks mainly to Instagram. The company, launched in October 2010 has revolutionized social media and the use of photo sharing
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The Effectiveness of Vlogs as a Marketing Tool
To promote their products, businesses have turned to YouTube to communicate with their consumers and to popular video bloggers to endorse their goods and services. Continue reading
SocialBro is Your Homie
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Here is an example of SocialBro’s analysis for a company.
SocialBro enhances a Twitter account’s productivity and utility through analytical, targeting, engaging, and managing features.
In today’s ever-competitive social media market, companies are perpetually searching for the most up-to-date technology to increase their online presence. Popular application and programs include Hootsuite, Klout, and Social Mention, but SocialBro is an invaluable asset that would benefit any company. So what makes SocialBro rise above the rest?
Democrats Fight Back Against Net Neutrality Ruling
It looks like the Democrats are gearing up to keep net neutrality alive. After the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down current regulations on net neutrality the donkeys are kicking back with the Open Internet Preservation Act.
Bringing Photos Back into Frames
In the past few years, with the development of Facebook, Instagram, Tumbler, and all the other digital photo sharing applications, printing out hard copy photographs has become less and less popular. Whether it is the inconvenience, since most of our pictures are taken from our phones these days, the cost, or just pure laziness, it is unfortunate that our photos are all stuck on a computer screen and the walls of our homes are standing bare. Continue reading
NBC Thinks Bigger is Better
Digital allows NBC to up coverage of Sochi Olympics 
The 2012 London Summer Olympics proved to be a rough time for NBC. Following the delayed broadcasting of the opening ceremonies and many anticipated events, the network found itself the subject of Twitter’s trending #FailNBC. This go-round, however, NBC promises not to disappoint. Its solution? Digital coverage – and lots of it.
What is the Future of Bitcoin?
The future of everyone’s favorite digital currency seems unclear.
Bitcoin has been the subject of news stories around the world, and none have been more explosive than its connection with the infamous Silk Road. Now with BitInstant’s CEO, Charlie Shrem, arrested for money laundering, some wonder about the future of this enigmatic currency.
Google Glasses: Are they the future?
Wearable Technology
According to multiple sources, the new upcoming trend of 2014 is “wearable technology.”
The first piece of wearable technology that pops into my head is Google Glass.
The Snapchat Phenomena: When Face-to-Face Communication Turned Wireless
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Has the text messaging era come to an end?
When texting at the dinner table was deemed to be rude, who would have thought posing for a “selfie” while biting into a burger would become the next biggest fad? Well, today the world of communicating has escalated to a whole other level.
While many people are still getting the hang of texting on the Iphone, people around the world are “snapping” pictures of themselves to friends in lieu of a text. Thus, creating a much more intimate way of communicating with one another. Rather than adding an emojicon to a text in order to convey emotions, Snapchat is able to express the physicality of communication through photos. Being able to share a specific moment face-to-face with someone across the country adds character and familiarity to communication, when text messages do not. Continue reading