Fox News Gaffes, Basecamp, Rental Boyfriends, & Racial Bias in Google Ads? The Social 6, Weekend Recap

Hope you all enjoyed this past weekend! If you were off gallivanting, you may have missed some of the top stories I shared and subsequently, were re-shared/clicked on by my social audience. This weekend we had great news & views including Basecamp’s official iOS debut after years and years, some troubling data about Google ads,… Continue reading Fox News Gaffes, Basecamp, Rental Boyfriends, & Racial Bias in Google Ads? The Social 6, Weekend Recap

Kai the Hitchhiker, Mailbox, Kred Summit, Ad-Free Facebook: the Social 6 for 2/7/13

February 7th, 2013 was a Social 6 milestone, actually: it’s the first time, I believe, that two entrants into the Social 6 are pieces that I wrote. Why thank you, I think I will take a bow. Since the Social 6 is determined based on your clicks and shares, it is pretty sweet to have… Continue reading Kai the Hitchhiker, Mailbox, Kred Summit, Ad-Free Facebook: the Social 6 for 2/7/13

Twitter and Vine Upgrades, Facebook Quitters, and the Gun Debate: the Social 6 for 2/6/13

Over the last 24 hours, we had six great stories from six different publications, covering everything from the gun debate’s divisiveness on Twitter to an interview with Erik Lautier of Lacoste on the Going Social site, to stats about Facebook quitters to updates to Twitter and Vine. Here’s your Social 6: #6: Things Get Rough on… Continue reading Twitter and Vine Upgrades, Facebook Quitters, and the Gun Debate: the Social 6 for 2/6/13

Vine, Virtual Workers, & the About.me Spinoff: the Social 6 for 2/5/13

Today (2/5/13) wasn’t the busiest day around the social newsosphere (I realize that sounds awkward and no, I’m not taking it back). Yet, we still had some good reads to be found, including About.me’s move towards (re)independence, why you should care about Twitter’s acquisition of Bluefin, and the more creative uses of Vine thus far. Here’s… Continue reading Vine, Virtual Workers, & the About.me Spinoff: the Social 6 for 2/5/13

Super Bowl, Facebook Exoduses, and Graph Search: the Social 6 for 2/4/13

As expected, Monday the 4th had plenty of news and views regarding last nights Super Bowl, but there were other interesting things to be found today across the social web, including arguments against graph search, gamification’s role in revolutionizing health care, and marketing trends to be aware of in order to grow over the coming… Continue reading Super Bowl, Facebook Exoduses, and Graph Search: the Social 6 for 2/4/13