HootSuite to Integrate with Foursquare and MySpace This Week
Today at the #140tc Twitter Conference in Seattle, Washington (which I keynoted this morning), HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes announced that its popular Twitter application will be integrating with both MySpace and Foursquare, starting this week at the South by Southwest Interactive conference.HootSuite is one of the more popular Twitter applications, one specifically geared towards power users and businesses. It has been on a roll recently, launching integration with Wordpress and rolling out new updates to its iPhone and Android Apps.While ...
Google vs. Yahoo: Who Has the Right Social Strategy?
The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space.Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; YouTube; Wordpress: these companies, built from the ground-up, are mainstays in social media. None of them were created by a large tech company, and all but one remains independent.It's an interesting phenomenon, when you think about it. Large tech companies have had limited to no success creating their own social ...
Is Google Search Coming to Your TV?
Google is testing a new television programming search service in conjunction with Dish Network, according to The Wall Street Journal.The service, which appears to be very much in a limited testing phase, runs on a special set-top box and apparently searches content from both the Dish programming guide, as well as web video services like YouTube.Without any details about the specific implementation, it's unclear how similar this venture is to the new upcoming TiVo Premiere service that was announced last ...
Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media Events
It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section.Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership.Mashable's Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite, the Web's Event Marketplace.March 8, 2010, Los Angeles, CA: At digiday:MOBILE, discuss the question Is ...
Betty White to Appear on SNL, Facebook Fans Rejoice
The Facebook page “Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!” is giving new credence to the lyrics Thank you for being a friend today, as People has confirmed that the Golden Girls star will be appearing on Saturday Night Live in the near future.When asked at Elton John's Oscar-viewing party last night whether she would be appearing on Saturday Night Live, the actress answered in the affirmative. We're not sure in what capacity the comedienne will be taking the SNL stage ...
Twetches - Where Twitter Meets Sketching
Twetches - Where Twitter Meets Sketching
Connect Twitter API with OAuth using PHP.
Few days back I had connected labs.9lessons application to twitter API via OAuth (open protocal secure authorization). In this post I want to explain how to store twitter oauth_token and secret values in to database and how to update status with your own web application. Download Script Live Demo Database Here storing twitter authorization token keys. MySQL users table columns uid, uname,
iPad Announcement Nets 177,000 Tweets in First Hour
Even with Twitter experiencing delays this morning, Apple's iPad announcement generated 177,000 tweets in the first hour alone according to data from Trendrr.com.It should come as no surprise that the Twittersphere was (and still is) all a-buzz about the iPad the build-up to which has been months in the making but the iPad averaging nearly 3,000 tweets per minute in the first hour is just plain remarkable. We haven't seen anything like it in recent history. According to Trendrr, tweets ...
So, Have You Heard About This Apple iPad Thing? [CHART]
Unless you were under a rock, it was virtually impossible to miss today’s unveiling of the Apple iPad. Nonetheless, people wanted to make sure their friends knew about it too, and have been retweeting, sharing, and email forwarding stories about the new device in droves.Clearspring, whose AddThis sharing widget is viewed more than 50 billion times per month, tells us that shares about Apple-related news are up more than 600% today. The massive volume spike is illustrated in the chart ...
Social Game Preview - Mafia Wars: Bangkok
With the Friday release of Mafia Wars Bangkok looming, we were pleased when Zynga extended a few early-access passes to preview the game. Mafia Wars, one of the most popular applications for Facebook at 25,000,000 MAU, has been a success for Zynga ever since it's release. The mafia genre as a whole was one of [...]