Facebook Home Becomes “The Soul of Your Phone” Says Matt Zuckerberg

Facebook Home Screen

The Soul of Your Phone: "Always Knowing What's Around You" Who could have predicted that Facebook Home would become "the soul of your phone."  Matt Zuckerberg, claiming that everyone looks at their phones 100 times a day, describes a world of … [Read more...]

LinkedIn New Brand Puts Your Face in Squares

LindedIn Encourages Praising Members' Skills

Have you noticed the LinkedIn new brand?  LI decided to combine the "let's make friends" approach of  Facebook, the "do you know" style of Twitter and  "have fun in circles" of Google+.  No more button-down starched shirts at LinkedIn. Stir … [Read more...]

Mobile Commons Sponsors Text Fest at Lake Mobile, Iowa

Mobile Commons CEO Jeb Alpert

Texting is Here to Stay It's 2012, the "year of mobile." In ancient times--say 2006-2010--major brands, agencies, marketers and advertisers resisted adding mobile to campaigns. But then they heard about a body of water called Lake Mobile in Iowa … [Read more...]

Free Facebook Phone from the Media?

How would you like a free Facebook phone? Did you know Truphone built an app for one in 2007? How about a mobile phone signed by Mark Zuckerberg? Would you pay $1 a year for a Facebook phone? Perhaps free Groupon coupons would get your credit card … [Read more...]

Take a Vacation with Social Media Mobile Devices

take a social media vacation with mobile

Have lots of social media mobile devices? You're ready to take a vacation. (Don't miss the dramatized podcast.) Picture this. You're relaxing under a beach umbrella with a gorgeous view of the ocean, your kids happily playing in the water, your … [Read more...]

Get Tagged with Steve Sarner at Tagged.Com

Get Tagged on Tagged.com

What do you do when you're part of a social network company with 100 million members in 200 countries who love to get tagged? Steve Sarner, VP of Marketing at Tagged.com, is working on that challenge right now. Oh, by the way, he'd loved the firm … [Read more...]

Social Networking Privacy Issues Raised in Facebook Movie

Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"

"The Social Network," a fascinating, caustic movie about Mark Zuckerberg and his "friends" who launched Facebook, continues raising social networking privacy issues. When I first saw the movie, I watched several people in the theater playing with … [Read more...]