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November 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
This week, Twitter announced that it will expand the minimum characters for its social media micro-blogging platform from 140 to 280 characters. Apparently, according to tech industry analyst, this move is a direct result to the fact that Twitter has stalled in growth and is experimenting with different ways to grow. So has Snapchat, which added […]
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Tags: Facebook, Snapchat, social media, twitter
July 8, 2015 | Uncategorized |
So here’s the deal: Twitter released its EEO report showing that out of close to 3,000 employees in America, it has only 49 black ones. Many outlets have reported on this news. I don’t really want to rehash all I wrote when Facebook came out with its own EEO report which revealed a similar yet […]
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Tags: EEO-1, Facebook, Facebook EEO, Social media diversity, tech inclusion, twitter, Twitter diveristy, Twitter diversity, Twitter EEO-1, Twitter employment diversity
June 15, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Twitter‘s CEO Dick Costolo will step down, New York Times reports. Part of the reason the 5-year Chief of the popular social media company is relinquishing his post is because of its struggles to grow its user database, increase ad revenue and get side projects launched and successful. Unfortunately, Twitter doesn’t have the same flexibility […]
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Tags: Dick Costolo, Facebook, FCC, Freemium, Jack Dorsey, Net Neutrality, new york times, Pinterest, twitter
May 27, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Brands and advertisers use of brand integration may be thwarted by audiences inability to retain brands presented while watching TV and operating a second screen at the same time.
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Tags: ABC TV, Accenture, Allstate, brand integration, Capital One and Russell Athletic, dual coding, Facebook, hashtag, Journal of Consumer Marketing., Scandal, Study, The Ohio State Universit, TV Watching, Twatching, twitter
April 1, 2015 | Uncategorized |
[BACKGROUND: Ever so often, I am inspired to blog about a topic, but don’t have time to research, write and offer a more comprehensive treatment to a complex topic. So, I will just do a quick voice note – kind of like a podcast and share it on my social media pages. This time, my […]
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Tags: Bloggers, disruption, Facebook, Getty embed function, Getty Images, how getty images disrupted paparazzi business, instagram, paparazzi business model, social media, twitter
October 3, 2014 | Uncategorized |
It’s unclear whether the next generation of start up founders are aware that the regulatory framework proposed for the internet may burden their efforts to launch and grow successful companies.
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Tags: Crowdfunding, Facebook, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Kickstarter, Mark Zuckerberg, Michal Rosenn, Net Neutarlity, Network Neutrality, open internet, Sheryl Sandberg, Shutterfly, Supreme Court, Title II, Title II Regs, Title II Regulation, Title II Regulations, Twitch, twitter, US Securitis Commisison, us supreme court, YouTube
July 13, 2014 | Uncategorized |
I recently discovered the factors that went in for me getting a Google Plus page views count that surpassed Google’s Founder and all the other top dogs on that social media platform
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Tags: alexa, blog, Bloggers, Facebook, Google, Google Authorship, Google Circles, google plus, Jeneba Gahtt, jeneba Ghatt, Larry Page, LinkedIn, MySpace, Search engine optimization, SEO, social media, twitter
December 4, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Inspired by NPR‘s three-week Twitter series, Day in the Life of Blacks in Tech, and nudged by a fellow I follow on Twitter, I thought I’d share my day too. I know and have worked with several of the people featured and have been enjoying following their days and look forward to following others. It’s […]
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Tags: Adsense, blacks in tech, Buzzfeed, day in the life, Etsy, Facebook, instagram, Lemonademaker, npr, politics of raising children, social media, the Washington times, twitter, UrbanFaith.com, vimeo, vlog, YouTube, youtube vlogging, youtuve
October 24, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Over the last few weeks, many people have seen their Facebook timelines flooded with Bitstrip cartoons. The desktop and mobile app which only launched last year 2012 lets users create a cartoon version of themselves, then create and personalize fun comic scenarios that they can share with their friends on Facebook. The cartoons appear on […]
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Tags: bitstrips, Facebook. Bitstrip, instagram, social media, twitter, why bitstrips have soared
October 12, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Secret IPOs (Initial Public Offering) is a process that lets private companies start the steps of going public, which includes making initial inquiries, filing preliminary draft documents and engaging in communication with the Securities Exchange Commission, but without having all of that publicly available, as before. It allows a company to spend all of its […]
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Tags: 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startup, 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups, Currency Blog, Intitial Public Offering, IPO, James Surowiecki, JOBS Act, Kate Mitchell, New Yorker, Quartz, Scale Venture Capital, Secret IPO, twitter