By Cindy KingPublished February 16, 2013 Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? SlideShare Introduces Send Tracker for Email Tracking: “With SlideShare’s new Send Tracker, … Continued
YouTube Campaign Reunites Lost Vacation Photos With Owner
What’s This? Anita Li2013-02-14 06:01:08 UTC A viral YouTube campaign has reunited hundreds of vacation photos with their rightful owner. In late January, Peter van Leeuwen posted the video, above, which features a slideshow of photos from an unidentified woman’s European backpacking trip. Van Leeuwen had found an SD card, which carried 300 images, at … Continued
Beercade replaces arcade coin slots with beer taps, rewards winners with brew
Forget prize tickets or high scores. The minds at McKinney creative agency may have come up with the greatest reward for arcade victors — an ice cold pour of beer. Created as a marketing tool for Big Boss Brewing Company, the aptly named Beercade features The Last Barfighter, a Street Fighter-like arcade game set inside … Continued
Instagram Expands to Desktops: This Week in Social Media
By Cindy KingPublished February 9, 2013 Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Instagram Feed for PCs: Instagram has gone beyond its mobile-only interface and … Continued
Raytheon’s Riot could make online stalking more efficient for governments (video)
When Raytheon isn’t busy building a railgun or tinkering with exoskeletons, it apparently spends some time coding software to help keep tabs on what folks are doing online. The Guardian got ahold of a video from 2010 that reveals a Raytheon employee demoing such software with the moniker Rapid Information Overlay Technology, or Riot for … Continued
NBA offers its first free event app to track the All-Star Game through Android, iOS
The NBA isn’t known for offering much in the way of free apps, or tailoring its efforts around a special event. For the All-Star Game and surrounding events, however, the league is trying both in one shot. Its All-Star 2013 app for Android, iPads and iPhones lets anyone follow along with related scores, news, video … Continued
SMI Eye-Tracking 3D Glasses use rim-based cameras to adjust perspective
Can 3D glasses get any less fashionable? Of course they can! And here’s some proof. Today, SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) teased its new Eye-Tracking 3D Glasses, which use a pair of small cameras mounted to the eyeglass rim to keep tabs on your gaze, adjusting perspective as you look about a scene. The rig uses ActiveEye … Continued
Facebook Gift Cards: This Week in Social Media
By Cindy KingPublished February 2, 2013 Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Facebook Introduces Gift Cards: Facebook Card gifts are rolling out gradually in … Continued








