Justin Halpern’s immensely popular Twitter account “Sh*t My Dad Says” is in the process of being turned into a sitcom, and there’s a powerhouse of industry veterans attached to the project. Today we can add William Shatner to the list, as he’s primed to star as the dad-that-speaks-his-mind in the pilot episode.
With Shatner set to [...]
The 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony was held last night as part of the video game industry’s Dice Summit conference in Las Vegas, NV. Games.com reports that the top honor in the “Social Networking Game of the Year” category went to Zynga’s massively popular Facebook game FarmVille.
It was up against PopCap’s Bejeweled Blitz, [...]
Long imagined to be a potentially significant threat to PayPal, the Facebook Credits payment platform will actually work with its once theoretical rival, according to a post on Facebook’s blog announcing a strategic partnership between the two companies.
Under the deal, PayPal will become a payment option for purchasing Facebook Credits, which are still in [...]
It’s common knowledge that HTC is the hardware provider for the Google Nexus One, but new statements by Sony Ericsson’s president indicate that electronics maker Sony Ericsson may have been approached first by Google.
Engadget is reporting that Bert Nordberg told a Swedish publisher that “his company was asked to build the so-called Google phone [...]
Listen up, y’all: I’ve got another delightful time-wasting Tumblr for you: Museum of Modern Tweets. Every Tuesday on this inspired blog, artist Odessa Begay renders a visual representation of a celeb’s 140-word message. Although social networking could be seen as merely an outlet for mindlessly blathering into the abyss, a lot of folks [...]
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Google Buzz hasn’t been out of the tech headlines all week: from the excitement around its launch to subsequent fixes to address privacy concerns, the web has been abuzz about Buzz.
But what’s the place for Buzz among existing social networks? [...]
If you’ve been following the news, you know that a plane intentionally crashed into an IRS building in Austin, Texas. While details surrounding this tragedy are still being discovered, it appears that the man who owned the plane, Joseph Andrew Stack, left an online manifesto detailing his decision. Stack also set his house on [...]
Now that Microsoft has officially unveiled the new Windows Phone 7 Series mobile operating system, what happens to all the smartphones out there running Windows Mobile 6.5? According to i started something’s interview with Microsoft, the company intends to keep supporting the current platform in tandem with the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 Series.
Once the [...]
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.
Companies on the social web are increasingly trying to create better relationships by doing good. These social media efforts have created incredible new ways for companies to partner with non-profits and customers. [...]
After capturing the Olympic crowd in his athletic thrall, gold medal-winning snowboarder Shaun White has snagged the attention of Internet lurkers as well, as coverage of his award-winning run as well as signature epic trick has gone viral. After snagging the gold (and defending his 2006 title) in the Men’s Half Pipe competition [...]
