The Social Media Incubator

JANUARY 6, 2012

Wikipedia, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare are just a few of the online sites that are threatening to “…take a ‘nuclear option’ and ‘go simultaneously dark’ in protest of the bill,” MSNBC.com published earlier this week. The reactions to this proposed law are definitely being heard.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 22, 2010

Since forming in March 2006 more than 5,000 people have signed up to attend monthly standing room only events. Similar Posts: Foursquare Reaches 100 Million Checkins Facebook Introduces Geolocation Foursquare: How Does It Work? Basically OliveWoo is a place where you can create, discover, and share exciting date ideas.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 20, 2010

In September 2006, after Facebook had nearly 10 million members, the News Feed was announced, which the team had been working on for almost a year. Facebook revisited its policies in 2009 and set its privacy controls to “everyone.&# (They couldn’t get their own personal accounts to check out what the appeal was.)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

FourSquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and other location-aware services are social networks, unifying real connections. Edited: Thanks for your thoughts, reactorr, but I’ve edited your name as per my blog policy. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. People always ask me what the “future&# of social media is. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s 2006. Tips include being active and tweeting daily, limiting using Twitter for broadcasting, focusing on company-wide social media policies, and more. 6 Tips for Getting the Most out of Foursquare (Mashable): Foursquare is new for many, so learn it and soak it in while it’s still hot. Here’s 2007.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Around that time, though, I noticed that TLC was promoting Foursquare as Facebook within their TV programs. On multiple occasions, I noticed an overlay during their episodes that encouraged users to follow them on Foursquare with a link to a Facebook.com address. The FourSquare/Facebook issue is at best a confusing promotion.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

Growing Your Business: 5 Tips from the Founder of Foursquare (Mashable): Dennis Crowley knows his stuff, and he’s given some good and creative tips to build visibility to his business. Hey, Foursquare was pretty small once! Foursquare Business Strategies You Don’t Want to Miss (Samir Balwani): With only (!)

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