Silk Road had a huge impact on the Bitcoin world when the careless creator of the online drug black market was busted by the Feds. Now that the market isn’t as black as it once was and more data is coming in about the prices, how did they stack up against street values? This infographic… Continue reading #Infographic: Silk Road versus street drug prices
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Twitter takes first step to go public in 140 characters or less
Twitter, which began as a side project in a small but failing start-up seven years ago and grew into one of the world’s largest platforms for public conversation, is about to take its biggest step yet into maturity: selling stock to the public. The company announced on Thursday — in a tweet, one of the… Continue reading Twitter takes first step to go public in 140 characters or less
Unexpected ways Google Glass can enhance your life
No piece of new technology this year has attracted as much interest, controversy, parody, and speculation as Google Glass. Wearable technology like Glass has the potential to enrich our interactions with our environment, help us gather information, and share this information with friends. Wearing Glass for the past three weeks has provided a variety of… Continue reading Unexpected ways Google Glass can enhance your life
Foursquare and MoMA team up for a NYC scavenger hunt
The Museum of Modern Art currently has exhibitions for Henri Labrouste and Le Corbusier, two architects that had a huge influence on global architecture. Exciting stuff right? But MoMA is doing something unique, something that has probably never been done before with social media. MoMA has partnered up with Foursquare to launch a NYC architecture… Continue reading Foursquare and MoMA team up for a NYC scavenger hunt
#VoteWrightNow campaign bumps David Wright into ASG starting line-up
From the first moment that Citi Field was announced as the venue for the 2013 MLB All-Star Game, there was one player that the Citi Field natives wanted to see start the game. That player is of course Mets’ third baseman David Wright. Wright is arguably the best Mets hitter of all-time, leading the team… Continue reading #VoteWrightNow campaign bumps David Wright into ASG starting line-up
@SFGiants debut the @Cafe
The San Francisco Giants may be a few games behind the Diamondbacks for first place in the NL West, but they are definitely on top in the social media world. The team has been very involved in social media since their first World Series victory in 56 years back in 2010. Bryan Srabian, the team’s… Continue reading @SFGiants debut the @Cafe
One small step for Twitter, one pretty decent sized leap for spam haters
If there’s one thing that could bring down the whole Twitter empire outside of a catastrophic meltdown of all of their servers, it’s spam. Hackers and malware agents have been limited over the years as more users are keeping their accounts secure and are hesitant to click unfamiliar links, so the annoying little luncheon meat… Continue reading One small step for Twitter, one pretty decent sized leap for spam haters
With Walmart delivery on the horizon, Google’s world domination is at hand
This isn’t a big deal. It’s nothing new from a retail perspective and most will wonder what took Google so long to take advantage of their size and reach to take business from formerly-non-competitor Amazon and other online sales and delivery services. What most won’t realize is that this is another step towards world domination… Continue reading With Walmart delivery on the horizon, Google’s world domination is at hand
Trending on Twitter now costs $200k a day in the US
In 2008, Twitter introduced the ability for advertisers to buy promoted trends, a way of taking over a portion of the homepage to drive traffic to a topic. At launch, it was a “mere” $80,000, a number that many experts thought was too high. In 2013, the number is officially $200,000. So much for the… Continue reading Trending on Twitter now costs $200k a day in the US
Is this the beginning of the end for Zynga?
When a company so new and so fresh off of a cash infusion from going public starts to make cost-cutting decisions surrounding their primary product, it doesn’t bode well for the future of the company. That seems to be the direction that Zynga may be heading after shutting down 11 of their titles. According to… Continue reading Is this the beginning of the end for Zynga?