HootSuite (aka “the professional Twitter client”) has amassed a loyal user base thanks to its ability to integrate social media tools and analytics into one easy-to-use dashboard. And since social media is increasingly a target for corporate marketing budgets, the ...

I was standing near Union Square on Geary Street in San Francisco. My stomach was singing the blues, big time. Fortunately there was an hour to go before curtain at the historic American Conservatory Theatre, one of our ...

Well The New York Times didn’t exactly say that Foursquare would be a next generation travel guide, but after looking closer at today’s deal between the two, you may begin to see something significant happening. Travel guides, watch ...

It’s dark and quiet down here. And boring. Hey, have you seen anyone around? Feel free to borrow my HP 12C.

I’d almost be anywhere else than on Google Buzz. Buzz? Buzz?! What Buzz? The action is on Twitter ...

Advertising for this year’s Super Bowl is taking on a decidedly social media flavor. I remember about 10 years ago, the buzz created by the ‘Dot Com’ advertising frenzy, which crescendos with a sock puppet extolling the virtues of online ...

New social networking fads are popping up almost every day now. The latest to gain momentum is Foursquare, a location-based game that lets you “check-in” to a venue. Or as they describe it, “helping you find new ways to explore ...

As co-Founder of StarkSilverCreek and Club Loreto Bay (a social network for Baja real estate owners) over the past several years, I’ve experienced how social media has changed the way people can interact to connect around shared passions, ...

Alltop, founded by Silicon Valley marketing legend Guy Kawasaki, is gaining momentum. At least based on the number of sites it is indexing, and the number of mentions it is getting across the Web (also: see ...

This whole Scamville thing is trending big time.

The story, originated by Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, exposes the scam (and extremely obnoxious, annoying) that is Facebook “games.” Little more than thinly veiled attempts to make people spend money, propegate ...

Gavin Newsom is taking it to the web, social media style… “for a better California” of course. Thanks to the low, low cost—that would be free—of sites like YouTube his campaign team is doing what it can to ...

There’s never a dull moment in the new media publishing space. Information travels so fast these days, it’s unfathomable. Remember the shampoo commercial where one friend tells another? Or the Brady Bunch opening? Multiply by ...

Did you get your invite to Google Wave yet?

The collaborative technology has been in development for quite some time, although its purpose  and features have been enshrouded in mystery—probably much to Google’s delight (and plan).

But, the cloud may ...

Two things won’t surprise most people out of today’s comScore Internet video usage numbers for August. Google again tops the charts with their family of video properties, namely YouTube, with about 40% market share. The ...