September 3rd, 2010
Fact-checking has come a long way in the Internet age, evolving to a point beyond recognition. In the good old days, fact-checking was a venerable profession with its set of ethical rules, and fact-checkers were an integral part of any self-respecting....
September 2nd, 2010
Foursquare is all the rage. By “checking in” at your various haunts, you can become the “Mayor” — of your local library, McDonalds, or coffee bar. You can make it easy for people to find you when you’re out and about.....
August 12th, 2010
The Internet has been buzzing about the deployment of Facebook’s “Like” button for weeks now. With a small snippet of code, you can give your posts a boost by allowing easy sharing on one of the most powerful social networks available....
August 5th, 2010
Blogging is an integral part of the future of news media. This is not just my own opinion; it is one shared by the news giant Forbes. On Tuesday, Forbes launched a new array of blogs using one of my favorite tools: the WordPress blogging platform.
Why....
July 29th, 2010
So with all the buzz about Twitter, from its use in Iran during the elections to our own political class using it from the floor of congress, you’ve started your own account. After playing with it awhile you’ve found some people to follow,....
July 2nd, 2010
Online privacy concerns increase proportionally to the number of new social networking sites that pop up and the number of people who partake in those services. Recently, hubbub surrounding Facebook privacy put the issue at the forefront of discussions.....
June 30th, 2010
Twitter launched its Promoted Tweets service just a couple of months ago, and now it has added a new service to its monetization arsenal. In an update to the company’s Help Center page, Twitter describes that new service, Promoted Trends:
Promoted Trends....
June 29th, 2010
Over the next decade, women will control two-thirds of consumer wealth in the United States. Women make 85 percent of all brand purchases in the U.S., adding up to $5 trillion in annual spending and making them the key gender for marketers to consider.....
June 24th, 2010
Amidst the economic recession and various recall nightmares, the auto industry has taken some kicks and punches in the past couple of years. In 2009, automakers decreased advertising spending for TV, magazines, and radio by an average of 13 percent. To....
June 22nd, 2010
Hyperlocal content and community is a rapidly growing trend, as mentioned frequently here on the SixEstate blog. Even national and international media outlets are getting in on the action by creating local-specific projects.
The Guardian is based in....
