Is social media the new face of disaster response? As many of you reading this likely know, social media has taken on numerous new roles in recent years outside of simply providing a semi-anonymous forum for posting selfies and discreetly stalking exes. In fact, social media has become the news, the entertainment, and even the…
Justin Timberlake Jumps On Instagram To Announce ’20/20 Experience (2 of 2)’
Just Timberlake jumped in Instagram on Sunday to announced the upcoming release of 20/20 Experience Part 2. The follow up to his first album in six years will officially drop on September 30, 2013. Timberlake made the unexpected announcement by posting photos on his Instagram. The photo received more than 50,000 views in the first hour of…
Social Media Use in Ireland [Infographic]
Social media is widely used throughout the world. From Facebook and Twitter to YouTube and Instagram, many internet and mobile users use some form of social media every day. In the country of Ireland, the top social media networks are Facebook (52%), YouTube (35%), and Twitter (23%) followed by LinkedIn (20%), Google+ (15%), and Instagram…
New York Knicks Launch Instagram Mini-Site For Playoffs
The New York Knicks have taken their NBA playoffs play to Instagram. The team has launched a micro-site where it collects fan photos from Madison Square Garden and beyond. The teams website can be found at Knickstagram.com where photos are aggregated from the hashtags #Knicks and #KnicksTape. The photos are displayed on a digital map that lets…
Twitter v. Facebook: Who Got Hurt In Instagram Battle? [Infographic]
How do things change in the social networking industry when “friends with benefits” alter their relationship? For example, did you notice that Instagram, once bosom-buddies with the popular microblog Twitter, stopped allowing its content to be viewed within Twitter cards? This happened at the end of 2012, and marked the end of the once beneficial…
Jenna Jameson Gets Arrested, Starts Twitter Feud With Friend [Report]
Former porn star Jenna Jameson was arrested Saturday night after a pre-birthday party assault on an unidentified individual, but her post-arrest tweets are what really caught our attention in this story. Shortly after her arrest, Jameson claimed that her friend and personal assistant Britney Markham broke into her California home and robbed her. “Wow just…
Instagram Photos Now Affect Klout Scores, Bing Receives Deeper Integration
Klout users who have connected their Instagram accounts will now see improvements in their Klout score. While users have been able to connect their Instagram accounts for some time now, their photos were not counted in the Klout algorithm. Photos will now play a part in a users overall score and the most popular pictures…
Brazilian Model Breastfeeds Calf And Shares Photos on Instagram
Brazilian model and DJ Sabrina Boing Boing caused quite the controversy in her home country this weekend she she posed with and then breastfed a calf. On her personal Instagram account (@djsabrinaboing) Boing Boing posted her calf friendly photos and wrote: “Teste feito com mamiferos, ate agora todos querem mamaaaaa rs.” A rough translation: “Testing done with…
Instagram URL Glitch Causes Twitter, Facebook Link Outage
Instagram on Thursday experienced a temporary outage on Twitter and Facebook after its instagr.am URL shortener experienced some technical difficulties. Users clicking on links from Twitter and Facebook were greeted with a “photo not found” message. Several users quickly realized that using the full Instagram.com/p/xxx name allowed for photos to be discovered. Facebook rolled out…
Your Instagram Filter Says A Lot About You [Infographic]
Why yes, your Instagram filter says something about you. More than you know, as a matter of fact. Instagram hosts 100 million active users who generate roughly 40 million photos each and every day. If you’re a 21st century marketing pro, you probably use user-generated content on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to cull invaluable insights…
Browns’ Josh Cribbs Says Goodbye To Cleveland On Instagram, Twitter
Josh Cribbs is a wide receiver, return specialist, and free agent after ending his eight-year career with the Cleveland Browns. As he leaves his team and his city (possibly for the Cardinals), he made sure to leave a very classy and touching goodbye to the city that made him a star on Instagram. “I proved…
New Miley Cyrus Tattoo Probably Confirms She’s Single Again
Some people get a tattoo to mark a turn or major change in their life, and pop superstar Miley Cyrus is apparently no exception. Amid rampant rumors that she and fiancé Liam Hemsworth have split up, Cyrus got a cryptic new tattoo that pretty much confirms she’s single again. Miley’s new tattoo is a very detailed…
Justin Bieber Tells Instagram He’s Not Lindsay Lohan, Pays His Taxes
Pop quiz, hotshot: What’s the best way to convince the world you’re not in the middle of a celebrity meltdown? If you’re Justin Bieber, posting a lengthy diatribe to Instagram about how you’re not Lindsay Lohan is a good way to start. Bieber has been going through a lot lately, and despite the protests of…
Chrissy Teigen Posts Naked Instagram Photo Because … Well, Just Because [NSFW]
Sport Illustrated swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen posted a naked (and very NSFW) picture of herself to Instagram yesterday because, well, why the hell not? The 27-year-old Maxim calendar cover girl (and, fun bit of trivia, former Deal or No Deal briefcase model) stunned the Internet this morning with a nude photo of herself on her…