San Francisco

Pittsburgh Watches the Most Live Television, Study Finds - Posted 4 days, 23 hours ago
According to a study of average daily viewing habits among adults 25-54 during the February sweep, Pittsburgh residents watched more live television than any other Nielsen market. St. Louis was tops for time-shifted viewing, ... [TVSpy]

Airbnb Find: Sleep in Someone Else's Car in San Francisco, Just $103 a Night - Posted May 8, 2013
Rents in San Francisco getting you down? Try living in a 1990 Chevy Conversion van for $520 a month. It has no Internet or bathroom, but it has a queen-size bed and it runs! The van is parked at the seediest edge of the Mission District, according to the Airbnb listing. A studio... [SocialTimes.com]

Uber Reportedly Valued at $1 Billion - Posted April 30, 2013
Uber is in the midst of a fundraising round that values the company at $1 billion, according to Reuters' report. The news follows remarks by Bill Gurley, an Uber investo... [SocialTimes.com]

VIDEOS: Facebook Recaps 2013 Game Developers Conference - Posted April 29, 2013
Last month, Facebook announced some major milestones for games and laid out plans for the future for roughly 300 people at the Game Developers Conference in... [AllFacebook]

Session Spotlight: Building Enterprise Semantic Applications - Posted April 19, 2013
This June's SemTechBiz Conference in San Francisco will bring something new to the table: a full-day tutorial on ... [AllTwitter]

Session Spotlight: RDF as a Universal Healthcare Language - Posted April 17, 2013
The upcoming Semantic Technology and Business Conference in San Francisco is set to host a thought-provoking panel on RDF as a Universal Healthcare Language. The President's Council of Ad... [AllTwitter]

Session Spotlight: RDF as a Universal Healthcare Language - Posted April 17, 2013
[UPDATED: April 18, 2013, 11:46am] The upcoming Semantic Technology and Business Conference in San Francisco is set to host a thought-provoking panel on RDF as a Universal Healthc... [semanticweb.com]

AllFacebook Marketing Conference: Register Before Midnight And Save! - Posted April 11, 2013
There's no better way to learn the tricks of the social media trade than from experts who know the secrets to audience engagement... [AllFacebook]

Social Standings for MLB Teams on Opening Day: Infographic - Posted April 5, 2013
It's Opening Day for Major League Baseball. San Francisco is home to the defending World Series-champion San Francisco Giants. It's also home to Twitter and, in baseball terms, Facebook. But the Giants place a mediocre fourth in the social media fandom, according to this infographic from Silverpop. But maybe that means... [SocialTimes.com]

San Francisco Boosts Open Data Efforts - Posted April 3, 2013
Joshua Sabatini of The San Francisco Examiner reports, "San Francisco has fallen behind in the open-data... [semanticweb.com]

CASE STUDY: Using Facebook To Connect Babysitters With Families - Posted March 29, 2013
An enterprising mom in California had an idea for an application that would be similar to OpenTable or Yelp, but for babysitters. Using Facebook's platform as a vehicle, Lynn Perkins... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Explains Local Currency For Games - Posted March 27, 2013
Now that Facebook Credits have been nixed as the official currency of Facebook games, the company took some time Tuesd... [AllFacebook]

Facebook's Strategy: Growth In Desktop, Core, Mid-Core Games - Posted March 26, 2013
Facebook has a sizable share of the games market, but it wants more. Most of the people who pay for games on Facebook are casual gamers, with titles... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Adds Weather Info To Event Pages, Locations - Posted March 21, 2013
Invited to a friend's picnic or barbeque on Facebook, but unsure if you should bring a coat or... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Games Team Releases Schedule For Game Developers Conference 2013 - Posted March 20, 2013
Facebook Director of Games Partnerships Sean Ryan provided details on the Faceb... [AllFacebook]

2 Weeks Left to Apply for SemTechBiz Start-Up Competition - Posted March 18, 2013
There are just two weeks left to apply for the SemTechBiz Start-Up Competition. Entry is free, so hurry and get your submission in! The competition page states, "At the 2013 Semantic Technology &am... [semanticweb.com]

Flash Games Industry Experiences (r)Evolution! - Posted March 14, 2013
With cross-platform development becoming more of a reality due to recent improvements in technology and lowered barriers to entry, old labels such as "Flash game developers" and "mobile game developers" no longer apply. They are simply game developers. In a ... [SocialTimes.com]

Inside Social Apps Early Bird Prices End at Midnight - Posted March 13, 2013
Join us at Inside Social Apps Conference & Expo, June 6-7 in San Francisco, for fresh industry insights and an unparalleled opportunity to hone your business strategy and network with hundreds of professionals. Early bird prices e... [SocialTimes.com]

Autodesk Expands San Francisco Offices as 3D Printing Blossoms - Posted March 6, 2013
(San Francisco Chronicle) Autodesk is expanding its San Francisco office footprint 27,000 square feet as the demand for 3D modeling and printing grows. The company will open additional office space on Pier 9, just off the Embarcadero near the new Exploratorium. Autodesk is still headquartered in San R... [3D Printing Insider]

Google Unveils Plans for New Campus - Posted February 22, 2013
Google will build a new 1.1 million-square-foot campus in Mountain View, leaving behind some of the iconic buildings of the Web boom -- and some of the pollution from the semiconductor and personal computing origins of Silicon Valley. The company's headquarters is a series of office buildings, mostly on Charleston Road in... [SocialTimes.com]

Uber Delivers Serenades and Roses for Valentine's Day - Posted February 14, 2013
It's Katelyn Bogucki's job to drum up more demand for Uber's limo and cab services in San Francisco. Today was a fun day for Katelyn, who got to ride around in a limo with driver Walid and a band called Uke Hammer delivering serenades to (mostly) unsuspecting women. Uber's Valentine's Day promotion... [AllFacebook]

INFOGRAPHIC: Top Valentine's Day Trends On Facebook - Posted February 14, 2013
People on Facebook love to post about Valentine's Day -- whether it's talking about how amazing their significant other is, or lamenting the commercialization of Feb. 14. Facebook released an infographic Thursday through Facebook Stories, showing how people are engaging with the holiday on the social network. ... [AllFacebook]

How the Other Half Lives: Software Developer Salaries [Infographic] - Posted February 13, 2013
[caption id="attachment_118948" align="alignleft" width="300"] Zdenka Darula / Shutterstock.com[/caption] Riviera Partners, a C... [SocialTimes.com]

Webtrends Deepens Facebook Marketing Offerings - Posted January 29, 2013
Webtrends, a digital marketing firm, has been stepping up its Facebook services over the past couple of years, and the results have been evident.... [AllFacebook]

Tagged to Bring Social Discovery to Mobile Apps After a Profitable 2012 - Posted January 29, 2013
Tagged, a social network designed for meeting new people, has turned a profit for the fifth year in a row, the company announced today. To kick off 2013, Tagged has opened a new office in San Francisco and plans to revamp its mobile applications. "We're transitioning Tagge... [SocialTimes.com]

Local Charities Should Reach Out To Twitter For Promoted Tweets - Posted January 28, 2013
Twitter may get tax breaks from the city of San Francisco for giving charitable contributions to local organizations - and one form those contributions can take is promoted tweets. Twitter can also volu... [10,000 Words]

Register for Inside Social Apps Conference before Midnight - Posted January 24, 2013
Prices for the Inside Social Apps conference and expo increase at midnight tonight. The event is the largest conference dedicated exclusively to the emerging social apps industry. Meet in San Francisco on June 6-7, and you'll: Find solutions to challenges ... [SocialTimes.com]

Uber Lowers Prices in San Francisco - Posted January 18, 2013
Uber will cut its prices for the first time, pruning black car prices in San Francisco by about 10 percent, the company said today. Uber's mobile app allows riders to electronically hail taxis and schedule limo... [SocialTimes.com]

Yelp Adds Inspection Scores to Restaurant Listings - Posted January 17, 2013
Yelp is adding restaurants' inspection scores to their venue pages, starting with San Francisco and New York, the company said today. "While ratings and reviews are incredibly powerful ways to guide spending decisions, we're always looking for new ways to supplement the information to provide a better experience for consumers," CEO Jeremy... [SocialTimes.com]

Hello From San Francisco! - Posted December 3, 2012
Hello internet citizens! This is Phi Tran and I'm thrilled to be joining the Appnewser team. I'm writing to you from San Francisco - the technological hub that never stops eating. I'm a wordy designer with a penchant for techn... [AppNewser]

CFP Announced: 2013 Semantic Technology & Business Conference - San Francisco - Posted November 29, 2012
Following successful runs in London and New York City, the Semantic Technology & Business Conference (#SemTechBiz) is returning... [AllTwitter]

CFP Announced: 2013 Semantic Technology & Business Conference - San Francisco - Posted November 29, 2012
Following successful runs in London and New York City, the Semantic Technology & Business Conference (#SemTechBiz) is returning... [semanticweb.com]

What Makes A Story Successful On Facebook? - Posted November 27, 2012
National Public Radio has been wondering: What makes a story tick on Facebook? The company examined its geotargeted stories throughout July, August, and September, and found that ... [AllFacebook]

Uber, SideCar and Lyft Fined, Uber Also Sued by Taxi Drivers - Posted November 14, 2012
It hasn't been a good week for San Francisco taxi and ride-share apps. On November 9, two taxi drivers filed what they hope will be certified as a class action lawsuit against Uber stemming from its months-old taxi service ... [SocialTimes.com]

Man Hires Assistant to Slap Him Into Productivity - Posted November 5, 2012
Today in Random Day Before the Election News: This clever study in personal dedication broke a couple of weeks ago, and it's already made its way around a good portion of the Internet. Still, we'd like to come back to it on a day characterized by irritation and anxiety for so... [PRNewser]

Inside Network Job Board, SmartRecruiters To Host Happy Hour In San Francisco Nov. 1 - Posted October 22, 2012
The Inside Network Job Board and Sm... [AllFacebook]

Join Inside Network and SmartRecruiters at the 'Network, Get Work' Party in San Francisco - Posted October 22, 2012
Recruiters, job seekers, anyone interested in the social media or technology space should meet Inside Network and SmartRecruiters for happy hour. You'll find us at SmartRecruiters' San Francisco headqua... [SocialTimes.com]

Uber Shuts Down Yellow Cab Service in New York - Posted October 16, 2012
The mobile cab-hailing company Uber announced Tuesday that it has shut down its yellow cab service in New York, but will keep its town car service running. Uber has evidently met with forces that aren't appear ready to be disrupted: unions and taxi medallion bureaucracies. "New York's Taxi and Limousin... [SocialTimes.com]

Semantic Web Jobs: Gladstone Institutes - Posted October 12, 2012
Gladstone Institutes is looking for a Bioinformatics Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA. The post states, "We are recruiting for a Bioinformatics Software Engineer. The ideal candidate will be an innovative database and web developer to work on semantic data models and o... [semanticweb.com]

Facebook Debuts Video From San Francisco Pride 2012 Parade For National Coming Out Day - Posted October 11, 2012
Facebook did not hide its support of the gay community ahead of Nat... [AllFacebook]

Semantic Web Jobs: Aetna - Posted September 13, 2012
Aetna is looking for a Senior Software Integration Engineer in San Francisco, CA, or New York, NY. According to the post, "Aetna Emerging Businesses (EB) is focusing on fundamental change in healthcare and empowering people to live healthier li... [semanticweb.com]

Mark Zuckerberg Discusses Mobile, IPO, Search, And Facebook's Future - Posted September 11, 2012
Facebook is the world's most social platform, but the man who started it all hasn't spoken much recently. At TechCrunch's Disrupt ... [AllFacebook]

Katie Couric Gives Us A Glimpse Inside Twitter's New San Francisco Nest - Posted August 27, 2012
Twitter moved into its new headquarters in San Francisco this June - and we've been wondering what they would do with the fantastically large space ever since. Thanks to Katie Couric, we now get a glimpse inside (and a few ... [AllTwitter]

Semantic Web Jobs: Federated Media - Posted August 20, 2012
Federated Media Publishing is looking for a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA. The post states, "As a Senior Software Engineer on the Conversation Targeting team at Federated Media, you'll build software that ... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Co-founder's Plans To Rebuild Home Ticks Off Neighbors - Posted August 9, 2012
Twitter co-founder, Evan Williams, is not making a lot of friends in his neighborhood lately. With plans to tear down and rebuild his $3 million dollar home, he seems to making quite a few enemies - 240 of them and counting. According the ... [AllTwitter]

Coworkers Develop Winning Facebook Game App At Photo Hack Day 3 - Posted July 20, 2012
At the fiercely competitive Photo Hack Day 3 in San Francisco (a Facebook-sponsored event), a trio of coworkers may have developed ... [AllFacebook]

AllFacebook Marketing Conference In San Francisco Kicks Off Day Two - Posted June 29, 2012
We're through one day of the AllFacebook Marketing Conference in San Fra... [AllFacebook]

Learn How To Turn Likes Into Dollars At The AllFacebook Marketing Conference - Posted June 26, 2012
Looking for ways to make money through your Facebook presence? Maybe you've only dip... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Details Social Landmarks In 25 Cities Around The World With Check-In Data - Posted June 20, 2012
What do Chicago's Wrigley Field, Avenue des Champs-... [AllFacebook]

Explore #SemTechBiz San Francisco on FluidOps IWB - Posted June 4, 2012
Last week, we published Under the Hood: A Closer Look at Information WorkBench, an interview with Peter Haase conducted by Kristen Milhollin as part of her series on Dynamic Semantic Publishing. We are pleased to announce that FluidOps has created a viewer for the SemTechBiz conference program in Informat... [AllTwitter]

Explore #SemTechBiz San Francisco on FluidOps IWB - Posted June 4, 2012
Last week, we published Under the Hood: A Closer Look at Information WorkBench, an interview with Peter Haase conducted by Kristen Milhollin as part of her series on Dynamic Semantic Publishing. We are pleased to announce that FluidOps has created a viewer for the SemTechBiz conference program in Informat... [semanticweb.com]

More Expert Panels at SemTechBiz SF - Posted May 22, 2012
Yesterday we announced an expert panel on schema.org that will be featured at next month's SemTechBiz Conference in San Francisco. But schema.org won't be the only hot topic at SemTechBiz. Two other expert panels are also... [semanticweb.com]

SemTechBiz Deadlines - not too late, (but getting close!) - Posted April 25, 2012
With the increase in the number of #SemTechBiz events taking place in a calendar year, we understand that tracking the deadlines can be tricky. There are several approaching for various events and stakeholders, so we present the most pressing ones below: April 26 - Register for ... [semanticweb.com]

Must-Attend Keynotes at #SemTechBiz SF - Posted March 22, 2012
The Semantic Technology & Business Conference in San Francisco (#SemTechBiz) has lined up a number of highly-anticipated keynotes to perfectly bookend the conference experience. This year's conference will take place June 3-7, 2012, at the Hilton San Francisco in ... [semanticweb.com]

Semantic Web Jobs: Federated Media - Posted March 19, 2012
Federated Media is looking for a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco or San Jose, CA. The post states, "As a Senior Software Engineer on the Conversation Targeting team at Federated Media, you'll build so... [semanticweb.com]

SemTechBiz Conference - Call for Presentations Open until January 16 - Posted January 6, 2012
SemTechBiz is returning to San Francisco on June 3-7, and once again we plan to make it the biggest and most comprehensive educational conference on the business of semantic technologies. And that's exactly where we are asking you to contribute... [semanticweb.com]

SemTechBiz Conference - Call for Presentations Open until January 16 - Posted January 6, 2012
SemTechBiz is returning to San Francisco on June 3-7, and once again we plan to make it the biggest and most comprehensive educational conference on the business of semantic technologies. And that's exactly where we are asking you to contribute... [AllTwitter]

Twitter's Early Growth Was Fueled By Traditional Offline Networking [STUDY] - Posted December 21, 2011
Twitter might seen as a "global connector" now - a borderless, international meeting place - but it wasn't always so. New research from MIT suggests that Twitter's early growth was a result not of the global nature of the internet, but an offl... [AllTwitter]

Which City Has The Most Twitter Users? - Posted October 7, 2011
One might guess that San Francisco is home to the most Twitter users, being the birthplace of the company. Or maybe Tokyo, Japan, a hugely populated city where Twitter is perhaps the second-most-recognized brand. But no, neither of these cities are the mother hive of Twitter users. Care t... [AllTwitter]

ShopNear.me Unveils and Takes off Amidst Dogpatch Labs Eviction - Posted October 5, 2011
[caption id="attachment_80397" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Get ShopNear.me on your iPhone sto shop local boutiques. "][/caption] ShopNear.me launched its location-based shopping application last month, but that's not all they are looking to do they're looking to do in the coming months; they're trying to tak... [SocialTimes.com]

Get Bay Area News on the Go with TapIn Bay Area - Posted July 28, 2011
With 26% of American adults getting some form of news via their mobile phones, news organizations must adapt their content to reach their audience right on their handsets. Tackable is one of the latest offerings to the mobile photojournalism platform, and it combines hyperlocal news, user-generated co... [10,000 Words]

Semantic Web Jobs: Navon Partners & Web 3.0 Start-Up - Posted July 19, 2011
Navon Partners is looking for Semantic Web and Corporate Analytics Interns in Manhattan, NY: "We are seeking 1-3 interns who would like to be part of the founding tea... [semanticweb.com]

Helpful Advice for SemTech Attendees - Posted June 8, 2011
Eric Hoffer recently shared some advice for attendees at this week's Semantic Technology Conference. Hoffer writes, "I'll mention a few of the points made during the Semantic-Link live po... [semanticweb.com]

Looking Ahead to SemTech - Posted May 31, 2011
On Saturday, I once again board a plane from London to San Francisco; the first of two trips to the city in June, and my fourth (or possibly fifth?) time atten... [AllTwitter]

Looking Ahead to SemTech - Posted May 31, 2011
On Saturday, I once again board a plane from London to San Francisco; the first of two trips to the city in June, and my fourth (or possibly fifth?) time atten... [semanticweb.com]

dotnetrdf to Hit the Spotlight at SemTech - Posted May 25, 2011
The upcoming Semantic Technology Conference in San Francisco will feature a number of innovative new products. One such product is dotnetrdf, a "free and open source project int... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Hasn't Completely Forgotten About its Devs, Will Host #devnestSF in May - Posted April 28, 2011
There was a lot of huff as the one-year anniversary of Twitter's inaugural Chirp Developer Conference came and went without a word from the company as to when (or if) there would be another one. And wh... [AllTwitter]

Foursquare Co-Founder Talks About Needed Improvements - Posted April 22, 2011
Foursquare co-founder and CEO Dennis Crowley spoke at Girls in Tech event in San Francisco. There he talked about Foursquare's improvements in the coming months. He even promised to make the app go faster. Crowley c... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Joins San Francisco's Tech Tax Advisory Council - Posted April 15, 2011
San Francisco is doing everything it can to retain its status as the place to be in tech. The city has set up an ad hoc advisory council, which includes Twitter representatives, in order to evaluate how the city's tax structure impacts big tech companies. The advisory council was set up... [10,000 Words]

Surprise, Surprise: The San Francisco Elites Who Tweet Most Voted for Twitter's Tax Break - Posted April 11, 2011
This might not be groundbreaking, but it sure is interesting: those on San Francisco's Board of Supervisors who approved the tax break to keep Twitter in the city were those who tweeted most. ... [AllTwitter]

Watch a Cartoon Reenactment of the Tale of the Twitter Tax Break [Video] - Posted April 11, 2011
Here's something to brighten your Monday morning: a short but hilarious video explaining just how Twitter got its tax break from San Francisco, enacted by an animated Biz Stone, SF mayor Edwin Lee and other key players. In a minute and a half, you'll finally get a handle on the w... [AllTwitter]

Two San Francisco Bookstores to Close - Posted April 5, 2011
Two San Francisco independent bookstores will close in coming weeks. Modern Times, a shop on Valencia Street, sold both traditional fiction and progressive titles. A Different Light, located in the Castro District, specialized in books for the LGBT community. The Bay Citizen ... [semanticweb.com]

Will Twitter Stay in San Francisco? We Find Out Today - Posted April 5, 2011
San Francisco lawmakers are scheduled to vote today on a tax break that will offer enough incentives to Twitter to entice the giant tech company to stay within city walls. If they vote against the tax break, it's likely that Twitter will relocate not to a new area of San... [AllTwitter]

Demonstrators March On Twitter HQ - Posted March 29, 2011
San Franciscans picked up picket signs emblazoned with "Shame on You!" and converged on Twitter HQ at 795 Folsom Street Tuesday morning to voice their displeasure at proposed tax breaks for the company. The company had asked for local tax exemptions to stay in San Francisco, and ... [10,000 Words]

Open Jobs in Semantics - Posted March 18, 2011
NexGen Solutions is looking for a Lead Web Developer in San Francisco, CA. The responsibilities of this position include, "Lead ... [semanticweb.com]

San Francisco Officially Offers Twitter Tax Breaks to Stay, Twitter Wanted More - Posted February 10, 2011
The leaders of San Francisco have spoken, and they're saying "Twitter, please stay!" City Hall has unveiled a tax break plan to incentivize Twitter to move its office to a new area of town rather than look outside city borders. However, Twitter isn't too hap... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Considers Moving out of San Francisco, but SF Won't Let it go Without a Fight - Posted January 13, 2011
San Francisco has been the home of Twitter since its 2006 creation, but the quickly expanding company might be looking to relocate. With $200 million in new investments and plans to likely double its workforce, Twitter needs to shed its current office for a la... [AllTwitter]

WSJ Reveals Plagiarism - Posted December 4, 2009
The Wall Street Journal posted a notice to readers yesterday revealing that a November 10 "New Global Indian" online column by freelance writer ... [Fishbowl NY]

WSJ Reveals Plagiarism - Posted December 4, 2009
The Wall Street Journal posted a notice to readers yesterday revealing that a November 10 "New Global Indian" online column by freelance writer ... [FishbowlNY]

San Francisco, We've Got You Covered - Posted May 11, 2009
Our Fishbowl blogs have New York, DC and LA covered, but until now we have neglected that important city by the bay. But, never fear San Francisco, BayNewser... [Fishbowl NY]

San Francisco, We've Got You Covered - Posted May 11, 2009
Our Fishbowl blogs have New York, DC and LA covered, but until now we have neglected that important city by the bay. But, never fear San Francisco, BayNewser... [FishbowlNY]