This continues our Pay It Forward Friday series.
No one likes to see sick children, it’s depressing and makes us worry for our own little ones. But would you be willing to put that discomfort aside for a moment and help ease their suffering?
Hope so. Because all it takes is a tweet to help share a child’s last wish – and the smiles you’ll create in return are well worth this tiny bit of your time. Read more
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As the web cries out, yet again, after an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army, those of us fond of 80′s superhero shows feel like we’re watching an episode unfold. And it’s pretty fantastic.
Any minute now, the SuperFriends will come to the rescue.
Either than, or the hacks will just continue. It’s more fun to imagine the former. Ka-pow!
Today we give thanks for the Twitter co-founders penchant for interesting names. We have, of course, the Obvious Corp (which is anything but) and Square (that cool “pay using my smartphone” device), the new blogging platform Medium – and now, bestest of all – Jelly.
Beyond wondering if they’ve employed someone solely to come up with these names, this latest mushy gushy creation of Biz Stone that has left people wondering: “What the Jelly?”
If you’ve spent any amount of time on Twitter, you’ve likely received a TrueTwit validation direct message. It says something like “Nelly Nameless uses TrueTwit validation service. Please validate your account.”
If you think this practice is okay, you need a Twitter direct message refresher. And when you’re done reading THAT, we’ll tell you why this “harmless annoyance” (aka TrueTwit) is anything but.
This week, Hulu is hiring an associate editor, while Kandu needs a blog editor. InsideBeautiful.com is seeking a beauty PR/social associate, and NYMetroParents is on the hunt for a director of marketing. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro.
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Another win for sports and Twitter:
Golf pro Ben Crane turned to his Twitter following this week to crowdsource a replacement caddie at the HP Byron Nelson Championship Pro-Am in Texas.
One of the announcements Google made this week at its action-packed Google I/O conference was that Google Glass now has an app for Twitter, in addition to apps for Facebook, Tumblr, Evernote, Google+, CNN, and ELLE.
Earlier this month, a tweet from an official Twitter Glass app was spotted, indicating that the roll-out of said app wouldn’t be far behind. That time has arrived.
Logitech is seeing Microsoft’s Artist Series of mobile mice and raising them a serious dose of designer tech.
The new Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 Eye Candy collection of mice features four different designs with their own unique aesthetic touches.
The coolest of the bunch? The Twitter-inspired “Tweet Tweet” design.
The number of followers you have on Twitter has always been a hollow metric – unless you’re actively engaging with and converting that community, it’s simply another number.
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