by Katie Komnenich | Social Media
Wednesday June 26th marks an important day in history as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on a 5-4 vote. This was a historic win for gay rights activists, many of whom were vocal about their opinions on Twitter.
DOMA, an act passed in 1996 officially defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn DOMA will change circumstances for married couples in the 12 states that currently allow same-sex marriages or unions. These couples will now have the same federal benefits and regulations that heterosexual couples receive. (more…)
by Katie Komnenich | Social Media
Myspace is back and spending a lot of money to make sure everybody knows it's back. They are reportedly spending $20 million on their new ad campaign to promote the relaunch. However, from my perspective, the first ad could have been much better. The fact of the matter is, Myspace is spending a large amount of money to rival an incredibly strong and dominant company, Facebook, for social media market share. If this is their big chance to show us all why they’re back and better than ever, then what are they really showing us? Their latest commercial, which you can see here is a 1:33 spot full of all sorts of celebrities running around in a sea of chaos. (more…)
by Katie Komnenich | Social Media
Google Glass
Google Glass, the new revolutionary glasses made by Google are the talk of the social media world. Although these glasses are not being sold to the general public yet, many prototypes are out in the hands of regular people like you and me. So now that these prototypes are out in the hands of real people and being used in everyday life, what is everyone thinking? For starters, a pair of the glasses cost $1500, which in my opinion is way too much money for the average person to spend on a pair of glasses. (more…)
by Katie Komnenich | Social Media
I Can Has a Cheezburger? is a weblog featuring lolcats, created by Eric Nakagawa in 2007
Whether they are referred to as Memes or Meems, it is likely you have seen one of these on the Internet. A meme is defined as being short for the Greek word, mimeme, which means “imitated thing.” These “imitated things” are used to explain the way cultural information spreads. They began in the 1970s by a man named Harry Frees (who took photos of his cats and made them into greeting cards) and today they have spread like wildfire. The official meme phenomenon did not hit full swing until 2001, and since then has been very popular, especially among high school and college students. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Social Media
This is a Guest Post by Lauren Mobertz, Lead Writer in training for DashBurst. Thanks to @DanielZeevi for sharing this news about TweetDeck with us.
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Wednesday June 26th marks an important day in history as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on a 5-4 vote. This was a historic win for gay rights activists, many of whom were vocal about their opinions on Twitter.
