Category Archives: Twitter
In Mexico, Tech Is Used To Help Combat Narco Violence, Insecurity
From TechCrunch on December 25, 2012: Google has been used for many ends, but in the hands ofresearcher Viridiana Rios, the search engine has become a tool to fight Mexican drug cartels and help the government organize to prevent violence. Rios … Continue reading
Ret.io, A Crowdsourced Answer To Corruption In Mexico
From TechCrunch on December 25, 2012: Three years ago Mario Romero Zavala and José Antonio Bolio decided to create a Twitter account in Mexico City to alert people to cumbersome police checkpoints that too often resulted in various forms of … Continue reading
Religious Groups Build Communities on Facebook
[An Inside Facebook post] Religion takes many forms on Facebook. There’s a Page for The Bible, with more than 4.5 million Likes. Religious leaders are gaining lots of fans, for example the Dalai Lama’s 913,200. Places of worship have their … Continue reading
Kraft Foods Focuses Messaging on Facebook
[An Inside Facebook post] Global food giant Kraft Foods has set its eyes on Facebook, pumping up at least three campaigns for Wheat Thins (crackers), Oreo (cookies) and Crystal Light (flavored beverage) in recent weeks. The Facebook and Twitter campaigns are paired with … Continue reading
As AT&T Gears Up Social Media Customer Service Efforts, A Look at Its Facebook Activity
[An Inside Facebook post] In the face of the launch of iPhone 4 and unrelenting customer dissatisfaction AT&T has set aside resources to focus more on its customers on social media. This discontent is registered by an average of at least 10,000 … Continue reading
Microsoft’s KIN Social Phone Makes Pitch Using Music and Facebook
[An Inside Facebook post] Microsoft’s new social media phone, KIN, seems to be aiming at a decidedly younger consumer by emphasizing its social media value, as well as promoting free concerts for fans with cryptic clues via Facebook and Twitter. The … Continue reading
Police in Delhi, India Use Facebook Page to Address Traffic Problems
[An Inside Facebook post] The Delhi Traffic Police in India have launched a Facebook Page that is trying to help the city government better understand and address traffic problems, in part intended to help the city prepare for the Commonwealth Games … Continue reading
Texas Power Company Launches Facebook Game for Local Hispanic Consumers
[An Inside Facebook post] First Choice Power is a Texas electric provider combining social media and Spanish-language marketing in its inaugural Facebook game, the Energía Goleadora Fan Contest. The Facebook game teaches players ways to save energy, in English or Spanish, … Continue reading
Facebook as a Campaign Tool: A Look at Mayoral Candidates
[An Inside Facebook post] The use of Facebook as a tool in government and politics is a potential equalizer between the governed and those who govern, as we saw recently when we looked at mayors using Facebook. The medium can … Continue reading
Mayors Bypass Media, Govt & Talk Directly to Constituents on Facebook
[An Inside Facebook post] Mayors will sometimes use their Facebook Pages to bypass local media channels or government bureaucracies in order to communicate directly with their constituencies, or provide hard-to-find information, we found recently when we looked around Facebook for … Continue reading