June 30, 2012 by Allegra Tepper Like+1SharePin ItShareSummer storms got you down? Have you forgotten how we used to pass the time before the days of Instagram, Netflix and Pinterest? Here’s an idea: catch up on Mashable‘s features coverage from the last week and check out some resources you may have missed.Saturday marks...
June 30, 2012 by Sam Laird Like+1SharePin ItShareThis summer’s Olympics in London will be shaped by social media like no sporting event in history. But 20 years ago, when figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi took home the gold medal at the 1992 games in France, social media was an unheard of concept. Yamaguchi became...
Like+1SharePin ItShareThe Spark of Genius Series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Each post highlights a unique feature of a startup. If you’d like your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.Name: IndochinoQuick Pitch: Made-to-measure menswear ordered online.Genius Idea: Takes less than 30 minutes, no appointment necessary.It was 2006 and Heikal Gani...
June 29, 2012 by Kate Freeman Like+1SharePin ItShareMoms lead the pack when comes to liking brands on Facebook, according to a recent survey by Burst media. Fifty eight percent of moms follow or like brands on social media sites. The survey showed that moms are the group of consumers most likely to follow...
June 29, 2012 by Sam Laird Like+1SharePin ItShareAmong Olympic athletes, there may not be a more effective — or by-the-bootstraps — user of social media than runner Nick Symmonds. How’s this for — as the phrase goes — “leveraging social media”? In January, Symmonds held an eBay auction for the rights to his...
June 29, 2012 by Kate Freeman Like+1SharePin ItShareMost people know Microsoft’s Kinect as a the motion sensing device you can hook-up to your Xbox to track your moves onscreen while playing virtual tennis or bowling. An accelerator program at Microsoft challenged budding entrepreneurs to create innovative ways to use the Kinect technology —...
