Author Archives: Ron Callari

Inventors of Santa’s Elf Factory Kick Season Off With Halloween Vikings

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Inventors of Santa's Elf Factory Kick Season Off With Halloween VikingsSpecial Events is a creative and gratifying endeavor for any event planner, particularly when you’re supporting a charitable cause. JC Fun Raisers — now in its third year — is headed up by Jersey City, New Jersey residents Michele Nicholson and Roseanna Petruzzelli. As a holiday activity planned for children of all ages, this annual event will once again partner with ‘KFM Making A Difference,’ a local charity dedicated to autism advocacy.

Klink, The Social App That Crossbred Instagram, Tsū & YouTube

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Klink, The Social App That Crossbred Instagram, Tsū & YouTubeIt’s an exciting time for the digerati to be traversing the social media landscape. For many who have tested the waters and drunk the cool-aid of the earlier pioneering networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, we are now witnessing others, which are eager to shake up old paradigms with some intriguing new business models. This month, we take a look at Klink, the newest to arrive on the social scene, after taking some cues . . .

Who Doesn’t Know Jack About Squaring Off With Twitter?

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Who Doesn’t Know Jack About Squaring Off With Twitter?While the blogosphere and Wall Street have been cyberventilating the last couple of weeks over Jack Dorsey taking back the reins of Twitter, little has been said about the CEO’s other company, Square. With Twitter’s current share price dipping below its opening IPO trade two years ago of $45.10, the last thing any one suspected was for Dorsey to go public with yet another company . . .

‘FilmAid’Charity Joins Tsū Social Network & Helps Syrian Refugees

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‘FilmAid’Charity Joins Tsū Social Network & Helps Syrian RefugeesSyrian’s civil war is one of the worst humanitarian disasters of our time. Nearly 12 million innocent civilians have been displaced thus far — escalating impact on neighboring countries such as Jordan.

Tsū Social Network Sponsors Photo Shoot That’s A Croc!

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Tsū Social Network Sponsors A Photo Shoot That’s A Croc!Tsu was the first new social network to disrupt the social media status quo by transitioning from a strictly commercial advertising platform to a monetization model based on rewarding their users monetarily for their content. This paradigm shift kickstarted others to follow suit and in less than a year, the network has attracted close to 4 million followers.

When The Livestream Went Mainstream a la Twitter & Facebook

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When The Livestream Went Mainstream a la Twitter & FacebookIt’s been reported widely that ‘livestreaming’ video apps are having their moment in the sun! It’s taken a while, but similarly to when social media first captured our zeitgeist a little over a decade ago, livestreaming seems to be tapping into that same need by both the viewer and the citizen journalists who are out there, capturing stories on-the-go.

New Social Network Eter9 Leads To Digital Immortality & Singularity?

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New Social Network Eter9 Leads To Digital Immortality & Singularity?On the heels of ephemeral social networking apps like Snapchat allowing our messaging to disappear within seconds after posting, comes another on the opposite end of the spectrum. This one proposes online-life-everlasting with digital immortality. The new social network called ‘Eter9’ uses artificial intelligence to scan your posts - learn what makes you tick  . . .

Mr. Robot’s ‘FSociety’ Inspired By Real-Life ’Morpho’?

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Mr. Robot’s ‘FSociety’ Inspired By Real-Life ’Morpho’?For all those cybercrime bloggers who’ve been cyberventilating over USA network’s hit TV series, Mr Robot, while a lot more will be revealed about its band of hackers called ‘FSociety' in weeks to come, it appears a real-life group whose moniker is ‘Morpho’ might be the real-life underground inspiration.

GoodWorld & Tsū, Social Networks With Charitable Algorithms

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GoodWorld & Tsū, Social Networks With Charitable AlgorithmsA new era of ‘social giving’ has entered our zeitgeist. Fundraising is no longer an activity practiced solely by wealthy philanthropists. Folks who have a passion for giving don’t have to be members of the elite, the likes of the Bill Gates or the Jimmy Buffets of this world. Today’s social networking is providing folks of lesser means with a conduit to working for the greater good.

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Tsū World

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It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Tsū WorldWhat does March Madness and the Tsu social network have in common? First introduced in 1984, the former has become one of the most popular annual sporting events in the United States. Created by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Division 1 Basketball, it’s an elimination tournament played each March in the United States. The latter is a new social network platform developed by Sebastian Sobczak and launched in October, 2014.