Tag Archives: Web Trends

Curbside App Allows You To Shop Locally And Pick Up Packages Without Leaving Your Car

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Curbside App Pickup image via Curbside FacebookIf you’re one of the millions of people who absolutely abhor entering a brick and mortar store to buy things, you’ve now got more options to choose from when it comes to shopping and receiving your purchases on time.

Facebook’s Ban Of Tsu Reduced To A ‘Miscommunication’?

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Facebook’s Ban Of Tsu Reduced To A 'Miscommunication''Tsuvians,' as they euphemistically like to call themselves — are a hearty lot. When they feel they have been wronged, this small band of social networkers appear much more sizable than they actually are. Seemingly outranked in comparison to Facebook’s 1.6 billion, Tsu founder Sebastian Sobczak’s 4 million users by social media standards is a meager number.

Tsū Protests Facebook Ban With Collective Pleas & A Poem Parody

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Tsū Protests Facebook Ban With Collective Pleas & A Poem ParodyFacebook enacted a ban on Tsu links back in October. It was an historic position to take, as it pitted a social media Goliath against a young ‘David’ upstart. The words ‘bullying,’ ‘censorship’ and a myriad number of other descriptors have been levied by by bloggers and thought leaders as a result.

Facebook’s Double Standard: Blocks Tsū While Incentivizing Their Own

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Facebook’s Double Standard: Blocks Tsū While Incentivizing Their OwnThe Facebook/Tsu controversy will go down in the annals of social media history as an epic case of a dominant social network bullying another. For those who are not aware what has transpired over the course of the last few weeks, all you have to do is Google search “Facebook Bans Tsu” or “Facebook Censors Tsu” to rifle through a plethora of articles and fan complaints cyberventilating their way across the blogosphere.

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 . . .

The First FDA-Approved 3D-Printed Drug: An Easy Pill To Swallow

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SpritamRead on for more information about Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, the very first company to sell a 3-D printed, FDA-approved prescription pill. Known as Spritam, this drug could bring relief to more than 3 million adults and children in America who suffer from certain types of epileptic seizures.

‘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.