RealNetworks Names New CEO, For Real RealNetworks has named Thomas Nielsen as president and chief executive officer, effective Nov. 9. Mr. Nielsen, 41 years old, most recently served as a vice president of Adobe Systems Inc., where he ran the company’s largest single product line–including widely used tools such as Adobe Photoshop. The company has completed cost-cutting steps, [...]
Develop your business Facebook Fan Page during class…get up and running! You will learn: · Why a Fan Page is so important · How to build a Fan Page · Tips and Tricks for promoting your Fan Page · How to increase your Fan base · How to get your Fan Page found in real-time search Session Three – Promote Your Fan Page · Learn how to get the most from your content – how to Search [...]
Develop your business Facebook Fan Page during class…get up and running! You will learn: · Why a Fan Page is so important · How to build a Fan Page · Tips and Tricks for promoting your Fan Page · How to increase your Fan base · How to get your Fan Page found in real-time [...]
As a CTO, we know that employee retention and acquisition is imperative, especially when every CTO is looking from the same pool of candidates. Please join us for our next CTO Executive Community Event featuring, Ari Steinberg, Head of Facebook Seattle as he talks about how he forms his teams from this competitive landscape. Event Eligibility Requirements: The [...]
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Who: Razorfish Position: Social Media Coordinator Where: Seattle What: The Social Media Coordinator is responsible for day-to-day execution of client social media campaigns; tasks include daily community listening, maintenance, community engagement/conversation, monitoring and issue escalation/response. In addition, the Coordinator will conduct research (using a variety of tools) to identify social media best practices and trends [...]
Jubilation for America’s long-awaited retaliatory strike against the symbolic leader of Al Qaeda spread from the marble columns of America’s federal government to the Tweet-filled columns of Tweetdeck and Twitteriffic as social media galvanized the feelings of patriotism that rang out across the nation overnight. “Twitter is our Times Square on this victory day,” tweeted [...]
The Obama Whitehouse launched a web survey on April 22nd on the Whitehouse Facebook page using a survey system designed and developed by Seattle-based SurveyAnalytics. “We’re delighted that the Obama Whitehouse has chosen us for this very important role,” proclaimed Vivek Bhaskaran, President and CEO of SurveyAnalytics. “The Whitehouse has been a client of SurveyAnalytics since [...]
Who: Wetpaint Position: Social Media Intern Where: Seattle What: Wetpaint is on the hunt for Social Media Interns to help manage our social media presence across Facebook and Twitter. This is a *paid internship* with the opportunity to advance to regular, full-time employment. First, a few questions to see if it’s right for you: Do [...]
The sun came out during Heather Gold’s ebullient Seattle “debut” on the shores of Lake Washington, and so did the warm-felt participation of those in attendance at the sold-out WordCamp Seattle WordPress convocation at the University of Washington. Heather’s unique brand of interactive, interpersonal audience engagement, known as “Tummeling,” was on display during her “standing room [...]
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May 14 2012
Google Blinks! Bing Sings, and Slings the Arrows of Social Interface Discontent! Amazon’s Social “Denny Triangle!”
At last week’s Bing Search Summit in San Francisco, Microsoft took the wraps off a brand new Bing featuring a new, right-hand social column (“The Sidebar”) that will eventually include Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Quora and LinkedIn integration, as well as people who may know something about your most recent Bing query. The new Bing search even offers a way to ask questions on your favorite social network, directly through Bing. “The search engine has been reinvented!” wrote Mashable’s Lance Ulanoff.
In total, there are three new Bing columns in all:
* Core Search: minus many of the social annotations that Bing has added over the years (that have been relocated).
* Snapshot: providing additional information about a particular search listing, without having to leave Bing
* Sidebar: serving as the new home for social integration with search
“With this update, the competing search philosophies are clearer than ever,” opined Mashable. “Google sees the world as a deep blend of data, people and activities, all of which can be mined simultaneously for a rich and useful experience. Bing sees a more structured world, where social interactions, while extremely helpful, are kept a safe distance from the core results you desire.”
How does Bing build these “Friends Who Might Know” lists? Microsoft execs explained they’re leveraging as much publicly available data as possible from Facebook (for now) and soon Twitter and other networks. Inclusion in the list is not necessarily based on something you posted about the topic.
The sidebar includes people you know through your social networks that have, say, posted a photo about the topic, liked a certain relevant topic or searched for a similar topic in Bing, and people you don’t know, who are, for example, known Topic Experts and Enthusiasts (identified by Bing). All of them could be considered helpful in your quest for knowledge. Conversations revolving around a query topic are viewable through the social pane — you just hover over the activity and a small box will slide out to the left with the original post. You can add comments in any conversation in the activity pane or see the conversation in the slideout.
For example, a search for “Seattle restaurants” might pull up Facebook friends who have “liked” dining establishments in the metro area under a header that reads “Friends Who Might Know.” Bing users can also post comments or queries in the sidebar interface that will automatically be published to their Facebook page (provided they’re signed into Facebook) and could hypothetically flag their Seattle-based friends in posts seeking advice on where to go for dinner.
To see the new pane at work, you have to sign into Facebook and install the Bing App in Facebook. With that done, your social pane will be filled with recent Bing activity that’s also been shared on Facebook. When you enter a search query in the Bing interface on the left, the pane will also display a list of Facebook friends, and topic experts who might be able to assist with your query. Note: The Bing App defaults to sharing your posts with Everyone. If you do a lot of searching, you may want to dial that down a bit.
This deep integration with Facebook isn’t the first time the two have collaborated, and Bing has been adding social recommendations powered by Facebook to its search results for the past year. But it’s a sure sign that Microsoft — which bought a 1.6% stake in Facebook for $240 million in 2007 — will lean on a company it’s heavily invested in to improve on the social-search product Google introduced in January. “Search Plus Your World” pulls up Google+ content deemed relevant to signed-in Google users and has gotten a tepid reception, said Adage. [24x7]
Amazon Advances Its Vision for a Social Campus Compass, Not an “Apple Circle,” but a “Denny Triangle.”
The City of Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development has posted the latest renderings of Amazon’s proposed Denny Triangle campus.
At a public design review board meeting, attendees liked proposed amenities that include outdoor artwork, a playing field, a dog park and space for food trucks.
The venue also incorporates a healthy measure of social engineering into the design. To ensure public open spaces between buildings are both lively and safe, buildings are designed so that people who park their cars in the underground garages will have to walk outside to get from the garage elevators to the elevators in the building lobbies. “That will help ensure a steady flow of people moving through the plazas.”
The project will also be a haven for bicyclists. Each of the three blocks will have a dedicated bike entrance and storage for as many as 400 bikes. That could allow as many as 1,200 Amazon employees to bike to work. [24x7]