Author Archives: Asher
Gary Vaynerchuk: Using Social Media to Knock Your Business Out of the Ring
Gary Vaynerchuk is a family guy, a wine guy, a NY Jets fan, an author and a businessman (not necessarily in that order) all rolled into one self-made social media success story. With nearly one million followers, a fast-growing creative …
Facebook announce new APIs to track real-time conversation
Facebook have announced two new tools which will grant a select group of broadcasters unprecedented access to Facebook keyword and demographic data. Specifically, the Public Feed API allows broadcasters access to a real-time firehouse of key-word mentions within user posts, …
Our Favourite Life-Hack Applications
On Wednesday we ventured down to NYU, New York to attend the September NY Tech Meetup, which showcases 10 brand new applications or technologies each month. The apps on display last night ranged from the practical, such as NYC …
The Rise of Social TV
As I write this, I am watching season 4 of Archer back to back while simultaneously Tweeting on my iPhone, so it’s all the more apt that this post is about the rise of social TV and second screen. Last …
Facebook: Privacy, engagement and control
Privacy: it’s a recurring hot-topic for social media observers. Whether it’s the Ryan Giggs injunction debacle of 2011, the Tulisa sex-tape scandal, or the recent saucy snaps of Wills, Kate and Harry: it’s widely accepted that social media has propelled …