Tag: "API"
New API Rules for Twitter – What do they mean?
Many of us as social media users and marketers rely on 3rd party Social Media Management tools to streamline our productivity on social networking sites. For example these popular tools include SproutSocial, Hootsuite, Wildfire, Socialoomph plus many more. If you are managing multiple social media accounts across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, WordPress, Foursquare, Google Plus etc – […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare Statistics – December 2011
Dennis Crowley, Foursquare Co-Founder and CEO has just released some interesting statistics about their geo-location mobile app. Stats include: 4 million check-ins per day 30 million venues world-wide 600,000 merchants using the business tools/ offers products 170,000,000 (170 million) API calls per day You can watch the full interview with Tech Blogger Robert Scoble at […]
Read More | Share4sqwifi iPhone App gets you Free Wifi
A new social mobile network is upon up. Yes a new one. Built on the Foursquare API, 4sqwifi is an iPhone app that lets you share Wifi Hotspots and their passwords with any member of the public. This is particularly useful if you are visiting a new city and need free Wifi access. What I […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+ lets 3rd Party Apps into API
Post endorsed by: Search Engine Optimization Results Google is now letting 3rd party applications into the Google Plus API for business pages. This means people will be able to manage and update their business pages using a 3rd party system without having to go directly to the Google+ website. At the moment there are a […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Stats Update
LinkedIn has just announced that their Q3 revenues for 2011 was $139.5 million USD, seeing strong increases in customers taking up their hiring products across the globe. LinkedIn has also released a number key statistics about their growth: – now 131 million registered members – 180,000 websites have integrated the LinkedIn share button – 40,000 […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus Developer API released
Google has now released to the public their developer API for the Google Plus social network. This will allow developers to build applications on-top of the Google Plus social network and extract public user data. If you are a developer and would like to explore how to build an application, go here: https://developers.google.com/+/ If you have […]
Read More | SharePost a link to Twitter?
What happens when you post a link to Twitter? Hopefully your Followers click the link and visit your website! But I have noticed something else going on. Looking through the logs of visitors – I’ve noticed whenever I post a Link to Twitter all these users from Seattle, USA come to the site – not […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare makes Business Pages Self-Serve
Previously if you were a business and you wanted your own page on Foursquare (similar to a Facebook fan page) you specifically had to contact Foursquare and get access, which was a lengthy process usually only reserved for large brands. Foursquare have now opened up their API and you are able to goto the Foursquare […]
Read More | ShareTop 10 Google Plus Productivity Tips
If you are a new user on the Google Plus Social Network, have a look at the below productivity tips that may help with your day-to-day social activities. 1. Hotkeys in Stream When viewing your stream – Press ‘j’ to skip to the next status update – Press ‘k’ to skip to go back to […]
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New Geolocation service Scoville goes into Private Beta
Scoville, a new Geolocation service has launched which allows users to share their favourite Foursquare check-ins with their connections, and comment/discuss them. Scoville is integrated directly into the Foursquare API and can access your Fousquare friends list (and also Twitter and Facebook if you wish). The aim of the service is for you to create […]
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