Spring is in the air and Major League Baseball season is officially underway. Hot dogs, beer and lazy days at the ballpark are on tap for the next several months. But how do the game’s players, teams and leagues stack up on the social web? The social media agency Banyan Branch spent the offseason from … read more here
Articles Tagged: Social Media
Major League Baseball’s Social-Media Winners and Losers
April 4, 2012 by
As the baseball season opens today, New York Yankees fans have another thing to brag about in the rivalry with their Beantown foes. The Yankees’ Facebook page tops the list of 30 major league baseball teams with the most “likes,” at 5.3 million. The Boston Red Sox are in second with 3.5 million “likes,” followed … read more here
Kaggle: A Kickstarter for Rocket Scientists
February 15, 2012 by
When you are count NASA are one of your clients, along with Kholsa and Index Ventures as investors, you are probably onto something interesting. That is the case with Kaggle, a Kickstarter for Rocket Scientists. Kaggle wants to make data science a sport, where you can either create a competition, or compete in one. Fresh … read more here
Facebook moves beyond Likes
January 19, 2012 by
Facebook Inc. has rolled out roughly 60 applications aimed at making it easier for shoppers to share personal information, which products they own and what items they want to buy. Facebook is calling the tools Apps for Timeline. The Timeline is an opt-in tool on Facebook that replaces his wall and profile with a virtual … read more here
Social: Where the Money Will Flow in 2012
December 29, 2011 by
While we’ve seen a variety of hot social companies hit the public markets this year — like Pandora (NYSE:P) and LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) — the big event will be the Facebook offering expected in 2012. The buzz is that the company could raise $10 billion at a $100-plus billion market valuation. So it’s easy to say, … read more here
Specific Media CEO Tim Vanderhook on what MySpace will bring to social networking in the future
October 4, 2011 by
The recent acquisition of MySpace for $35 million this past summer and a follow-up announcement stating that Justin Timberlake would help “put the sexy back” into the social network, helped renew interest in the site and its future. Changes to MySpace have yet to be revealed. BB: You were going to unveil the new look … read more here
