Tag Archives: Social Media Predictions

Facebook’s Camera App Release Confirms Instagram’s Importance

Posted on June 14, 2012 by in Facebook, Instagram, Social Media, Social Networks

Well, that didn’t take long.

Rumors and theories flew after Facebook surprised us all with its $1 billion ninja-like acquisition of Instagram, and now just under two months later the reason behind the acquisition seems clear.

Facebook recently released a brand-new mobile camera app for Apple iOS that’s uncanny in its likeness to Instagram. The new similarities: users can upload multiple photos to Facebook at the same time; they can rotate, crop, and apply one of 15 filters to their photos; and friends’ photos are collectively shown in one feed.

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Is Social Media Predicting the Oscars? Or are the Oscars driving social media?

Posted on February 26, 2012 by in General, Social Media, Social Networks

It’s all over the blogosphere right now — social media is predicting the Oscars(!). Everyone wants to get in on the game, and predicting awards contest winners is as old as the contests themselves. We have the originals like GoldDerby, which polls a number of insiders from Hollywood to media experts, to infographics and analysis from so many social media and analytics companies I think I’ve lost count.

Our favorite infographic so far is the one here, from Flowtown. This graphic says it correctly — if social media could predict the Oscars. We know we can track the buzz! But the Academy decides the Oscars, and the 5,765 members vote on the real winners…

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