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Social Media Week (SMW) is a global platform that connects people, content, and conversation around emerging trends in social and mobile media. The site is socialmediaweek.org. Started in 2009 in New York City, it grew to 6 cities in 2010. In September, they decided to make it biannual, growing to 11 cities and yesterday they finished events in 9 cities around the world. In person, online and on the mobile platform, SMW is talking about how Social Media intersects everyday life. The next one will be in September, so check out the website.
Foursquare set a new record, at the Super Bowl this year. There were over 200,000 checkins of people watching the Super Bowl last Sunday. There were checkins from all 50 states and 125 countries around the globe. Aparently, even the Pope might have checked in! It seems Green Bay had more fans checking in, and so many checked in that it caused Foursquare to crash in some areas. I guess this would be a Super Duper Swarm badge?
As many people probably know, Egypt recently had the internet pulled out from under them when protesters started their current peaceful assault on the government. It’s hard to imagine what it would be like to suddenly not have the internet available. Today, Twitter and Facebook are often the leading edge of breaking news, but the Egyptian government sought to quell that force. So what happened? Google, Twitter & SayNow (recently acquired by Google) quickly put together a new service, “Speak to Tweet” which allowed people to call one of three numbers, leave a voicemail and that message would be translated to text and tweeted under the hashtag #egypt. It was an awesome idea to keep those in Egypt in touch with family & friends and let the world know what was happening on the ground.
These are just a few of the exciting things happening in the last month. Keep an eye out and let us know what you find most interesting this month!
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