Citrix Online has released the  ‘6 Steps to Promoting Your Online Event Like a Social Media Maven Guide’.Citrix team says, “Establish and leverage your social media presence to successfully promote an online event with these 6 steps.Download the guide to learn:Why original content is social media currencyTips for starting a conversation using social mediaHow to extend the shelf life of a presentationAnd more…”.Citrix Online’s ‘6 Steps to Promoting Your Online Event Like a Social Media Maven Guide’ [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “The 12 Online Scams of Christmas [INFOGRAPHIC]”.Samantha Murphy says, “As the holiday shopping season approaches, cybercriminals are readying their scam list and checking it twice. And this year, no platform is off limits.According to new study conducted by Harris Interactive and McAfee, about 70% of U.S. consumers plan to shop online during the holidays and one in four will shop on a mobile device. This presents a huge opportunity for cybercriminals to lure unsuspecting victims. McAfee has put together an infographic detailing which... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Advertiser Turns Facebook Into Digital Flipbook”.Todd Wasserman says, “If you think brands have exhausted all of Facebook’s capabilities as a marketing medium, check out luxe goods brand Alfred Dunhill’s Page.The brand has used 200 still photographs of last week’s Nippon Rally in Japan to create a digital flipbook. Click the photo and the action moves along, slowly but surely. Sure, the brand could just have loaded a video, but this is prettier and more notable. It’s also like a very slow-moving GIF”.Advertiser Turns Facebook... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “7 Landmark Tech Laws Passed in 2012”.Alex Fitzpatrick says, “The year 2012 was a wild ride for tech policy. Right off the bat, the United States witnessed a heated debate over the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, which was ultimately defeated. Next up was the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act — CISPA — which passed the House but didn’t make it through the Senate”.7 Landmark Tech Laws Passed in 2012Mashable.com [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How YouTube Channel Owners Are Building Audiences [INFOGRAPHIC]”.Samantha Murphy says, “YouTube recently announced which contracts for its funded premium channels — featuring programming from chef personalities to The Wall Street Journal — are up for renewal and which are not. The video-sharing platform also said it will be adding new channels to the mix this year.The team at FanBridge — a tool for monitoring audience growth and retention — has put together an infographic of funded and non-funded channels that highlights... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Gmail the Petraeus Way: A Scandal of Sloppy Security”.Chris Taylor says, “It’s fair to say that neither General David Petraeus nor General John Allen will be delivering any lectures on email security any time soon.Both men have become ensnared in scandals that could easily have been avoided, had they and their supposed paramours simply remembered the cardinal rule of email. Which is this: write every single one, even your draft emails, as if it were about to be broadcast to the entire nation”.Gmail the Petraeus Way: A Scandal... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Dropbox Hits 100 Million Users”.Seth Fiegerman says, “Dropbox now has 100 million users.Drew Houston, the company’s founder and CEO, took to the Dropbox blog to announce the milestone, touting how far the cloud storage company has come in the five years since he came up with the idea for the company because “I forgot my USB stick at home.”Since then, Dropbox has raised $250 million in venture funding and is said to be valued at around $4 billion”.Dropbox Hits 100 Million UsersMashable.com [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google Fiber Finally Launching”.Samantha Murphy says, “Following months of building a new infrastructure from the ground up, Google has officially started connecting homes in Kansas City to its new lightning-fast Google Fiber network.The first town to receive Google Fiber is Hanover Heights, Kan., the company said in an official blog post. To bring Google Fiber to town, the company installed fiber optic cables through the neighborhood and has started connecting subscribers to the network”.Google Fiber Finally LaunchingMashable.com [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Tests Ranked Comments to Boost Engagement”.Samantha Murphy says, “Facebook is testing a new comments format on brand and subscriber pages by placing the most engaging comments up higher on posts, the company confirmed on Monday.“We are testing a new format for comments on Page posts,” Facebook said in a statement to Mashable. “As part of this test, the most engaging comments appear higher up. You will also be able to reply to individual comments as well as the original post.”‘”Still, if you’re aware of the potential... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Should Live Tweeting Be Protected Like Broadcast Rights?”.Sam Laird says, “Just like accurate reporting and crafting a solid lead, knowing how to live tweet a game or event has become a necessary skill for journalists in the digital era.Too much live tweeting at a University of Washington sporting event, however, could land you in hot water.How? A section of the athletic department’s media guidelines states that, “Periodic updates of scores, statistics or other brief descriptions of the competition throughout the event are acceptable,... [...]