Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category
Social Media Changes Lives – We have a Facebook Baby in Israel, Her Name is Like
May 17th, 2011 by Rafi Hecht

In an effort to show the world how modern they are, an Israeli couple recently named their baby “Like,” after the popular Facebook feature, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Monday.

“We named her Like because it’s modern and innovative,” father Lior Adler told the mass-circulation paper. “I checked that the name does not exist elsewhere in the country, that was the main condition for me,” he said.

Facebook Passes 250 Million Mobile Users Mark!
April 5th, 2011 by iRISEmedia Staff

The Facebook team does it again.  They have started a major upgrade to their mobile version. There’s really no denying that Mark Zuckerberg , the CEO of Facebook is pretty good at what he does. Mobile usage will continue to boom over the next year so it’s important to make the Facebook user experience as engaging as ever. This is the kind of stuff that makes Facebook so successful. Zuckerberg has an uncanny ability to stay one step ahead of the game in the Social Networking world.

A Proud Egyptian Father Names First-Born Daughter Facebook Jamal Ibrahim
February 24th, 2011 by iRISEmedia Staff


There is no greater blessing for a parent than to name a baby. Baby Facebook’s proud parents not only had this honor they made a political and social media statement while doing so. Social media changes lives.

As a side point emphasizing how powerful Social Media is, we recently wrote about a poor homeless guy, Ted Williams, who landed a job and basically was able to resurrect his life through Social Media in a similar manner that Social Media took down Mubarak’s 29 year reign as President of Egypt.”

The Egyptian couple named their first born daughter Facebook Jamal Ibrahim, reports TechCrunch, according to
Al-Ahram (one of the most popular newspapers in Egypt). This is in no small part due to their gratitude towards Facebook in that it was the key player in Hosni Mubarak’s abdication of his presidency after 29 years in power in Egypt.

Facebook and Google making a Play for Twitter
February 10th, 2011 by iRISEmedia Staff

On February 10, 2011, The Wall Street Journal reported that Twitter executives held “low level” talks with executives at Google and Facebook in past months about possibly taking over Twitter. There seems to be a lot of information being exposed about a confidential matter.  Facebook, Google and Twitter have declined to comment on it.  However, it’s interesting  [...]

Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, the Internet and Social Media
February 4th, 2011 by Rafi Hecht

Hosni Mubarak is, to put it mildly, undergoing a struggle to maintain power. He has been president of Egypt for close to 30 years (since 1981) and, due to a public relations failure, is in danger of losing his position to a revolt.

While formal protests have not been permitted since 1967, when Egypt fell under Martial Law, organizers decided to use Twitter with the hashtag #jan25 to organize the revolt in a clandestine manner. There even was a Facebook page laying out the details of the revolt, and where organizers claim to be taking a stand against crime, torture, unemployment, and poverty.

Social Media Toronto News – Toronto & The World – December 31th, 2010
January 5th, 2011 by iRISEmedia Staff

Welcome back to Social Media News. We bring you the latest updates in social media from Toronto and the world. This past week in Social Media news and events the following items stood out:

  1. Apple’s Mac App Store ready to be launched on January 6th
  2. Mozilla’s Firefox overtakes Microsoft’s Internet Explorer in Europe
  3. Google isn’t the most accessed site on the web, Facebook is
  4. Toronto based newspaper Globe and Mail launches iPad app

These Are The Best XBox “Kinect” Hacks
December 22nd, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

Since its launch, Microsoft’s revolutionary hands-free Xbox360´ controller, have been receiving a lot of attention. Not from casual gamers and families only, but from hackers as well. They buy Kinect and use their “magic” to create amazing stuff with Xbox360’s peripheral. After the jump, take a look on what those talented people (hackers) did with Kinect, a PC and some creativity.

Now the Kinect Hacks are Getting Awesome

Kinect+Processing+Transcreen from BREADltd on Vimeo.

Time Magazine Elects Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg “Person of The Year”
December 16th, 2010 by Pedro Xavier

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It’s that time again when various media channels do a retrospective on the year. It is interesting to note that the conservative Tea Party political movement, Julian Assange- the WikiLeaks guy, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the 33 trapped Chilean miners were passed up for TIME magazine’s choice as “Person of The Year”.

The bottom line is that Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of the Facebook social networking site has changed the way many people socialize which has had a huge impact on people’s day to day lives.

Social Media Toronto News – Toronto & The World- December 16th, 2010
December 16th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

Welcome to Social Media News. We bring you the latest updates in social media for Toronto and the world. This past week in Social Media news and events you might have missed out on the following: Facebook’s New Profile page Gowalla, location based social media, “joins” its main competitors CityVille, Zynga’s new social game For  all [...]

Listen to High Quality Streamed Music with Grooveshark
December 9th, 2010 by Pedro Xavier

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It doesn’t matter if you’re at work or home, it seems that there’s always a need for music. Nowadays, there are a lot of softwares/websites that offer music on the go. Places like Last.fm and Pandora give you some freedom to listen to your favorite songs on the web. However, there’s a new kid in town and from the looks of it, the competition should take notice.

Grooveshark.com is an international online music search engine, music streaming service and music recommendation web software application. It allows users to search for, stream, and upload music FREE of charge that can be played immediately or added to a playlist you’ll create, name and share. Grooveshark aims to help bridge the growing gaps between artists, consumers and those in between who distribute, market, and promote music.