In the years that I’ve been involved in social media, I have heard so many misconceptions and myths about social media that I am certain this article is long overdue. Here is a list of the top five misconceptions regarding social media: 1) Misconception #1: Social Media is only right for certain brands – Often time people ask me: ” Is social media only right for web services or for “cool” products? The answer is [...]

Guest Post by Ahuvah Berger (Disclosure WorldMate is a client of Blonde 2.0) WorldMate has updated their travel iPhone app and now enables users to share their itinerary with family, friends and colleagues, plus get a 5-day weather forecast wherever they are in the world. The new version WorldMate 1.6 offers the new features for free and Gold subscribers. This is a great update for Road Warriors (men and women who spend their lives traveling [...]

TC50 was a blast. Lots of startups, action, Geek celebs, the works. My favorite part of the trip was reuniting with my good mates from the Silicon Valley and London tech scene. Below you’ll find two videos. The first showing Robin Wauters’ (TechCrunch Reporter) and Mike Butcher’s (Founder of TechCrunch Europe) feedback regarding this year’s conference.  I shot the video in a beautiful Chinese restaurant we ate at, the oldest Chinese restaurant in SF’s ChinaTown, [...]

Guest Post written by Ilan Peer I never get deeply upset or let emotions get the better of me when it comes to dealing with web services. I mean I do expect them to deliver and  fulfill their added value but if the service doesn’t deliver, i don’t take it personally nor get angry (..at least I don’t get angry for longer than 2 minutes).  I remind you we are talking about web services and [...]

Disclosure: Trollim is a client of Blonde 2.0 and Blonde 2.0 is proud to introduce the world to this new amazing platform Trollim was chosen by TechCrunch as the Best International Startup at TC50! I would like to congratulate the entire Trollim team on a job well done! Trollim is a competition platform for programmers unlike any other you’ve encountered so far. Trollim assesses the coding level and performance skill set of programmers via one [...]

Guest Post by Ahuvah Berger I am a website collector. I don’t buy domain names; I save websites links. You could even call me a “website pack rat”. Every website I come across that has somewhat relevant information in my life is saved in my Delicious account and tagged with personalized keywords. I sleep better at night knowing that I have a personal database with all kinds of relevant information just ready for me when [...]

Save an Alien, previously a successful Facebook application with over 250,000 users despite no marketing, is an app that lets you save virtual aliens from destruction. Similar to the virtual pet fad of the 1990s but for the Web 2.0 age, SaveAnAlien lets users take care of aliens whose planet was destroyed in a meteor crash and now are sadly alone floating in space. Users can adopt virtual aliens and help save them from death. [...]

Guest Post written by Ilan Peer Advertising for television industry used to be formatted into 15/30/45 second spots but the internet has changed the industry drastically. The audience on the internet now makes up for more views than the number of views one can get through television advertisements (Tivo has a lot to do with this also). Television advertisements have a longer viewing life when they are placed online. The advertising firms now air the [...]

The name is Bond, James Bond but on twitter he’d be known as @jamesbond. This week we asked you what would Mr. Bond tweet about. This is what you had to say. Let’s start off with a really sophisticated answer by @nealwiser: “Bet you in next movie Bond will use Twitter to get the girl & defeat the bad guy by tweeting fake nuclear launch codes.” @mottipeer jokes: “007 License to tweet”, @michaelbiddulph writes: “Just a [...]