News and opinion site The Huffington Post today announced the launch of “Twitter editions” of each of the site’s 19 sections, with a Twitter edition of the main page coming soon.
Co-founder and editor Arianna Huffington said that as more readers are using Twitter to get their news, a Twitter edition of the Post is a [...]

I’m starting a regular series here at the LP blog showcasing Kansas City-area brands that are worthy of your fanship on Facebook. Called Become a Fan, it will highlight businesses that are using their Facebook pages right: to interact with customers, exhibit transparency, give value, drive non-branded discussion and embrace their community.
Without further ado, [...]

In the world of web 2.0, subjectivity reigns.
We often take for granted the truth that all social media messages, from tiny tweets to massive blog posts, are tempered by the opinions and worldviews of their creators. But that truth is inescapable. And it’s the reason why social media is so compelling: it’s a tableau of [...]

Social media entrepreneur and benevolent wine-giver Gary Vaynerchuk is just full of surprises.
Like, who knew homeboy was down with golden-era hip-hop?
In this video from a couple years ago (hey, if Hypebot can post it now, we can, too), @GaryVee gives a short but rousing argument for why the street-based, forward-thinking, youth-oriented hip-hop movement, circa [...]

All it takes is a community.
When CBS Radio ousted Adam Carolla from his four-hour morning show in favor of a cheaper music format, the comedian and radio personality recorded his own farewell broadcast, but he didn’t know what to do with it. A friend of his suggested he begin podcasting. That was February 2009.
Within a [...]

Do you sometimes feel like the money you make (and then some) just seems to vanish every month? And you often have no idea where it’s going?
If you don’t, then go back to your ledger and penny counting, Mr. or Mrs. Responsible! The rest of us need Bundle.
Bundle is a “social money” site that shows [...]

For businesses, the open dialogue that social media facilitates is quite possibly the best reason to engage customers through platforms like blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Yet many companies are reluctant to adopt a social program because doing so requires exposing their brand to public criticism of every imaginable variety, including legitimate customer complaints and disruptive [...]

We forgive Time magazine for stealing our headline for the no. 1 item in its SXSW-inspired top 10 list of Tech Trends for 2010. Because, after all, it’s a pretty good list.
And if it shows one overriding thing, it’s that the future is social.
At the top: Location-based apps, which allow people to integrate mobile-Internet-based [...]

Since the beginning of the year, Pepsi’s Refresh campaign has been soliciting ideas from people, businesses and non-profits to better the world and promote the Pepsi brand in a smart blend of social media marketing and philanthropy.
The beverage maker has set aside $1.3 million in grants to award to the people with the best [...]

This is the year of location apps at SXSW, and the frontrunners are Foursquare and Gowalla. Though Gowalla took away honors in the web awards, TechCrunch is saying it’s a dead heat between the two apps in terms of who’s using which to check in at the city’s myriad venues.
The hype is no doubt [...]