Communities
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on Women in Workplace
Sheryl Sandberg delivered the commencement speech at the all-women college Barnard this past week, and she had quite a message to deliver to these ladies. Sheryl Sandberg is the COO at Facebook, and in charge of keeping techs most popular company in check. But the challenge she has posed to these Barnard grads was simple. She explained to the women that essentially, “men run the world”. She explained that women have the opportunity, now more than ever, to realize their ambition and act on it. While it may seem that many tech, and even social media companies, are run by men, she encourages women everywhere to get involved. She did not become Number 2 at Facebook without ambition. Graduates and parents alike applauded the speech, with one student even saying that her speech was a “perfect fit” for the way they teach at Barnard. What do you think? Is the gender gap still too large? Will tech companies be willing to hire female leaders with open arms?
Tools and Technology
Proposed Law Would Require Social Networks to be Private by Default
The newest move in the fight for social media privacy has come from California Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro). She has proposed a new law that would change the way social networks operate their privacy systems, and these social networks are not happy about it.
The law would make it so that social networks would have to default California users profiles to Private, without displaying anything except for their names and cities without consent. It would also require that social sites pay up to $10,000 each time they fail to meet these requirements. Ouch. While this is still only a proposed law, and only for California, the result of this could have a major affect on social sites. Not only would it make them a far more private place to live, it would also make users more aware of their settings, seeing as how they would be required to actually go in and set them. Do you think Corbett has a chance? Or is all of this privacy-talk nonsense?
Measurement
Gauge Your Twitter Influence & Everyone Else’s
Think you’re super influential on Twitter? Want to be able to prove it to your friends? A new app called Sneak Peek will let you measure your own personal influence on Twitter… as well as everyone else’s. This app was created by Visibli, a web analytics firm, and is aimed at making select metrics available to all: clicks on links and clicks on reshared links. Basically, it will let you know how well your links do in the Twitterverse, and how many people are checking out your tweets. If you really do think you are more influential than your friends, this is not only a great way to prove it, but a great way to show them a few tricks. Check out the app and let us know what your influence stats are!
Influencers
Lady Gaga first to collect 10 million Twitter followers
Lady Gaga has done it again. She has set yet another social media record, being the first person to reach 10 million followers on Twitter. This accomplishment is third in a series of achievements, following being the first to reach one billion views on YouTube and 10 million likes on Facebook. While there is debate about whether or not she will be able to keep her elite status, there is no doubt that she has had quite an affect on social media. Those trying to beat her 10 million on Twitter include Justin Beiber (9.6 million followers), President Obama (8 million followers) and Britney Spears (7.8 million followers). Whether or not they can reach 10 million is still up in the air, but it’s no question that Lady Gaga has made her “monster” footprint on the world of social media. Who do you think will be the next to reach the elusive 10 million?
Partnerships
New York Reveals Plan To Become America’s Next Top Digital City
New York has big plans. Big digital plans, that is. Armed with partnerships with Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Tumblr, New York is hoping to become Americas next, top digital city. They have in place their first ever Chief Digital Officer, Rachel Sterne, who recently studied digital use in New York and how to optimize it. With her findings, New York plans to have the first “streamlined” Facebook page, integrated with Nyc.gov, make public places part of Foursquare, launch an @nycgov Twitter account, and much more. This commitment to digitizing NY could have a huge impact on jobs and general morale in the city. Tell us, what do you think are some of the benefits of NY going more digital?
Fun Stuff
360 Wembley Stadium Panorama Gets Thousands of Facebook Tags
Jeffrey Martin has officially created the largest 360-degree sports panorama ever created. Taken at the FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Stoke City on May 14th, Martin captured an impressive 360-degree panorama of Wembley Stadium in London. Now, the Wembley 360 project is inviting fans who were at the game, or who know someone who was at the game, to tag themselves in the photo on Facebook. So far, an impressive 17,300 people have claimed their presence at the game and tagged themselves. This is not the first time that Martin has excited people enough to tag themselves in these iconic photos. His photo from the Glastonbury music festival received more than 9,000 Facebook tags. Were you there? Did you tag yourself?
