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Myspace and Gravity Jack team to bring augmented reality to the forefront of social media

03/09/201203/09/2012 Jorge Gonzalez

*Gravity Jack augmented reality demo As augmented reality and social media begin to intertwine, more companies and networks are building partnerships. The latest of these is the teaming of Gravity Jack, an augmented reality developer, and Myspace, the one-time ruler of social networking space. The duo has plans to bring augmented reality technology to the realm of music and entertainment. The effort will produce new and engaging content that will be available on the Myspace platform. Myspace has been working on this content since last year, when it was purchased…

Super Bowl Sunday broke mobile pizza order records

02/09/2012 Jesse Collins

This last Super Bowl Sunday brought a number of victories, not only in the game itself and its players, but also in the mobile marketplace, where records were broken for the number of pizza orders that were made for pizza delivery during the broadcast. Mobile use as a whole were very popular throughout the Super Bowl game, especially in terms of mobile social media platforms. In fact, there were approximately 12,000 tweets generated every second through the final three minutes of the game, alone. That said, social media wasn’t the…

Glamour magazine uses QR codes in print ads to successfully achieve 512,339 scans

01/11/201201/11/2012 John Montgallo

Glamour magazine, from Condé Nast, has achieved a striking success through the use of QR codes printed on several of its pages, which produced 512,339 scans. This pilot program, which occurred within its September “social edition” achieved these scans among an estimated two million readers, meaning that it managed to obtain a scan from approximately 1 in every 4 readers. The editorial and marketing departments at Glamour worked together to form content that pushed the download of a mobile app called “Friends & Fans”. The editorial piece told the magazine’s…

Wal-Mart uses @WalmartLabs to try to boost sales online

01/05/201201/05/2012 Julie Campbell

Wal-Mart has been making a notable effort toward the development and enhancement of its online shopping platform, and – according to reports – this includes a massive hiring effort to bring developers into its team for @WalmartLabs to help with its expansion. The largest retailer in the world is now trying to use social media to boost its sales both online and in its stores. It has recently started working with Facebook, and has purchased the social media company, Kosmix. Wal-Mart is in competition with other large retailers such as…

Fusing social media and mobile marketing

11/01/201111/01/2011 John Montgallo

Businesses are rapidly discovering that social media and mobile marketing are both key to their advertising successes, but without a large corporation’s budget for a marketing strategy, it isn’t always obvious how these two elements can be combined in order to generate a seamless campaign and appeal to mobile device users. Social networks are beneficial because they allow a high degree of interaction between businesses and their customers. Consumers can follow the latest news from a business, including its product offerings and promotions, and are engaged by various options that…