As you may have noticed from our badge over on the right, Agile Dudes will be participating at the HRPA (Human Resources Professionals Association) 2011 Conference and Trade Show this week at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The focus of the conference is on the demographic, economic, and technological trends that will be sweeping the workplace more...
Another relaxed Sunday post, helping you catch up on any stats you may have missed from the last couple of days. Including a look at Foursquare’s tremendous growth in the last year, which shows that the location-based network has reached 381,576,305 checkins in 2010. As well as an infographic depicting the history of social networking, which demonstrates more...
This morning I received a notification from Facebook which gave me the option to get the new version of Facebook messages. The updated version allows you to integrate email, text messages, Facebook chat, and–obviously–Facebook messages into one place; unifying your methods of communication. In order to set up the new platform, I had more...
This Monday Facebook posted a video promoting their new Sponsored Stories feature. The new feature will essentially allow advertisers to use the content that Facebook members produce, e.g. comments, likes, check-ins to promote their brand’s products and services. So, when you interact with a brand, advertisers can promote that action by posting more...
The State of the Union is an annual address by the President of the United States to the country’s citizens, it outlines the current state of the nation as well as future goals and priorities. It was originally delivered in written format, until President Woodrow Wilson delivered the address in speech form before the joint congress. Since then, successive more...
Many sources have been reporting that Facebook has over 600 million users already, which is untrue. Facebook’s own statistics currently state that the site has 500 million users, but we know that the figure is actually closer to 600 million, although not there yet. CheckFacebook.com shows that Facebook is currently at 599, 149, 160 users. If we more...
This past December many in the social media circle were shocked when Pew Internet & American Life Project released a survey indicating that only around 8% of Americans use Twitter. Despite the low usage, today eMarketer released their predictions for social network ad revenue in the coming years and their valuation of Twitter is quite optimistic. The more...
A very cool infographic compiled by the Grasshopper Group which depicts the evolution of the internet from its early conception by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency in the 1960s, to a platform through which people interact, communicate, and live. It’s really quite neat to take a step back and remember that it was initially a private more...
The use of social media by businesses has been well-established, there are plenty of case studies depicting its power as a communication tool for consumers and businesses. But it’s always refreshing to see it being used to connect people and grow a community–which is exactly what the U.S. Army is currently striving to do. The U.S. Army more...
I am a fan of several Pages on Facebook because I am curious to see how popular brands engage their fans on the social network and the response they receive. But the Page which receives the most engagement on my Facebook is not actually a brand. It’s a Page for the popular English sitcom “The Inbetweeners”. In case you haven’t more...
