It's been a long and winding road for serial volunteer and social media philanthropist Sloane Berrent. Since her unplanned departure from an L.A.-based startup in 2008, tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/kivas_causemopolitan_on_social_media_for_social_go.php'; tweetmeme_source Continue reading »

Pandora is one of the Internet's slow and steady success stories. After years of work and more than $20 million dollars invested, the company is finally looking at the light Continue reading »

At Social Media Camp last week in New York City, the real-world value of social media was a hot topic for attendees. Questions about ROI (that's return on investment for Continue reading »

Ayelet Noff, a.k.a. Blonde 2.0, has been a well-regarded, world-traveling social media strategist for more than ten years and is part of Chris Heuer's AdHocnium unagency, as well. While attending Continue reading »

As the sun set behind Manhattan's skyline, the Internet Oldtimers worked their way through a healthy number of vodka tonics on the roof of the Roosevelt Hotel. These guys had Continue reading »

In New York City, on the 16th floor of the Roger Smith Hotel, we caught up with social media superhero Baratunde Thurston, web editor for The Onion. Thurston started getting Continue reading »

By now, we are all familiar with Mark Zuckerberg's success story. The explosive international growth of Facebook to over 200 million users continues to land the young founder and CEO Continue reading »

Tim O'Reilly, co-founder of the Web 2.0 Conference, gave a short address on the 5th anniversary of that event at tonight's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco and offered some Continue reading »

Last week at the TED conference, Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur held an informal interview with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay), whisking him away to a bathroom to learn Continue reading »

This post is the first in a two-part series about 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones; and 2) how organizations are using social marketing Continue reading »