Jan 09

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Facebook’s New Donate Now Button

Author: calia
POSTED AT 11:01 AM
Categories:
Facebook, Social Networking, Non-Profits, TechCrunch, Donate Now

A few weeks ago, Facebook launched a ‘Donate Now’ Button for non-profits — an extremely beneficial tool. As of now, Facebook has only launched this feature for select non-profits. It is currently in beta mode, being tested for larger non-profits such as the American Cancer Society, Red Cross, and a few others. We’re keeping our eyes and ears peeled for this button to make its way across all non-profits, which will hopefully be very soon!

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Image via TechCrunch

Here are some of its awesome features:

  • Button collects credit card numbers and other billing info for Facebook
  • Accepts donations in a pop-up window RIGHT on Facebook
  • Easy way to share about donating to non-profits to your friends
  • 100% of donations go to the non-profits, Facebook doesn’t collect a fee or revenue share


    • As TechCrunch mentions, “Facebook seems genuinely determined to help these causes” (TechCrunch). The Donate Now button will serve as a great tool for non-profits on Facebook.

    So far, the Donate Button is up and running for the following non profits:

    donate

    Image via TechCrunch

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    Jul 02

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    Vine vs. Instagram: A Pros + Cons List

    Author: carla
    POSTED AT 05:07 PM
    Categories:
    Social Media, Social Networks, Video, Film, Instagram, TechCrunch, Vine, Cons, Pros, Vine vs. Instagram

    techcrunch

    VINE
    Pros:

  • Looped footage
  • Available on both iOS and Android platforms
  • Available on Amazon Kindle
  • Can imbed videos on desktop
  • Can mute videos on desktop
  • Full Twitter integration


    • Cons:

  • No filters
  • No Vine web profiles
  • No Photo Map


    • Future:

  • TechCrunch reported the Vine is teasing some possible App updates soon: Full screen video, ability to save Vine drafts and voiceover ability


    • INSTAGRAM
    Pros:

  • 13 Filters for video
  • Choose a Cover Frame (as sort of a splash page for video)
  • Can edit out video frames after shooting
  • Double tap to focus while shooting video
  • “Cinema” feature: Image stabilization
  • Share to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Email
  • Instagram Web Profiles to watch videos on desktop


    • Cons:

  • No playback
  • Can’t play video on Android yet (can only see cover frame)


    • Future:

  • (possibly) more video filters


    • vine

    Also, this fun website plays two videos side by side (from Vine and Instagram respectively) and lets you pick which one you think is the best. Vine is currently winning the battle with 13657 votes, while Instagram has 11747 votes.

    So who is the better video sharing app? Only time will tell, but we have millions on millions (literally) of both Vine and Instagram videos to look through in the meantime.

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    Oct 21

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    Oniracom working on New Google Music Service?

    Author: specialed
    POSTED AT 05:10 PM
    Categories:
    Oniracom, Marketing, Jack Johnson, Music Industry, Brushfire Records, Google, TechCrunch, MySpace, En Concert, iLike

    Rumors are starting to fly about Googles new music service.

    It seems as if the service will be going after Bing who is trying to offers users a better search engine.  Google’s music service would simply be an upgrade to their search results for music.  If you search for an artist like Jack Johnson it would now give you a small list of some of his most popular songs and videos pulling data from music services such as LaLa, MySpace, and iLike.  You can stream the music right there on the same search results page, watch the video and even click a link to download and buy it.  While nothing is official yet we have been working on updating some of our clients on those music services just in time for press release.

    Check out the sneak peak at what the service might look at over at TechCrunch.

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