By
John on 3 February 2010
Not all Social TV has to take place in the living room. Recently, TV network Bravo teamed up with website Foursquare to get viewers to visit real-world locations related to Bravo TV shows like “The Real Housewives”, “Top Chef” and “Shear Genius”.
Foursquare is a “check-in” website that enables users to broadcast their current location to [...]
By
Steve on 29 January 2010
As always, Apple creates great stuff…no news there. When I look at the iPad, I can’t help but think of what future iPad generations will bring. For starters, I don’t think it’s a stretch to see voice, SMS and MMS services added – seems like this version will make it easier to use my Facebook [...]
By
Kate on 20 January 2010
Angel Gambino has joined the MediaFriends Advisory Board. With a passion for technology and media consumption, Gambino’s expertise will add significantly and positively to MediaFriends’ business goals and will help support its initiatives in new media and Social TV. “Angel brings a unique combination of social media and content expertise to our Advisory Board,” said [...]
By
Cappy on 12 January 2010
“The coexistence of TVs and PCs has illustrated one of TV’s chief appeals to be its lack of interactivity. In fact, one of the first truly successful IPTV applications was caller ID on the TV screen, not because it brought the application of telephony to TV, but because it allowed consumers to better ensure that [...]
By
Steve on 4 December 2009
Social TV is happening now.
If you don’t believe me just take a quick read through Steve Rubel’s recent column in Forbes about how social networks and TV will work together in the not-so-far future. The days of simply sitting back and watching TV are gone, or at least well on their way out if you [...]