There are a lot of fake celebrity accounts that get started on twitter, just ask Shaq (@THE_REAL_SHAQ) but if you get followed by an account called @MCHammer don’t block him or think it’s a fake account because it’s the one and only MC Hammer (http://mchammer.com) . So what is Hammer doing on twitter, well you’ll have to listen to the podcast for that, but we had the privilege to chat with the one and only Hammer himself about how long he’s been blogging, his thoughts social media and the music industry, who introduced him to twitter and more.
If you’re been wondering what Hammer has been up, Hammer is currently the co-founder of DanceJam.com a user generated dance social networking site and is still involved with the music industry. We also took a few questions via twitter and if you thought Hammer was just a rapper who made Hip Hop classics, like “U Can’t Touch This” and “Let’s get it started” then I must say that you only know maybe 5% of Hammer.
Hammer is one of the smartest entrepreneurs online today and we’re excited to have interviewed him. Take a listen.
The interview: Talk Social News Episode 17 - length 48.52 download or click to play:
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Other segments of the podcast are:
What the blog:
Google Friend Connect (http://www.google.com/friendconnect/) vs Facebook Friend Connect (http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php)
Fail of the week:
1. Wayne Sutton, lost a podcast interview with Centernetworks.com, Allen Stern (I’m sorry man!)
2. Economy and layoffs
News this week
WordPress 2.7 - http://wordpress.org/development/
Google Chrome out of beta- http://www.google.com/chrome
UNO iPhone app - http://www.tuaw.com/2008/12/07/first-look-uno-for-iphone/
NC Startups Blog post on social media - http://idek.net/vr
PastBud, iPhone copy & paste - http://pastebud.com
twitter to friend feed contact sync - https://twitter2ff.appspot.com/
Jennifer Anderson GQ cover (Is this the best magazine cover ever?)
Also being that I lost the podcast episode with Allen Stern , please check out:
Centernetworks.com and CloudContacts
Make sure you check out the end of the podcast for a special Hammer treat and a challenge between Kipp and Wayne.
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Thanks for listening!
Talk Social News Episode 16: Peter Shankman @SkyDiver on Help A Reporter Out & Hustle
This week on Talk Social News we’re bringing you a special interview only podcast with Peter Shankman aka @Skydiver on twitter. If you don’t know who Peter Shankman is then just check out his blog at http://shankman.com . A hint, he’s a CEO, entrepreneur, adventurist and one of the funniest guys I know. Peter also started the email newsletter called Help A Reporter Out. For those of you who know Peter then, download and listen to the podcast and for those of you who don’t, listen to the podcast and then check out Peter’s blog.
I must say that Peter’s interview was one of the best and funniest we have done yet, take a listen and let us know what you think in the comments.
For our what the blog, the fail of the week and news of the week segments of the podcast be sure to check out the 1st ever Talk Social News live show in the post below. We also interviewed boxee.tv CEO, Avner Ronen during the live show.
The interview: Talk Social News Episode 16 - length 39:18 download or click to play:
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Talk Social News Episode 15: Angela Benton of Blackweb 2.0, dealnews.com, Mumbai, Facebook, and twitter backgrounds
Hello everyone, we hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving and haven’t spent to much money on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Either way, after taken a week off for Thanksgiving, we’re back to bringing you some of leaders in Social Media on the web today. This week we had a chance to talk with our second female guest Angela Benton (@Abenton) who is the Founder and Publisher of BlackWeb20.com.
We talked with Angela about social media in the African-American community, how did BlackWeb 2.0 get started, challenges in being a female and building her online brand using social media and what’s next for Black Web 2.0.
The interview: Talk Social News Episode 15 - length 40:03 download or click to play:
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Other topic discussed this week are:
What the blog:
Cyber Monday & dealnews.com
Fail of the week:
Mumbai terror attacks on twitter. (our condolences goes out to the families.)
News this week
The history of twitter extended backgrounds & twitterimage.com
Facebook tries to buy twitter for how much?
Friendfeed & twitter have not killed blogging
Blackberry Storm & 10,000 iPhone apps
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Talk Social News Episode 13: Politics4All with Thomas Cook, find out how to help a reporter out along with twitip & everything twitter, while Linkedin started planning events
By now I’m sure you’re aware of how social media played a role in electing our new president and the online community is a buzz about the future of social media in government and politics. This week on Talk Social News, we explore the future of social media and politics as we talk with Thomas Cook, cofounder of Politics4All. Politics4All is a socially-networked platform that allows citizens, candidates, citizens, and groups to connect and collaborate on every level of the political spectrum. (from http://politics4all.com)
Take a listen as we discuss how President-Elect Barack Obama won the election using social media, the future of Change.gov and Politics4all.com, and what’s it’s like to be a TechCrunch50 demo company working on a business plan and raising capital. We also talked about the roll of citizen journalism reporting the news and the cool Politics4All t-shirts. For more about Politics4All you can read their blog or follow them on twitter at @Politics4All but first listen to the podcast.
The interview: Talk Social News Episode 13 - length 34:53 download or click to play:
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What the blog:
The fail of the week:
John McCain and Sarah Palin, not that they lost the election but the nasty back and forth, finger pointing they are doing now.
Tech news of the week:
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