A post last month on Twitter’s Media blog began, “Okay, so it’s uncontroversial to say the World Cup is a big deal.” The global event has gripped almost every inhabitable corner of the world, with more than 100 million people worldwide tuning in to each game since the competition began last week. The 2010 World Cup is offering something different…

Tag Archives: badges
A Footballer’s Friday Five
June 18, 2010
Foursquare Launching Badge Rewards
June 9, 2010
What’s in badge? Many Foursquare users have been wondering whether or not acquiring all of those colorful circles would ever translate into something tangible, and Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley arrived at the Mashable Media Summit Tuesday armed with an answer.
Quick Hits: May 21
May 21, 2010
NBC Turns Television Into a Social Media Game
Fan It is an interesting new initiative by NBC that aims to tie social networking directly into its programming. In combination with myNBC, NBC’s online fan community, the program rewards users who converse around and promote – through Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and Foursquare integration – NBC shows. This kind of social integration into television should provide new…

