Sharing is natural. We share a lot of things in our daily lives whether through social networks, email or IM. The problem arises when we share sensitive information with others. We easily send emails with usernames, passwords or other important information to our friends, co-workers and clients without thinking. Its simple and quick to do and we tend to trust those we share this information with. However, there are always digital traces left behind that we never think about. Consider this for a minute. You just emailed your wife the pin number to your ATM account. Was the emailed deleted or
Read MoreTo say something has gone viral usually means that a piece of content has been well received and widely shared. For many content creators online, going viral is a major role. The truth is that the vast majority of content, even great content, will never enjoy widespread attention. By understanding some of the key components of what makes something viral, you can do a lot to make sure your content get the attention it deserves.
RadiumOne, an online ad network that aims to combine social and intent data to serve ads, is taking on the likes of ShareThis, AddThis and other social sharing platforms today with the launch of Po.st. Po.st allows user to share content via Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, email, and other destinations. Po.st also provides publishers with new revenue opportunities and comprehensive analytics tools designed to drive higher engagement and lower customer acquisition costs. In addition to integrating a full suite of social sharing extensions, Po.st has built in a proprietary copy/paste function as well as a customized URL shortener. Copy and paste
Read MoreDispatch is setting out to become a sort of Finder (or Windows Explorer) for the cloud. You enter your credentials for the various services you use online — Dropbox, Facebook, Gmail, Google Docs and so on — and it lets you browse through the files stored on each service from a single dashboard. You can view these files in a preview window, download them, or move them around between services by dragging and dropping files from one service’s folder into another. Dispatch.io was created at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackathon 2011. It was created by a team of three, including 17
Read MoreThis month, AddThis celebrate five years of sharing. It began with a simple idea – make bookmarking and sharing easier. After a few months of coding, AddThis was born. At first, it was a single button with a few bookmarking services used by a few small publishers. But it quickly spread across the web and we started to see some interesting trends in how and what people share. With that information in hand, AddThis introduced sharing analytics to offer this same insight to publishers. AddThis is now the largest content sharing platform on the web. Used
Read MoreUndoubtedly there are dozens of file sharing services that allow you to share files with friends, but the processes often takes too much time where you have to upload a file, set security and visibility settings and sometimes even have the recipient sign up with the file sharing service in order to receive it. You want to send a file but it’s too big for email, your recipient doesn’t know how to FTP, and they’re behind a restrictive firewall. JustBeamIt can help drag and drop the file and then send them the download link for a simple direct transfer. Justbeamit
Read MoreBookmarking and sharing service AddThis is celebrating its fifth birthday with a deep dive into its data pool. The Clearspring service has analyzed five years’ worth of sharing data — and has summarized its findings in the infographic below.