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#Sports Weekend Top 5

Christina Nash — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:00:40 PST

The most clicked stories from this week's #Sports e-newsletter includes the biggest Twitter "Fails" in sports history, Super Bowl XLVI's social media command center, tips for in-game fan management, how big brands are advertising on social media during the Big Game, and NBA social media best practices.

Super Bowl XLVI Social Media Campaigns

Adam Olstein — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:31:03 PST

On Super Bowl XLVI Sunday, the New York Giants will challenge the New England Patriots at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, but the real action will actually take place on Twitter feeds, Facebook statuses, Pinterest boards, the blogosphere, and smartphones.

A Guide to Marathon Running [Infographic]

Anthony Caponiti — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:32:48 PST

I started running competitively at the age of 9 and continued to do so until graduation from college. I loved my time as an NCAA athlete, but as many people will tell you, I had zero intention of ever running another mile after hanging up my spikes 5 years ago. Then along came that fateful first marathon due to peer pressure!

Monday’s Social Mashup: January 30, 2012

Alyssa Pridgen — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:01:05 PST

We hope everyone had a great weekend! Monday's #SoMash is back with the following stories for you: the 100 biggest Twitter fails in sports history, Facebook's IPO, social media and sports as natural teammates, the debut of Fancloud, and Coca-Cola's Super Bowl polar bears.

Code Wars: PHP vs. Python vs. Ruby [Infographic]

Anthony Caponiti — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:01:57 PST

Online education website Udemy has created an infographic that compares today’s most popular programming languages: PHP, Python, and Ruby. The infographic attempts to compare how each language differentiates, who uses them, and their popularity.

#Sports Weekend Top 5

Anthony Caponiti — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:58:34 PST

Profile of a Super Bowl Fan [Infographic]

Alyssa Pridgen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:58:08 PST

While football fans are busy discussing the upcoming game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, everyone else is talking about Super Bowl commercials. Advertisers are looking to cash in big on their investment -- 30 second spots are expected to top out at around $3.5 million each for the 2012 Super Bowl.

“Guess My Run” Winter X Games Activation

Steve Cobb — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:13:03 PST

Activ8Social is stoked to launch our first action sports promotional campaign! Dubbed "Guess My Run", this activation features former WXG gold medalists and Red Bull athletes Bobby Brown (Ski Slopestyle), Louie Vito (Snowboard SuperPipe), and Simon Dumont (Ski SuperPipe).

Monday’s Social Mashup: January 23, 2012

Christina Nash — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:12 PST

Happy Monday Mashup readers! To start your week we've got the following stories for you: the Super Bowl's social media command center, Nike's new FuelBand and Facebook added 60 new apps.

Steve Jobs: Farewell To A Genius [Infographic]

Anthony Caponiti — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:49:07 PST

A few weeks after the passing of Steve Jobs on October 5, 2011, Walter Isaacson published a book about the legendary Apple founder called Steve Jobs which instantly became the top-selling book on Amazon. Now comes a beautifully designed infographic entitled “Farewell to a Genius: The Life and Times of Steve Jobs” created by Infographic World.