Amplify Today: Tech, Social Media and Pop Culture
196 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsAmplify is a energetic podcast about today's blogging, tech and social media headlines. Facebook, YouTube, Wordpress, selfies, bloggers and more. We discuss the headlines that mainstream media ignores
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Banana Social Media has arrived!
September 09, 2014 18:32 - 16 minutes - 13.9 MBToday we spoke about Apple 9/9, the Kanzee app, Daqri hard hat, inhabitat, Facebook, video, Erin Scott, and Kit Arend. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Macintosh on the Runway
September 08, 2014 17:32 - 16 minutes - 13.9 MBAnother cool day of headlines. Twitter changes, Manchester United, ipads, selfies, fashion bloggers, Apple 9/9, Snapchat monitor, Techcrunch on Sirius, NationalPodcastDay, Robert Scoble, Lise Leake, 100 Days of Real Food. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Zuckerberg and the Brain
September 06, 2014 16:03 - 16 minutes - 13.3 MBToday we spoke about Ikea, Twitter, Twitpic, Joel Comm, Ted Rubin, Marriott, Tayna Burr, Ansa App, Frito-lays, MOneycrashers, Alfie Deyes, the Pointless Book. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Best Way to Wash the GoPro
September 03, 2014 22:23 - 16 minutes - 13.3 MBSteve Tobak, Entreprenuer, Party City, DigitalDudz, Amazon Sponsored Links, Blogger Le Pariesenne, South Philly Podcast, All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Help Me O Bean Burrito, You're My Only Hope
September 03, 2014 01:11 - 16 minutes - 14 MBToday we talk about Snapchat's Our Lives, Bonfyre, LiveBooth, JustSeen, Social Coaster, Sharypic, Snapreplay, Blockparty, hyperlapse, Twitter, Apple, Apple Cube, Redit, Emmy Blogger, Zoo with Roy. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
41 Awesome Resources for Video
August 27, 2014 07:16 - 16 minutes - 13.4 MBToday we spoke about veetle, spreecast Google hangout, livestream, ustream, mailvu, eyejot, bombomb, vostit, videoemail, vostit, jivestream, benchmarkemail, goanimate, videoefx, xtranormal, twitch, screencast, camtasia, brightcove, dailymotion, youtube, blip.tv, vimeo, revver, veoh, hang w/, tout, cinchcast, tipcast, fightme, vine, powerpoint, prezi, animoto, googleawesome, onetruemedia, tripwow, slidemotion, stupefix, bloggingvids. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers...
The IKEA IZEA Idea
August 26, 2014 16:31 - 15 minutes - 12.7 MBSleeping in Ikea, Radio 1, Dropbox, Marvel, PicDeck, Youtube, Twitter, 10best.com, samsung galaxy 5, GE What's next and more All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Fat Manatees, Ye Matey!
August 21, 2014 22:05 - 16 minutes - 13.5 MBToday we speak about Google DMCA notices, prerecorded Vine videos, Starbucks Foodtrucks, Chastity Garner, Satu Vansa Westgath and more social media headlines.All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Revenge: Mom Goes Tech
August 20, 2014 06:59 - 16 minutes - 13.6 MBToday we spoke about Wizard Wars, Sony's Perfume Camera, No Phone, Ignore No More App, #wwydxshot, Les Miz Vloggers, Twitter and the dead, Five-o, Bankit App and more. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
You Park Like an Idiot
August 19, 2014 07:36 - 16 minutes - 13.2 MBToday we talk about The Truth App, Nextdoor, Women.com, Twitter Favorites, Snapchat's debacle, gifyoutube.com, Kit Graham, Podcast Festival, Stitcher and more. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
ALS meets Michael Jackson
August 15, 2014 19:48 - 14 minutes - 11.7 MB#icebucketchallenge, Michael Jackson, We are the World, #enditnow, #nomakeupselfie. . . All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
iChat, uChat, We All Chat
August 14, 2014 23:12 - 16 minutes - 13.7 MBIn today's show we talk about WeChat, SnapChat, iBlog Magazine, LikeGating, John Loomer, Mark Hamill, Nathan Hamill, Nerdist, Estelle Lalonde, Blogosphere Magazine and more. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Peter Pan and the Twitter Bird
August 12, 2014 08:01 - 16 minutes - 13.4 MBIn today's show we talk about Marques Brownlee, Redigi, Meet Peter and Wendy, CBS, Netflix, HBO, Old Navy, the new Twitter logo and more. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
.00006% Means it's Possible
August 10, 2014 20:45 - 16 minutes - 13 MBWhat sites are worth $1 billion dollars. Today we break down all the internet properties worth $1 billion . . even thinking through the worth of Michael Jordan. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
7 Ways to Turn Email into Money
August 07, 2014 05:52 - 16 minutes - 13.7 MBToday we spoke about the 7 ways you can use email to derive revenue and we even threw in a pitch for our buddy Phil Hollows at Feedblitz. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
37 Minutes: Pizza or Stardom?
August 06, 2014 07:17 - 16 minutes - 14 MBToday's show we talk Shawn Mendez's miraculous rise, PushForPizza, the Navdy GPS machine, Zach Danger Brown, Happysale, Instagram, Fossil Digs, Twitter Embedded Tweets, Julian Medina, Havana Club Rum, and Bill Passman. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Ignorance has no Homophone
August 04, 2014 19:54 - 16 minutes - 13.1 MBOn today's show we talk about Google's Universal Font tofu, the viral video campaign, Malala makes it to Facebook, Instagram looks like Twitter, Tim Torkildson debacle, Cara Houiellebecq, Devin Supertramp, All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Seinfeld Shuts Down Facebook!
August 02, 2014 08:03 - 16 minutes - 13.4 MBOn today's show we talk about Seinfeld's Reddit AMA and the Facebook shutdown, Russia's restrictions on bloggers, the Killing campaign by Netflix, Google + Photo, the guy 3-d printing his house, Twitter hashtags, Adam Corolla, Kid president and the new vlogger CoverGirl All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Social Media Famous: Is it the shoes?
July 31, 2014 21:01 - 16 minutes - 13.3 MBWhat a list today. . .Zappos, Smartshoes, NFL trackers, NBA and Twitter, Twitch (again), Reddit Live, Facebook drones, Hatchery, Shopfunder, Taigan, Xiaxue, Sione from Vine, Conrad Benner, Geekbox, Little Passports, Stitchfix, and more. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Virality of Social Media Goosebumps
July 30, 2014 00:49 - 15 minutes - 12.5 MBToday is all about the viral videos we see that bring us the most fantastic feeling inside. Dove, Honeymaid, Cardstore.com, Japy.de, All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Warning: No Selfies Allowed!!
July 28, 2014 06:34 - 16 minutes - 13.3 MBThis episode we talk about the Selfie Analyzer, Alex Ficquette of the Today Show, Alex on the Plaza, Reddit, Square and IFTTT, Snapchat and Snapchat Stories, Snapchat McBride, Baidu's self-driving car, and Wikipedia and Government. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Knock Knock Zuckerberg
July 25, 2014 08:01 - 15 minutes - 12.8 MBToday we spend time talking about the soon-to-be-richest man in the world Zuckerberg, the Knock app, Disney Powless, the Queen of England, Instagram's Bolt, Google's self-focusing contacts, Viki.com and HotelWifi. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Blake Blogs Lively, of course.
July 24, 2014 07:56 - 15 minutes - 12.3 MBToday's episode is about Australians working from home, Coffitivity, Coffices, Southwest and American airlines, Paul Kingnorth and The Wake, Blake Lively, Gwennyth Paltrow and Billy Crystal. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Capt Kirk's got a real log. . . or blog?
July 23, 2014 07:02 - 15 minutes - 13 MBOn today's show we talk about William Shatner's blogging ability, digital wearables, Macbook stickers, Applebees Instagram account, MTV's new social media music countdown, Yahoo Death, theSkimm, El Mayimbe and Jun Group. Social media headlines worth blogging about.
50 Shades of Social Media
July 21, 2014 07:20 - 16 minutes - 13 MBThis episode we talk about Michelle Phan, Bethany Mota, Burnt Impressions, Dropbox, Aura Borealis, Self Publishing, Heineken and Hollister on Instagram. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
The Plight of the Barista
July 18, 2014 15:04 - 15 minutes - 12.3 MBOn today's podcast we talk about Sara Wells, Gerald Langiri, Google+ Restrictions, Facebook mentions, Analytics on the iPhone, Google stories, Overcast, Amazon "oyster" and some stuff about restaurants, photos and passwords. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
The 7 Emails to Send Every Audience
July 16, 2014 17:36 - 15 minutes - 12.4 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. Let's talk about the number of people that are opening emails on their mobile but aren't clicking through unless they open it again. . . Second chances
Will Bloggers Be Going to Jail?
July 14, 2014 15:47 - 15 minutes - 12.9 MBToday we start the show with the Haven Conference for bloggers. What a great relationship that is. The we've got SocialBakers.com, Twitter Reach, Asynchronous vs Synchronous media, food bloggers on trial, Dronestagr.am, and of course, Facebook.
The Art of Vine Analytics
July 10, 2014 06:46 - 16 minutes - 13 MBOn today's show we discuss the art of Banksy, Dangerdust, MirrorsMe, and Vine Loop counts, Twitter on SEO, Yahoo on the Xbox, Teens on Facebook, Purity Vodka, Stitcher on Android Auto, Joel McHale and dogs, Carrie Wilkerson in Podcasts and Sour Patch on SnapChat, All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
The Big Announcement
July 08, 2014 16:12 - 17 minutes - 14.3 MBIn today's episode we're talking about Atari's come back, Amazing Potato-salad-like Kickstarted campaigns, Covenant Eyes, YouTube tattle telling, and the Google Reader anniversary. Plus the big announcement.
Mattel's LinkedIn Strategy
July 07, 2014 16:01 - 15 minutes - 12.9 MBToday's headlines include Google Fit, Barbie on Linkedin, Emily Magazine, the Facebook poke, Live Rail, Facebook goes to Africa, Australian Postal QR Code, the Blonde Vegan Confession, and Fightme.com
Killing the 5 Bad Worst Parts of Blogging
July 03, 2014 00:02 - 15 minutes - 7 MBIn today's episode we talk about the 5 worst parts of blogs. . . Screwing these things up will make your path to revenue long and tenuous.
The Great TV War of 2014
July 01, 2014 19:07 - 15 minutes - 12.9 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. On today's show we talk about Yahoo, Netflix, Chromecast. Android.tv, Minnesota Instagrammers, Wifi, and much more
Moods, Movies and Memes
June 30, 2014 19:17 - 14 minutes - 11.8 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. In today's podcast we talk about the Nook, Facebook's mood study, Wiffy vs Wifi, Soundcloud, the fault in our stars, Jessica Turner and Helena Spensatelli
Anonymous Social Media Giants
June 27, 2014 05:14 - 15 minutes - 12.3 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. On today's call we talk about Dove Beauty, the meaning of Authentic, YouTuber's traveling, Instagrammer's banned, Google Now, Yahoo Aviate and more.
The Jetsons of Social Media
June 23, 2014 19:20 - 15 minutes - 12.7 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. Today we're talking about the social media superstars of tomorrow like Spayce, Pheed, Tout, Hangwith, TheNeeds.com, and Flattr.
Will Facebook Save Barnes & Nobles?
June 21, 2014 05:54 - 15 minutes - 12.4 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. Today we talk about fashion bloggers, Facebook paper, Barnes & Nobles, Wordpress, Tavi Gevinson and more.
Yo, I ain't Snooki
June 19, 2014 07:48 - 14 minutes - 11.9 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. Today we talk about Amazon Fire Phone, the Yo App, IOS8, the Bathrobe Crusader, Dropbox and more social media headlines.
Christian Bale foils the Smart Watch
June 18, 2014 06:05 - 16 minutes - 13.9 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. Today we're talking about Twitter, Batman, email, Radio Shack, the fax machine and more
I got you, Foodbabe
June 17, 2014 05:36 - 15 minutes - 13 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. On today's episode we talk about Twitter, Fark.com, Facebook, Niche.co, Jethro Ames, Huffington Post, Ostendo and LinkedIn
Big companies get social
June 12, 2014 16:37 - 15 minutes - 12.6 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. Today we spoke about Star Trek, Taco Bell, Snapchat, Bitcoin, Netflix, WhatsApp, Kate Kastner, Amazon, Matt Mullenweg and more.
Is Dropbox the Facebook Killer?
June 11, 2014 16:44 - 15 minutes - 13.1 MBOn today's show we talk about Blogger Bohemian Trails, President Obama, Ringly, Tumblr, @everyword, Amazon, Skybox, Dropbox and more. . .
The Big Social Media Music War
June 10, 2014 22:05 - 15 minutes - 12.5 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday. In today's show we talk about Vine, Swarm, Slingshot, Style Jukebox, Shazam, Beats, BMPUR, Scion, Lookout and more.
R2D2 Gets Fired by A Phone App
June 08, 2014 05:25 - 13 minutes - 11.5 MBOstendo comes out with a hologram app, Tinder reaches 2,000,000,000, YouTube founder creates MixBit and more.
Twitter vs. the President
June 04, 2014 17:09 - 12 minutes - 10.2 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.
Jordi, Pauly and Samwise Get Social
June 04, 2014 17:08 - 12 minutes - 10.2 MBAll the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.