From the social media world continuing to help with the relief efforts in Haiti, to Hilary Clinton stepping in between Google & China, here’s a look at what happened this week in the social media world. (more…)
Last week’s earthquake in Haiti is still a major shock to the world. Last week, I shared with you, how the social media world has stepped up to help the victims in Haiti.
The Red Cross, used their Twitter account to try to help raise money, by announcing that whoever texted “HAITI” to 90999 would be charged $10 on their next phone bill which would go to the relief in Haiti. The Red Cross’s original goal was to raise $200,000 and then soon decided to go for the one million dollar mark. In last Friday’s Social Media News Brief, we had announced they had raised over $8 million, just in text messages alone. (more…)
