The Social Hour

Social web addicts Sarah Lane and Amber MacArthur have teamed up to create "The Social Hour," your source for the best social tools, news, and fascinating folks building the next generation of the Internet.

Contact The Social Hour at thesocialhour@twit.tv or 2626-SOCIAL (262-676-2425).

Records live every Friday at 1:00pm PT/4:00pm ET.
Episodes (111)
June 20, 2011
#13: King of Pop gets crowdsourced, Facebook Fakes, Color Pivots, With!

Amber & Sarah show off how crowdsourcing video made a Michael Jackson video come to life, helpful network app BranchOut, how to report FB impersonation scams, Bre.ad to spread the word about your brand or cause, & is the With app Rad or Fad?

June 13, 2011
#12: BBC Click Website Diva Kate Russell!

BBC Website Diva Kate Russell joins Amber & Sarah, Facebook's curious user number drops, Rapportive for Gmail, what the average Twitter looks like, & peek into the pub with SceneTap!

June 7, 2011
#11: Oyster.com

Amber & Sarah chat with Oyster.com CEO Elie Seidman, WWDC reveals social features in iOS 5, Hidden app to track thieves, Regretsy sides with Urban Outfitters, and more!

May 27, 2011
#10: A Twittamentary, GetAround, social outrage at Urban Outfitters, nostalgic emails with PastPost!

Amber & Sarah talk to Siok Siok Tan about her Twitter documentary, social car sharing with GetAround, an Internet Urban Outfitters PR mess, nostalgia in your inbox with PastPost and MorningPics, and more!

May 23, 2011
#9: LinkedIN IPO, Blippy Fades Away, Namesake, Groupon and Foursquare Uniting?

Amber and Sarah on LinkedIn's IPO and the impending bubble, Blippy fades away, Groupon and Foursquare might be teaming up, is Namesake a Twitter/Quora hybrid? Is Visibli Rad or Fad? All that and more!

May 16, 2011
#8: How Xobni makes your inbox smarter, ultimate fighting champs getting paid to tweet, and a new service called mlkshk.. will it bring you to the yard?

Amber and Sarah interview the CEO of Xobni, ultimate fighting champs getting paid to tweet, and a new service called mlkshk.. will it bring you to the yard? All that and much more!

May 9, 2011
#7: Visual.ly Co-Founder Lee Sherman, Proxlet to mute tweets, WhoSay, journalism wars!

visual.ly's Lee Sherman, mute Twitter users who tweet too much, who's a journalist these days, anyway?, and more!

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