It was the middle of the pandemic, and Mason McClellan had just started his first semester of college in Georgia. He was stuck at home, learning remotely, and had more time than expected on his hands. So, one night he made a few short videos loosely based on small-town news stories and posted them to TikTok. “I made five videos in the first day, went to sleep, and then ended up with 50,000 followers out of nowhere,” McClellan said....

TNW Quick Hit Shaloc(free) helps you quickly share your GPS location with your friends, your friends can then track your place as you move in real-time. Hits:Shaloc allows one to quickly share your GPS location using your iPhone with your anyone, with those you share a location with able to track your movement in real-time using a web browser or any web-enabled mobile device. Misses:Despite the developer’sattemptsat easing one’s privacy fears, some will still have concerns about the privacy of publicly sharing one’s location....

It’s not often you see a legend of sport take as much interest in social media as Shaquille O’Neal has. The basketball giant’s career has spanned 19 years and frankly I still remember the day he entered the NBA like it was yesterday. Today, Shaq announced his retirement from the sportexclusively on Twitter– a first I’m sure. Choosing to speak directly to his millions of fans, he chose to let them know before the likes of ESPN....

TuneBirdsis the latest website that makes sharing music on Twitter easy. The site is preceded by other similar services which have become immensely popular, likeTinySong, one of the easiest and slickest ways to share music with your followers on Twitter. But TuneBirds is just as easy to use, and has one interesting feature that may have Twitter users signing up. And that is the ability to create playlists. TuneBirds is certainly not the first site to offer this kind of feature....

Tout for iOS helps people share real time video status updates. Videos taken can be shared with friends and followers at social networks like Facebook and Twitter. To even have a sneak peek into the app, you will need aToutaccount. If you don’t have one, it can be created from the app. The sign up form opens up in Mobile Safari and is a bit messed up. After submitting all the details, the form redirected to another form that clearly wasn’t optimized for mobile access....