Andrew Abrahams, Author at Overdrive Interactive

Is RSS Dead?

by Andrew Abrahams May 9, 2011

Last year, Facebook began incorporating the ability to add Facebook pages to an RSS feed, but as of today has quietly disabled this feature. Users can no longer subscribe to someone’s Facebook Page via RSS. This feature was also previously…

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Tweets Spread the News of Osama Bin Laden’s Death

by Andrew Abrahams May 2, 2011

The death of the world’s most wanted man was announced late Sunday evening, and confirmed by White House officials, news agencies, and individual sources in the form of tweets. With the real-time capability of the platform, and the urgent exchange…

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Congratulations, Overdrive!

by Andrew Abrahams April 27, 2011

Congratulations to all of our team members in winning 14 NEDMA awards in 9 categories in the 30th Annual NEDMA Awards for Creative Excellence! Winning this many awards is a tremendous accomplishment and really shows both the depth of our expertise and diversity…

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You Can Become a Social Media Millionaire

by Andrew Abrahams April 25, 2011

Think there are no tangible benefits to being an ‘expert’ at being social? Think again. With Empire Avenue you can rake in virtual cash just from being active in your online community. Empire Avenue is a social game. Using the…

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Travel With a Social Twist

by Andrew Abrahams April 20, 2011

Traveling can bring on a lot of unwanted (and sometimes unnecessary) stress. Having to plan schedules around the airline routes, figuring out the most efficient way to travel as a group, and even taking into consideration budgets, there’s no wonder…

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Tweeting for Snacks

by Andrew Abrahams April 20, 2011

Last week, on a hungry Friday afternoon, a few members of the Overdrive team and I decided to tap into the crowd sourcing power of Twitter to see if we could nab some tasty Pretzel Crisps. After just a few…

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Will Twitter See a Social Media Challenge from UberMedia?

by Andrew Abrahams April 14, 2011

According to a recent CNN report, UberMedia is developing a social media network to compete with Twitter. UberMedia owns several popular applications that interface with Twitter such as, UberSocial, Twidroyd, Echofon and UberCurrent. All together UberMedia’s programs publish roughly 11.6%…

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The Viral Power of Facebook

by Andrew Abrahams April 13, 2011

With Earth Day approaching quickly on our calendars, how are you planning on celebrating the wonder and beauty of our planet? Greenpeace has created an interactive and provocative viral campaign on Facebook to stop the social networking site from using…

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