Here is a look at the St. Louis Social Media and Technology news of the day in brief. If you have anything to include in a future edition, please send it over to: [email protected]
36 HOURS IN ST. LOUIS – In cased you missed it over the weekend, the New York Times Travel Section has a very complementary piece about a weekend spent in St. Louis.
CLEAR 4G, a super fast mobile Internet service for businesses and consumers debuts in St. Louis today. With CLEAR, anyone can now use the Internet at speeds four times faster than 3G within the CLEAR coverage area. In St. Louis, CLEAR covers more than 600 square miles and more than 1.2 million people. Service extends as far north as the Missouri River, south to Imperial, east to Collinsville, IL, and west to Foristell. “With CLEAR, our residents now have a blazing fast Internet connection that goes with them — to Busch Stadium or Gateway Arch,” said Jeannie Weaver, regional general manager for CLEAR. “And, we’re proud to offer affordable rate plans with no limits on the amount of data customers use. No caps on usage, no penalties or hidden fees — our customers use the Web as much as they want wherever they go — it’s that simple.” Learn more at www.clear.com/missouri.
CHROME NOW #3 BROWSER – (BGR) For the first time since the browsers inception, Google’s Chrome has overtaken Apple’s Safari in percentage of U.S. market share. Web analytics company StatCounter says Chrome had 8.97% of U.S. market share while Safari had 8.88% for the week beginning on June 21st. For sometime now, Chrome (~ 9%) has bested Safari (~ 4%) globally, however — as we’re sure Google will tell you — it is nice to win on your home turf.
Six Flags is launching a social media game - Mascot Park for Facebook. Mascot Park delivers ‘fun for gamers of all ages who are looking for more social interaction, creativity and zany antics in their daily playtime’. Fun seekers can start their own Mascot Park mayhem by going to facebook.com/mascotpark.
NPR Music has an awesome new iPhone App: http://ow.ly/24nyJ
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