Breakin’ it Down Now – Festivals
New Orleanians (noo aw-LEE-nee-ans) are used to seeing countless tourists lining the historical streets to get down and dirty, but 2013’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was a whole new picture!
With rainfall reminiscent of Woodstock in ’69, you could still see eager, smiling people enjoying the rich heritage, soulful music and stuffing their faces with delicious, sugar coated beignets.
We were having just as much fun watching the moment fill up with your crazy pictures and comments. How about that Buffalo Big Chief? Now those are some tail feathers anyone would be proud to shake!
If you’re more into rock than jazz or more west side than east side, you may also want to check out the short shorts and long sets at Coachella this year!
And then, of course, there was this…
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NBA Playoff Moments: Carmelo, LeBron, Garnett – Oh My!
The 2013 NBA playoffs are underway and the moments are getting crowded around here! While we know where the hearts of our NY coworkers lie (*cough* Knicks), the truth is that the outcome of the playoffs is up in the air this year.
It’s been an exciting season overall, with all-star moves, major injuries and underdog teams surprisingly rising to the top; and the playoffs should be the cherry on this sweet, basketball sundae.
Obviously, unless you’re a movie star, mucky-muck or extremely lucky person, you’re not going to be able to make it to all (or any) of your favorite team’s games, but you don’t have to miss the play-by-play action at all this year!
Check out these embedded moments and bear witness to the glory of the game! You can embed your team’s moment on your own blog or site and watch the action unfold, live!
So whose championship moment will it be this year? We’ll be watching…
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Riri, Rewind; Watch it Again!
We just can’t get enough of diamond girl, Rihanna, and apparently you can’t either! The buzz around her latest concert at the Staples Center is enough to get anyone going.
Glancing through some of the tweets from the memorable moment, it’s clear that Rihanna made each and every audience member feel like she was performing just for them. Her sexy moves and smooth vocals told everyone that she’s running this town tonight. She even brought a few people to tears!
It looks like this superstar is the one to watch if you want high fashion, high energy and an unforgettable experience!
Don’t forget to create your own moment next time you go to Rihanna’s show. We want to see even more of Riri… then we want to go back and watch it all again!
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We Aint No Average Groupies!
It’s no secret that we love music here at Moment.me, and it’s definitely getting us hyped up to see the concert coverage that we’ve been seeing lately. As with any normal people, we can’t make it to all of our favorite concerts, no matter how much we’d like to. So, if there’s anything you can see Moment.me employees using our own app for, it’s checking out the concerts we missed while working on Moment.me :)
Some people need a muse to produce great work; we just need MUSE in concert, from every angle, to get us going! Some of us are a little old school and rock out to Bon Jovi, while others need to get their dance on to Swedish House Mafia or Tiesto. And you just know there’s someone in the corner, secretly checking out the Biebs.
As a team, we want to thank you all for posting your points of view from all of these concerts so we can enjoy the scene along with you. We also want to encourage you to use the new Android app any time you’re at a concert so you can Start a Moment of your own (and we can watch as the fun unfolds). Also, since this is really about YOU and not us, please tell us what concerts you want us to cover so you can see all the moments you crave the most. All you have to do is write an email to matt@moment.me and tell him when and where your concert happening and he’ll organize the rest!
If you’re a blogger it’s the best because you can request coverage of a specific concert and then embed the moment on your blog! We know your readers will want to experience the action with you and discuss just how they feel as they scan the moment live.
Keep the music alive! Live in the moment! 
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Smile! You’re on Camera!
The world is being recorded in a way we’ve never seen before; people are taking pics and videos of their lives, commenting on everything from what they ate for breakfast, to how it came out (lol) and sharing it all on countless platforms; preserving small tidbits of life for the future.
Platforms like Instagram, mobli, facebook, twitter, youtube, path, flickr, photobucket, picasa and many more offer a way for people to save, share, add filters, and organize their own pictures - but something is missing…
THE BIG PICTURE!
It’s nice to keep your own pictures (memories) organized online, but we want you to see more of the memories you are trying so hard to save.
That’s why we came up with a way for you and your friends to keep using your favorite, diverse social networks and photo sharing sites to create shared albums which finally show you the whole scene you’ve been looking for. Not only that, but we also offer an all-inclusive look into the global events that everyone’s dying to be a part of.
But hey, don’t take our word for it, check out the moments in our Trending Moments feed and see why we’re one of the fastest growing apps of the day. It’s a real eye opener!
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Those ARE the Droids You’re Looking for!
Cue the trumpets! The official Moment.me app for Android has launched!
Like the iPhone app, the new Android version automatically creates moments, but also has some new features that you guys really wanted – CREATION & CURATION of your own moments!
The new “Start a Moment” feature lets you actively start and title your own moment. Then you can invite friends to add photos, tweets and videos to the moment; make it look cool with built-in photo filters; and upload images straight from your Android device. Now you have the power to make lasting memories, with unforgettable visuals, that will go down in your personal history!
Of course, you will also enjoy existing iPhone features including automatic feeds of your personal moments, your friends’ moments, moments happening nearby (in real time), and popular trending moments happening all over the world.
Here are some cool screen shots of the fab new app:
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Brazil Carnival 2013 – Shake Your Bon Bon!
Last week we posted about the super bowl, but in case that wasn’t glitzy and glamorous enough for you – it’s CARNIVAL TIME!
Brazil is aglow with sparkling, barely-there costumes and sizzling bodies that could make a grown man cry and we’re serving up the whole fantastic affair, from the viewpoints of the people in the heart of it all, right here on moment.me!
Here’s a great moment map to help you follow the fun: http://cdn.moment.me/carnival?channel=&width=640
A little visual stimulation…
Here are the embed codes if you want to add this eye catcher of a moment to your blog or site:
<iframe src=”http://cdn.moment.me/carnival” width=”640” height=”485” frameborder=”0”></iframe>
If you are using Wordpress, use this code:
[iframe src=”http://cdn.moment.me/carnival” width=”640” height=”485”]
Break it down the Brazilian way – don’t ever stop shaking it!
For more exciting social coverage of the world’s best events, keep up with Trending Moments.
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Super, Super, Super Bowl XLVII
New Orleans was abuzz with Super Bowl fever last night and Moment.me was there to gather all of the fans’ fanaticism! The big event may have been delayed for 34 minutes due to a blackout, but Beyoncé kept it shakin’ and the Trending Moments feed was bright and busy with images from the super dome.
This is just a small portion of what fan’s posted – you can almost smell the excitement!
Check out the whole moment for yourselves and make sure to embed it on your blog posts about the Super Bowl. There’s nothing like the visual created by 360 degree crowd coverage of an event, to bring words to life!
Check out these honorable mentions:
http://www.ctnow.com/sports/hc-follow-super-bowl-xlvii-reactions-20130203,0,7408026.htmlpage
http://blog.seattlepi.com/techchron/2013/02/03/view-fan-photos-from-super-bowl-xlvii-as-shared-on-social-networks/
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Did Somebody Say Obama?
Not to toot our own horn or anything, but the biggest events happening around the world have recently become the most talked about moments on moment.me. 
Major news networks such as MSNBC and Fox News are embedding these moments on their sites to better demonstrate what attendees are experiencing from their own points of view.
This is a dream come true for us and we owe a big thanks to all of you for creating these once-in-a-lifetime moments! What’s more, the social coverage trend is changing the way the media reports news; making it honest, gritty and significant for all of us. For the first time since the onset of Television newscasts, the media cannot hide from the people’s truth or bend it to suit their needs. If a picture is worth a thousand words, the moments you are all creating are saying a mouthful about the state of the world as we know it.
But don’t take our word for it… see it and be it for yourselves!
There will be a huge moment for Obama’s Inauguration, social coverage of the always controversial Israeli elections and, just for fun, Rio’s Carnival 2013 (this one’s going to be hot hot hot!).
Of course, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. So, don’t forget to check our Trending Moments, daily, for all the other news-worthy events world-wide.
The Year of the Moment.me
Since the New Year has just begun, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to review some of our triumphs from the past year and to tell you all about our resolutions for the new one!
We are thrilled to see the moment.me community growing and blossoming. We’re also excited to add partners to the community who use moment.me’s awesome technology on their sites to add a new point of view for their readers.
Coming into 2013 we’re seeing tremendous growth with more than one million moments created daily! That’s 1.2B pics taken by 180M people and joined together to create 120M moments from 7M different locations world-wide! We are proud to say that we’re one of the fastest growing communities on the web!
Stay tuned people! This is just the beginning of wonderful things to come.
