Coming off Facebook Hiatus in 2012
I’m not really one for New Year’s resolutions – or at least labeling it as such; but I do have things that I would like to do, change, and improve on each year. For 2012 I have decided to come off my year long Facebook hiatus. Yes, it has been a year. I decided to [...]
Read MoreMicrosoft Unveils New Social Network So.cl
Microsoft is joining the increasingly crowded social media market, recently going public with So.cl. Not to worry — this is not Microsoft’s attempt to take on Facebook, Google+ or Twitter. So what exactly is So.cl, pronounced social? In short, it’s a social network geared at helping students interested in social media. Microsoft describes it as “a research experiment [...]
Read MoreRihanna Dominated Facebook in 2011
According to Facebook’s 2011 Memology report , Rihanna took over the social network this year, not literally. But she did come in No. 1 under the music category for most popular page, meaning she was “liked” the most out of all other artist pages. In addition, her song “We Found Love” off her latest Talk that Talk album, was [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 12-16-2011
Facebook Timeline Available Everywhere Facebook launched Timeline in limited form a while back, but now it is available to all worldwide. In addition to Facebook.com, Timeline is also now active on Android and m.facebook.com. It’s a new spin on your Facebook profile that allows you and your friends to easily see posts all the way [...]
Read MoreLeBron James the Face and Judge of Facebook Ad Contest for Sheets Energy Strips [VIDEO]
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Sheets Energy Strips, a dissolvable strip that goes on the tongue, is looking for a fan to make its next TV commercial and is using Facebook and LeBron James to make it happen. The brand is running a contest for people to create their own ad in hopes to be featured on TV and in [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 12-2-2011
The Carrier IQ Privacy Debacle Carrier IQ is at the center of the latest privacy debacle in tech. There is a lot of outrage, misinformation, and pageview chasing surrounding the event. It started when a security researcher published a YouTube video of the Carrier IQ software accessing all types of personal information. This seems to [...]
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