President Obama to Renew #40Dolllars Campaign on Twitter
President Obama and his adminstration used a Twitter campaign in Dec. 2011 to let average citizens share what the value of $40 meant to them. The White House is relaunching that same campaign today. The social media initiative represented the potential $40 that would be cut from people’s weekly pay with the Republican tax proposal. Twitter users [...]
Read MoreFans React to Whitney Houston’s Death on Pinterest
Twitter broke the sad news of singer Whitney Houston’s death this weekend. Many fans and celebrity friends of the superstar showed their love and reactions via the social network too. But Twitter isn’t the only place where fans reacted on the web. They also took to fairly new social sharing site, Pinterest. Many have pinned [...]
Read MoreCNN Suspends Roland Martin Over Tweets
CNN Wednesday suspended commentator Roland Martin over the tweets that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has denounced as anti-gay. Roland MartinA CNN spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday afternoon that the network issued this statement: “Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive. Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not [...]
Read MoreWhy Digital Media Should Be Part of Primary and Secondary Education
There have been complaints about children and teens misuse of social networking sites. Typically in school when someone doesn’t know how to do something correctly, it is taught to them. Why is social media any different? Social media and multimedia have changed drastically in just a few years. Today 95% of all teens ages 12-17 [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 1-13-2012
Google Launches Search Plus Your World Google has basically thrown down the gauntlet by (finally?) integrating their Google+ social networking site more closely with their popular search engine. Your general web search results will now be augmented by your social interactions on Google+, making it easier to find content more personal to you. The three [...]
Read MoreKanye West Creates Twitter Account for New Fashion Line
Kanye West isn’t necessarily as social media savvy as some of his celebrity counterparts, but he has the basic essentials including a personal Twitter account and now one for business. Over the holidays Mr. West created an account(@dwbykanye) for his new fashion line that premiered at Paris Fashion Week last year named after his late [...]
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