Social Media & Technology
How to Use Google+ Better
Are you a Google+ user? If so, you’re likely fairly new to Google’s latest attempt at a social network — or at least comparatively new to the beta users who joined Google+ when it first launched in June, 2011. Many of these early adopters have now had a chance to explore Google+ and discover the [...]
Top Five Sites for Coordinating Events
With almost one billion users on Facebook and nearly 400 million Twitter users, it’s likely that most of your friends, clients, or fans are using social media in some capacity. While there is still something to be said for sending out hand-written invitations to certain events (you don’t see many wedding invitations on Facebook, after [...]
How to Balance Your Personal and Professional Life Using Social Media
Are you a professional or college student about to graduate who also uses social media on a personal level? If so, you’re undoubtedly likely aware of the fact that employers are searching for information about both your professional and personal background through your presence on social media networks like LinkedIn, Twitter, your blog, and even [...]
Five Must-have Plugins for Gmail
Gmail is one of the most popular free and Web-based email services on the Web. When Gmail first launched in 2004, people clamored to get precious invites to this hot new service (not much unlike Google+ last year). However, Gmail is now available for everyone, and while many other individuals still use services like Hotmail [...]
Is Social Dating the Hot New Way to Find Your Next Hot Date?
I’ll admit – I’m no stranger to online dating. 100% of my long-term serious relationships have been a result of connecting via either social networks or online dating before meeting in person first (which seems about right considering my career of choice.) Though it was a bit difficult to explain how these relationships first developed [...]
How to Control Your Emotions Online
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but when someone says something mean to you on Facebook, Twitter or Google+, it can hurt nearly just as much. You’ve undoubtedly heard the awful, sad stories about teenagers who have committed suicide after being cyber-bullied by peers and even other adults. For these youth, mean, rude and [...]
Top 5 Mobile Social Networks
When you think of social networks, you likely think of popular platforms like Facebook, Twitter or even the reminescents of MySpace of LiveHournal (the latter two of which we think are likely on the verge of making a comeback.) However, with the rise in use of mobile devices, many developers are creating social networks designed [...]
How to Solve Your Facebook Frustrations
Facebook has become the most popular social network and one of the most popular destinations on the entire Internet, but its not without some very frustrating features. Over the years, Facebook has evolved from a social network exclusively for college students to a social network now boasting almost 1 billion users. As Facebook has changed [...]
Facebook Brand Page Tips and Tricks
Facebook is quickly becoming a key ingredient in every brand’s marketing strategy. With nearly 1 billion users, a business that uses Facebook has the opportunity to reach nearly every potential customer. In fact, if you are a brand using social media and leverage Facebook to advertise as well, you have the opportunity to influence nearly [...]
5 iPhone Apps to Update Now
If you’re an iPhone owner like me, you likely have quite a few apps on your phone. While the average iPhone user has somewhere around 65 apps according to TechCrunch, these apps are constantly being tweaked and fine-tuned by their developers. While Android users can opt to have many of their apps automatically updated, Apple [...]
