Social Media & Technology
#InstaFace and #FaceGram: What Does the Facebook Acquisition of Instagram Mean?
I can only imagine members of the Facebook staff’s facial expressions when they first heard about Instagram. True, they did change over time; I tend to imagine that, at first, Facebook laughed at the proposition of a photo-sharing website based on film-look photography. “Didn’t that pass a decade ago? We offer unlimited storage to our [...]
Should Social Networks Sue Spammers?
Twitter has made waves recently for its decision to file lawsuits against the five most prolific spammers and spamming tool providers. In a blog post, Twitter announced, “Our engineers continue to combat spammers’ efforts to circumvent our safeguards, and today we’re adding another weapon to our arsenal: the law.” Twitter has long had an issue [...]
TaskRabbit Makes it Easier to Find Help, or Make Money Helping
Moving, cleaning, doing laundry, and even getting things fixed around the house can be a big hassle, especially if you’re weighed down with work and unable to take the time required to get it done. Often, we could use another set of hands around the house from time to time, or even an extra skilled [...]
SmileSMS – A Social Network for the Internet Impaired
Guest blogger Lance Seidman writes: If you’re a typical citizen of the modern western world and take part in daily social media websites on your phone with apps or an implementation of Twitter, Facebook, and so on, you almost can’t think of socializing in any other way as you can share photos, videos, websites, and [...]
Challenges Facing Professional Bloggers
Being a professional blogger sounds like a dream job that requires little actual work and a whole lot of hanging out in the coffee shop down the road. For some, that is exactly the impression they give to anyone who asks how things are. What you don’t hear about are all the challenges facing bloggers, [...]
CrowdsEye Shows You What You Missed at Big Events
SXSW is over and the streets of Austin are finally returning back to their normal, littered state of being. That doesn’t mean you can’t still find and enjoy a little bit of the SXSW experience through proxy. In fact, that’s the very idea behind CrowdsEye, a socially-driven photo, review, and story site that focuses around [...]
Too Busy for March Madness? There’s an App for That
It’s that time of year again, when even C-level execs brush aside all notions of productivity to watch the 2012 NCAA Tournament. For several weeks, 24 basketball teams fight their way for the NCAA championship, and cubicle dwellers across the country bite their nails, hoping they picked the most accurate bracket predicting the winner of [...]
Is Your Computer Killing You?
I know exactly what you’re doing right now. You’re likely sitting in your computer chair, on your couch, or, if you’re being especially lazy, lying in bed and staring at your computer screen. You’ve probably been there for a several minutes, if not an hour or two. You’re even possibly at work, reading LockerGnome while [...]
Top Five To-do Apps for the iPhone
Life is busy, but luckily iPhone users have dozens of options for apps that can help them keep track of all the things they need to get done during the day. There are dozens of to-do apps in the App Store, but we took a look at a few of the best, saving you the [...]
How to Use Pinterest as a Business
If you have a small business, or help manage social media for a business, you’re likely considering how to use Pinterest as part of your marketing strategy. Pinterest has quickly become the hottest social network du jour, and sites like Mashable have (completely incorrectly) cited that Pinterest is the “top traffic driver for retailers.” This [...]
