Author: Erin Ryan

Tired of reruns? The Olympics or perhaps you are simply looking for a show to escape into without commercial interruption.  There are some gems on Netflix that you may have missed when they aired on TV or simply due to the lack of satellite, luckily with Netflix our Technology has advanced enough that as long as we have access to the Internet we have access to movies and television for the infamous eight bucks a month tag line. Television is not the same anymore, not that there was ever TV shows that captivated the eye on basic cable, with NYPD Blue being the exception in the 90’s, crime drama, gut wrenching,…

The use of mobile phones has dramatically increased; in fact you probably own a Smartphone and perhaps even reading this article from it, people much like yourself enjoy being able to remain connected to Technology even whilst on the go. Therefore the rising boom of Smartphones will increase and has already surpassed PC sales making it 1 billion smartphones that are currently in use and 6 billion mobile phones (that aren’t smartphones) still active, yet people are continuously converting and will continue, soon enough anything other than a smartphone or greater will cease to exist. …

Put the Custom in Customers. Businesses have learned that Social Media is no longer a presumed fad, it is actually an evolution of our communication and due to this they have inserted themselves on Social Networks, revamped their Internet Marketing strategies and learned as much as they can about adding the human touch to their social activities and advertisements, but what about their websites? So maybe your website isn’t the place you prefer to socialize and perhaps you want to keep that aspect to the social sites you build upon daily, adding a blog to your website can be a form of humanizing…

Facebook is becoming a little more translucent with your activities by allowing others to see what you are doing. Just a few months ago Facebook quietly began permitting its users to see if someone ignores your chat message by literally showing in the chat box that the message you wrote was seen with a timestamp. This means that the person on the other end either closed their browser or closed the chat box and therefore this triggers Facebook to believe that the person read your message. This can be a good thing to help with communication clarification in the written form, since it is at times difficult…

There seems to be a lot of surprise surrounding the amount of personal data that is being used by websites and social networks, as if all of a sudden this is new. Yes, Facebook in particular has received a lot of flak for its secrecy of using personal data for Marketing and Advertising purposes. The secrecy should be more upsetting than the fact that in this instance, Facebook uses personal data to substitute for dollars. Many ask why… the answer? Facebook is a business. As much as we (the users) like to think that Facebook is ours and arguably, we have helped build Facebook, since it is after all, a…

  The next Social Media giant is right before our eyes, known as the photo filtering and sharing social mobile app, Instagram. Although its launch date was in October of 2010 it has gained 80 million users in less than two years. It took Facebook nearly 4 years after its initial launch and Twitter 5 years before its user base reached 100 million, so with 20 million more users Instagram will hit the 100 million mark. It will not be surprising if they do prior to their 2 year anniversary since their user base has increased by 166% after opening up on two mobile platforms, iOS and Android as well as the recent…

The end of summer is nearing (unfortunately) and for most of us that means that harsh weather will be drifting our way. Fortunately we have had great weather this summer as long as we stayed indoors where the air conditioning is and away from the heat of the sun, but that is no way to spend our summers! Before the end of summer, you should take an adventure that will be memorable and one that will make it in your History book, to do so, you need easy ways of finding, booking and planning that vacation that you deserve. Here are 4 free (yes, free) Apps that will help you get that vacation before the end of summer….

There is a new generation, one that is full of conversation, sharing and caring about what others think. No longer does it matter how old you are or from what generation you originated from, whether it be from the Baby Boomer era, or from Gen X to Gen Y, we have co- created a generation on its own, known as the Facebook Generation. Whether you love or despise Facebook, you have either been on it, are on it or have talked about it at some point. This conglomerate of a social site has taken our segregated generational gaps and unified us through the written word. Sure, we could also be known as the Social Media…

  If you’re in the Social Media Industry you have heard of the social measuring sites, Klout or Empire Avenue, sure there are other ones that exist and that you should or could be on, but these two seem to have gained more recognition within the Industry, either good or bad. Some may say that either site is merely an ego booster and nothing more, others may think that they serve no true purpose and then there are the rest of us, who see these two particular sites to be what a future boss might see, your current boss is seeing and who to network with within the Industry. Depending on how you see it, even…

Since the roll out of the Facebook Timeline for Pages earlier this year, it seems as though Facebook has hidden one of its newest and once useful tools, the questions feature. Your search is over. …