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Netflix gets social thanks to email spying bill

Netflix gets social thanks to email spying bill

Netflix has wanted to go social for a long time. They have been held back by an antiquated law that...

5 things American Idol can teach businesses about social media

5 things American Idol can teach businesses about social media

There are a lot of ways that Hollywood has changed the way we use the internet. On one side, the...

The basics of online tracking

The basics of online tracking

There are two sad realities about online tracking. One reality is that the majority of people have their online activities...

Microsoft is naive if they really believe these technologies will connect families

Microsoft is naive if they really believe these technologies will connect families

The technology that Microsoft has been envisioning for the future is astounding, realistic, and will give us the opportunity to...

Facebook has more female users but much more male journalists covering it

Facebook has more female users but much more male journalists covering it

It was probably just a statistical anomaly. There's not chance that a social network that is comprised 3:2 women over...

Facebook news feed redesign may be better for everyone except businesses

Facebook news feed redesign may be better for everyone except businesses

Facebook is redesigning their news feed again and this time it looks like a very positive set of changes. The...

Google+ adds more features to profiles, makes cover photos HUGE

Google+ adds more features to profiles, makes cover photos HUGE

Google hasn't forgotten about its Google+ ambitions after all. It also appears they might have read my article from last...

On Twitter, we like to spew vitriol

On Twitter, we like to spew vitriol

The opinions that we express in the real world are often not congruent with what we post on Twitter according...

The Internet revolution

The Internet revolution

To say that the internet has completely revolutionized the way we communicate with each other would be a serious understatement....

Pinterest best practices for business

Pinterest best practices for business

Pinterest has grown tremendously. In December of 2011 it had 7 million users. Just a year later, there are over...

Wasn’t email supposed to be dead by now?

Wasn’t email supposed to be dead by now?

At the World Economic Forum in 2004, Bill Gates made an interesting promise. "Two years from now, spam will be...

Facebook’s corrected insights may be a red herring for improved exposure for pages

Facebook’s corrected insights may be a red herring for improved exposure for pages

When Facebook announced last week that Insights, their page-level analytics platform, had been reporting the wrong numbers for several months,...

Don’t upload photos to Pinterest

Don’t upload photos to Pinterest

They say you learn something new every day. I learned something about Pinterest the other day that blew my mind...

A basic guide to getting hacked

A basic guide to getting hacked

Nobody wants to get hacked. The very concept is terrifying to many and at the least a personal violation to...

The most important Facebook page tip that nobody’s telling businesses

The most important Facebook page tip that nobody’s telling businesses

In one sentence, the advice that business owners and marketers need to hear is this: "Everything on your Facebook page...

A small business guide to tackling big data

A small business guide to tackling big data

It’s called having business intelligence, savvy, and it doesn’t just mean knowing the ropes or being well versed with the...

Some businesses just want to watch the Facebook burn

Some businesses just want to watch the Facebook burn

There are plenty of articles, blog posts, videos, and testimonials out there demonstrating that businesses are having tremendous success using...

3 things businesses need to know about their Twitter strategy

3 things businesses need to know about their Twitter strategy

Twitter is still the most used social network by businesses. This surprises some, but the latest statistics showed that 77%...

5 Reasons That Social Media May Never Die

5 Reasons That Social Media May Never Die

“Never” is a bold word. It is absolute and endless. To say that something can never happen is one of...

The biggest reason parents join Facebook: yep, monitoring their kids

The biggest reason parents join Facebook: yep, monitoring their kids

There's a strange change that has been happening since the dawn of social media and that continues to accelerate every...