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One thing that’s killing Google+ – user profile URLs
Quick, what's your Twitter handle? What's your Facebook profile URL? What's you Google+ address? You were probably able to answer...
TIL Twitter has a relatively-small number of employees
It only takes 140-characters or less to send a Tweet and it takes under 1,000 employees to operate the company...
How does a smartphone know up from down?
It was probably pretty cool to you the first time you ever tried it on a smartphone or tablet, but...
A new social media site just for your grandparents is in the works
It’s bad news enough when your mother discreetly sends you a friend request via your favorite social media site. This...
Social media: How politicians will win the future over
For decades politicians have fought to gain a foothold in the crucial 18-24 demographic. No longer is this just a...
Searching for social media’s John Hughes
This generation's filmmakers have not been able to accurately portray the ethos of the social media generation yet. When will...
The rise of the mini media moguls
Social media is allowing a whole new generation to emerge. With young adults and children taking over social networking sites,...
GM’s facebook ad brawl – sociability vs. visibility
So, after a couple of weeks, the truth has come out about GM’s sudden Facebook ad maneuver. Or at least...
Is social media destroying the world? I don’t think so
Everybody has a different view of social media: enthusiastic, annoyed, indifferent. However, when it comes to being amusing, nothing beats...
Facebook vs. Google
Both Google and Facebook receive hundreds of millions of visits every month, but how do they compare as companies? The...
Businesses can’t hide from social media wrath
There was a time when an unhappy customer was an unhappy customer. Best practices said to deal with their concerns,...
The moment smart investors (claim to) have been waiting for: Facebook falls below $29
After hitting the market hard, then getting hit hard by the market, Facebook's tumultuous IPO has hit a new low,...
Don’t post pictures of your grandmother’s cash stash on Facebook
Call this a #protip for social media use. If you're helping your grandmother count her life savings, don't try to...
The Facebook phone rumors won’t die (because they’re probably true)
Incessant gossip surrounding iPad/iPhone releases and future features is the only thing more persistent in the tech rumor mill than...
Social media: Breaking through the traditional news barrier
As of 2012, printed newspaper has been surpassed big time by online news revenue. Networking sites such as Facebook and...
Does Klout really measure clout?
For those of you that don’t know, Klout is a way of measuring digital influence through social networking platforms. I’ll...
As Facebook sinks, Zynga gets dragged down with them
In Aladdin, when Jafar was pulled into the lamp after making a monumental mistake of going for too much power,...
Using Facebook to find deals on coffee might help you live longer
In the news, there was a recent study providing evidence that drinking coffee may help you live longer. The study...
Ramblings of an adman: Guinness pint glass QR code makes the bar scene a little more social
It seems that BBDO New York has come up with another way for bars to become a different kind of...
Timelines are a changin’: Facebook makes another improvement (again)
Facebook gives itself a facelift by improving the user experience yet again. Facebook’s Timeline, which was implemented back earlier in...