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Instagram’s 17 month journey from nil to bill(ion)
There are already questions surrounding Facebook's purchase of Instagram for $1 billion yesterday. Was it a talent purchase (of 13...
Silicon success hits Instagram as Facebook shells out $1 billion to buy it
It's a sign of the times. Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook has purchased photo app Instagram for $1 billion. The...
Google+ March spike gives hope to countering the “ghost town” perception
With many in social media declaring Google+ as a valiant effort that simply came too late to the game to...
The college experience enhanced (or hampered) by social media
When Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, he wanted to make a closed network for the elite at Harvard. Over time,...
Should Facebook buy Bing?
It's all about timing. Bing's inability to take market share from Google in the search industry and Facebook's focus on...
The Onion’s satire about Facebook as a CIA tool may be close to reality
One of the best parts about the comical genius at The Onion is that sometimes their satire hits a little...
How buying patents from IBM can save Facebook
The acquisition of 750 patents from IBM by Facebook signals the venture of the social networking giant into a realm...
8 tips for improving your Facebook EdgeRank
For most, Facebook is an internet tool for keeping up with our friends and family while broadcasting the "interesting" things...
F-Commerce gets an ‘F’ as Facebook storefronts fail miserably
When Facebook started rolling out their plan to put online stores on their platform in November, 2010, many believed that...
What would Facebook look like at the North Pole?
As Christmas and other holidays lurk around the corner, it's time to take a lighter view. Why? There's so much...
Teens and the cruel world of social networking
Social networking really started with teens on MySpace. Since then, it has progressed to the rest of the world. MySpace...
Facebook gets back into places with purchase of Gowalla
After a failed attempt to beat location-based check-in service Foursquare last year, Facebook has re-entered the arena by purchasing Foursquare's...
The Facebook Phone (Comic)
In Mark Zuckerberg's response to the FTC, we learned that Facebook is being forced to be more transparent, more privacy-oriented,...
Google+ television ads are pointing people in the wrong direction
When I heard that Google had put out their first Google+ television commercial, I was both impressed and a little...
Buffy the Facebook Phone will Fail
In the next year or two (anyone's guess is valid at this point) Facebook will be releasing a smartphone by...
Six Privacy Concerns About Facebook’s Latest Features
It's been over a month since Mark Zuckerberg unveiled many of the changes that have happened or will happen soon...
The best places to work in Silicon Valley
Jobs are scarce in most sectors. Silicon Valley is one of those rare areas where the top tech talent is...
Links on Facebook to be screened for viruses
Phishers and hackers have found that social media is a great place to plant links to malicious websites as unsuspecting...
This Facebook changes “spoof” video hits pretty close to home
Leave it to Taiwanese video company Next Media Animation to visualize the best/worst of any news story. This time, they...
Facebook for business is (finally) showing results
There have been questions over the last few years about the validity of social media as a marketing or business...