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If you want privacy, social media may not be for you
Western society has always had certain expectations of privacy that have been disturbed or reaffirmed at various times in history....
The “Risk” of social media (the board game, that is)
Modifying board games has been a "thing" for a couple of decades now but in the last couple of years...
Twitter and Facebook may be more addictive than alcohol or cigarettes
Has Western culture grown too attached to their social networks? It's possible, according to a recent study led by Wilhelm...
The growing reach of social media’s election impact
Social media and the internet in general had dramatic effects on the election in 2008. This year is proving to...
Not Rated Shoes: Taking on the juggernauts through social media
In a great economy, it's hard to start a retail company and get attention in industries where the major players...
Google+ predicts that it will have 400 million users by end of 2012
They just passed 62 million users by adding 625,000 new users per day. Now, Google+ is predicting that they will...
Social Media 2011: The bullseyes and blunders that dominated chatter
In the past, the best way to review the year was to look back through newspaper headlines and pick out...
The social media disruption of advertising (is a good thing)
The internet took us by storm and changed the way we live our lives. Social media came along and had...
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...
YouTube founders relaunch Delicious
The founders of YouTube have begun to breathe new life into social-bookmarking site Delicious. Delicious was just relaunched, combining new...
Tumblr drives more pageviews, more money
Microblogging platform Tumblr has seen exponential growth in the last few years, and there’s no sign of slowing in sight....
A quirky look at social networks: “If they were your neighbors”
Let's look at the lighter side of social media. With so many privacy concerns rolling around, turmoil around the world...
If you don’t stop using Facebook, there’s no reason to complain about it
If there's only one certainty in life, it's change. If there's only one certainty in social media, it's that people...
Is social media having an impact in business?
We know where to look to see what Johnny had for breakfast, how little Timmy slid into 3rd base, and...
The social media litmus test for hiring
Social media is often a paradox. For many, it's the convergence of our private lives with public access and scrutiny....
Walmart creates its own social media startup
Evernote, LinkedIn, Mint….Walmart? The retail giant is now among Mountain View’s leading startup companies following its purchase of Kosmix, the...
Mind-Blowing fact: there were over 900 million mentions of the Copa America Tournament on Twitter
If the statistic is true (and there's no reason to believe otherwise - heck, it's on the internet!), then there...
Automotive social media report card: Facebook
As it does with most trends in marketing, the automotive industry has gone from way behind just a year...
The American Identity According to Social Media
There is so much that can be learned about a people through social media data. People don't always act the...
Bitly acquires social publishing tool Twitterfeed
Bitly, whose mission is to reinvent how people discover and share content on the web, has officially acquired Twitterfeed. Twitterfeed...