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How Facebook is Helping People Find Their Classmates?

  • May 8th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Facebook is now the most popular social networking website on the Internet. Individuals have made new friends found old friends and have made use of  Facebook for other benefits. One can even keep in touch with their class mates to communicate for social and even academic purposes. The Requirements Now before you take off on your search for your class… Read more

Facebook Uses Social Media Platform to Encourage Organ Donations

  • May 7th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
With the largest amount of users in the social networking arena, CEO Mark Zuckerberg knows he can use Facebook to reach a wide array of individuals. That being the case, Zuckerberg and Facebook announced May 1 that the social networking site has an option available for its users to indicate their organ donor status on their accounts. Users simply go… Read more

Capsule: Private Sharing on Social Network

  • May 3rd, 2012 by SEM Contributor
In recent times, social media users have become more and more accepting of lax privacy settings. So much so, that it no longer remains a priority for many sites. Facebook itself over the recent years has changed their privacy policies so many times that keeping track of the current stance can be a nuisance. For the highly paranoid it can… Read more

Your Guide To BO.LT

  • May 2nd, 2012 by SEM Contributor
For those who are in tune to the latest social media sites that allow you to share your content; then BO.LT must have crossed your path.  It is the threat to Pinterest in the fact that instead of sharing images a user can share their content and link their sites to BO.LT.  It is still in beta and you have… Read more

Teaching in a Digital Classroom

  • May 1st, 2012 by SEM Contributor
As time marches steadily forward and the technology around us continues to push its way more deeply into our lives, both personal and professional, the question of how to best educate our population is raised over and over again. With the shared understanding that, whether welcomed or not, high technology is currently making its place known in schools of all… Read more

The Rise of the Unsocial Networks

  • April 27th, 2012 by Damian Davila
While Facebook and Twitter are catching are all about amassing hordes of followers and friends, the newest social network have a more “unsocial” theme. The recent $1 billion acquisition of Instagram by Facebook cements the idea that smaller, closed networks are growing in popularity among early adopters. Facebook indicated in April 23, 2012 S1 form about this deal:
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Taking Pulse of Your Local News

  • April 26th, 2012 by Damian Davila
With the rise of the iPad, Kindle Fire and almost any tablet reader or PC as the potential saviors of the publishing business, several companies are rushing to create the next great news reader. At the top of the list, is Pulse app, which is a news reading application for several smartphones and tablets. According to the company site: “It… Read more

An iPhone App for Long Distance Techie Couples

  • April 25th, 2012 by Damian Davila
Nowadays, social media and email make it so easy to keep in touch (or get back in touch) with people that it is not a surprise that more and more relationships are being maintained over the Internet. Techie couples maintaining long distance relationships are not shy to share their feelings over social media. Still, while Facebook makes it easy to… Read more

Should You Deny Social Media Access to Your Employees?

  • April 18th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Social media is an extremely hot trend right now. People all over the world use it to engage with companies and interact with friends. Businesses use social media, individuals use social media, and everyone seems to enjoy it. Some companies worry that this obsession with social media has a negative effect on their company. These companies worry that their employees… Read more

What is MiNeeds All About?

  • April 18th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
We all know about social media sites and their usefulness as a business tool. But there are sites that have taken the basic premise of social media platforms and expanded them to previously unheard of levels. One such site is MiNeeds, a kind of yellow pages meets Facebook for people looking for professional services. So what is it all about?… Read more