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March 2nd, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Earlier last week, the New York Times published an article arguing that blogging is an act which is becoming a dying art form on the Internet, with users preferring to use social networking websites like Facebook and micro-blogging website Twitter as an alternative.
This news immediately struck me as odd as every Tom, Dick and Harry (and Mary, Jane and…
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March 2nd, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Plans to make it possible to vote on American Idol through Facebook came to fruition this week. That’s supposed to be good news but on the other hand it does mean that there will be another season of American Idol. But anyway, back to the case in point.
Facebook voting commenced on Tuesday March 1 and those who choose to…
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March 2nd, 2011 by Damian Davila
Co-foundedby Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, Instagram is a relatively new photo service that allows iPhone users to post pics online, share them through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and allow people to comment on the pics.
The rise to popularity of this iPhone app has been due to its use by celebrities such as Snoop Dogg to…
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March 1st, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Are social networks like Facebook and Twitter blocked in your workplace? Luckily, I work for a company that encourages the use of Twitter (not so much Facebook) during the working day but a friend of mine can’t access these types of websites at all where he works.
I can understand that employers would be worried about their employees wasting time…
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March 1st, 2011 by Damian Davila
A 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg (portrayed by Jesse Eissenberg), getting his geeky heart broken by his girlfriend in the film, The Social Network.
If you:
don’t have the patience for eHarmony,
have a crush on somebody on your Facebook friend list but she’s already in a relationship, and
can wait for a while.
Then, here’s the solution for you: Breakup Notifier.…
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February 28th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
If you type “Facebook” into Google on any given day, you’ll be greeted with pages of news stories related to the social networking website/phenomenon. In more recent times, these stories have represented the website in a less than positive light. This is hardly surprising however.
Everyone already once confirmed that Facebook was a good invention (hence why there are 600 …
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February 27th, 2011 by Ann Smarty
There are a lot of great infographics but just a few that are truly awesome. Those that you can’t help sharing.
This one is just that type of infographic that you are happy to have found and look at again and again.
Now, take a look at your Facebook profile picture and take a quick test using this picture: what…
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February 24th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Comedian Ben Elton’s most recent offering
‘Live from Plant Earth’ hasn’t exactly proved a hit. Just 939,000 viewers tuned into the debut show and he didn’t exactly do himself any favours by discussing micro blogging and social networking website Twitter unfavourably on air.
In last week’s live episode, Elton referred to Twitter as
“cultural cannibalism” and the users of the…
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February 24th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Thousands of people join Twitter every single day yet when I ask around my group of friends to see who has joined the social networking giant hardly any of them are on there. Further to this when I look at the ones that do have profiles there are hardly any updates yet when I sign into Facebook everyone is constantly…
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February 23rd, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Ever hear a new song on the radio or get a recommendation from a friend about some music you ‘must hear’ but by the time you get home to check it out, your memory fails? Well fail no longer, Twitter has stepped in to help you not only recall what you want to listen to, they will keep a running…
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