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Google Labs To Allow Searches for Social Content

  • October 21st, 2009 by Tisha Tolar
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, CA, the VP of Google announced that a new Google Labs experiment will be starting soon. The latest experiment will help searches find information from their social network contacts with every Google search. The project will be launching in the next few weeks. In order to use the service effectively, you have… Read more

Social Media May Be More Revealing Than You Think

  • October 15th, 2009 by Tisha Tolar
An experiment by MIT involving social media has been almost as revealing as what others can learn about you from an online social media site. Many people sign on to the social media sites in order to reconnect with old friends, new friends, and family members but many may fail to understand just what a profile on sites like MySpace,… Read more

Facebook Humor: the Internet is Buzzing with Funny Facebook Screenshots

  • October 9th, 2009 by Tisha Tolar
Facebook humor is becoming the whole new genre: there are plenty of fake screenshots and funny catches across the Internet people eagerly share. Here are just a few really examples of funny Facebook screenshots.… Read more

FTC’s New Rules Change Social Media and Blogging Reviews

  • October 8th, 2009 by Tisha Tolar
As social media continues to change the way consumers think and shop, the FTC is changing the rules to protect those consumer interests. The new rules are now requiring bloggers and social media users to disclose any payments received for a written review of a product or service. Violators can face punishment that includes a warning letter to up to… Read more

Social Media Unleashes Some of the Best Travel Deals In Town

  • October 8th, 2009 by Tisha Tolar
People who think social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, revolve solely on celebrity feuds or old friends catching up might just being missing out on the deal of the century. Many big businesses like airline or national retailers are quick to Tweet a deal before the word spread through other mediums.… Read more

Marketers, Research Social Media Instead of Cheating It

  • September 29th, 2009 by Ann Smarty
Social media web has always lured marketers: that’s where your customers are, just go ahead, pretend to be their friend and sell them anything! Social media community is a great way to approach people, to make them trust you and to fool them, right? Well, no, and those who think so, do not get the point.… Read more

Take Your Social Media Life Offline: Twitter, Digg, Facebook, etc Business Cards

  • September 25th, 2009 by Ann Smarty
You are a power social media user, you have hundreds of friends on Facebook and thousands of followers on Twitter but you are ONLY popular on the Internet? Would you like to take part of your Internet social media life offline? Here are a few stylish examples of social media business cards:… Read more

The Truth About Social Media Discussions

  • September 23rd, 2009 by Ann Smarty
This comic I came across recently got me into thinking about how people disagree on social media. Really, often this makes me really sad:… Read more

Digg FireFox Extension: Browse Digg within Your Browser

  • September 10th, 2009 by Ann Smarty
There are not really many good Digg tools to play with and the following one is a nice exception from the rules: Digg FireFox Extension offers an array if options which make web browsing enjoyable.… Read more

6 Popular Web 2.0 Sites Now and Then

  • September 7th, 2009 by Ann Smarty
It is great fun to take a look at how now popular web 2.0 sites used to look like years ago, when they were just launched. Now, let’s try to imagine how those sites will look 10 years from now: [based on this article, please note some images on the old screenshots were not cached and are thus missingRead more