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Are You Twittering Mostly on Fridays? Everyone Else Is

  • April 29th, 2011 by Tisha Tolar
Two independent resources have conducted studies about the habits of social media users and it seems the results are consistent with Friday being the ideal day to head online and find out what you need to know. During the research, it was found that the majority of updates, status changes, and Tweets occur on Fridays, with an 18% increase over… Read more

What Will Be The Repercussions Of The Facebook American Idol Marriage?

  • 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… Read more

Band-Friendly MySpace In Decline – Can Facebook Pick Up the Slack?

  • January 21st, 2011 by Tisha Tolar
MySpace has been in the news lately – but mostly the news is bad. Massive layoffs have been announced again for the failing social site. In recent months, MySpace has attempted to make upgrades to cater to its remaining users. Bands and musicians in particular were still finding benefit with the site for promoting their music. However, with the large… Read more

Social Media Sites as Talent Incubators

  • December 22nd, 2010 by SEM Contributor
The line that may have defined the ‘80’s culturally – “I want my MTV” – was Sting’s vocal contribution to Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing,” the band’s most successful single from their cart-topping “Brothers in Arms” album. Twenty-five years later (that’s right you older folks, twenty-five years), the refrain might rather seems to have been reversed. “MTV Wants… Read more

Narvoo.com Offers Up Social Networking for Movie Lovers

  • October 19th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
The idea behind Narvoo is to provide a place on the web where movie lovers can come and compile lists of their favorite movies, whilst also finding new people to discuss their favorite feature films with. Set up almost like on an online movie database, the site allows members to generate and search through film lists, to find movies that… Read more

Tired of Waiting for Dinner Service? There’s an App to Help

  • September 14th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
Ever show up at a restaurant absolutely famished only to find out there is a 45 minute wait before you can be seated? Well, who hasn’t? Now there is a new solution for skipping the wait and never having to sit wait for your vibrator to go off before being seated at your favorite restaurant. The Onion’s AV Club has… Read more