Archive for the ‘Social Media News’ Category

 

What to Look Forward to in 2012

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

The New Year has always been a time to reflect on the past year and more importantly, focus our attention on what we want to create in the New Year. While we all know it is impossible to predict what the new year will bring, but it doesn’t stop us from promising ourselves a more [...]

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Facebook Releases Top Games of 2011

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

It may seem trivial, but a list of the top 10 Facebook games of 2011 was just released, and whether you play any of them or not, they’re money-making machines worthy of a headline or two. InsideSocialGames.com estimates that Facebook Credits revenue will reach $1.2 billion this year, 30 percent of which will be collected [...]

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Schools to Limit Social Media Interactions Between Teachers & Students

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Last week, we told you about YouTube for Schools and how social media is making its way into the classroom. This weekend, the New York Times reported that school districts across the country are imposing new, strict guidelines that ban private conversations between teachers and students on cell phones, and on social sites like Facebook [...]

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YouTube Launches “YouTube for Schools”

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Ever since Schoolhouse Rock, we’ve wondered why we can remember song lyrics almost instantly, while we struggled to recall the last line of The Gettysburg Address for our history final. Biology aside, most of us are aware that when we enjoy something, it’s generally much easier to remember it. Most people associate YouTube with entertainment, [...]

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Twitter Launches Site Revamp

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Although many a Facebook copycat has entered the social networking scene, the only serious competitor is Twitter. The microblogging site has been responsible for breaking major headlines, from the Hudson River plane crash to the death of Osama Bin Laden. Following logically in Facebook’s footsteps, Twitter launched a significant redesign on Thursday, Dec. 8. Twitter [...]

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Poll Shows 70% of Facebook Users Are Comfortable with What They Share

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

A new national telephone survey by Poll Position, an online and telephone-based public voting website for news and social media, shows that almost 70 percent of Facebook users in the US are comfortable with what they share. A significant 69.5 percent of US Facebookers claim that they are content with the personal information they share [...]

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Facebook Hiring Thousands in New York City Engineering Center

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Say what you will about the social networking giant, but there’s no denying the fact that Facebook has contributed to America’s sluggish economy. The company has now announced plans for a major New York City expansion, nearly doubling in size and bringing thousands of jobs to the market. This past Friday, the social network said [...]

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