Posted in September 3, 2010 ¬ 12:30 pmh.Michael Ramlochan
With the new feature Facebook developers are testing, users may soon have the option to keep a close eye on particular people, but how close is too close?
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According to Mashable, Facebook has been trying out a new option to subscribe to a person’s profile. Doing so allows you to receive a notification whenever [...]
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Posted in August 31, 2010 ¬ 2:59 pmh.Michael Ramlochan
If there’s one thing we know at Buzztxt, it’s that social media can make or break a marketing campaign. The key is to know your audience. If you pitch the right message to them, a brand can gain many loyal followers. But if you pitch the wrong message, you can lose the ones you already [...]
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Posted in August 30, 2010 ¬ 3:08 pmh.Michael Ramlochan
While most cats may not be friendly towards birds, the Twitter bird must have newfound respect amongst the feline population. That’s because the popular social networking site was responsible for returning a lost cat back to its owner.
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As reported by Mashable, the lost cat was found by train station staff after it had [...]
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Posted in August 27, 2010 ¬ 5:56 pmh.Michael Ramlochan
In the wake of controversy surrounding Facebook and its privacy settings, four NYU students have teamed up to create their own social networking site. But can it stand as a worthy adversary to a social media behemoth like Facebook?
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As stated on Mashable, Diaspora will officially launch as Facebook’s newest competitor in the social [...]
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Posted in August 25, 2010 ¬ 5:29 pmh.Michael Ramlochan
Keep on the lookout, everyone. In the next few weeks Google will be placing phone booths around airports and college campuses. But these aren’t the kind of phone booths that our grandparents used decades ago.
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Google is giving us a blast from the past as part of a promotional campaign for Google Voice integration [...]
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Posted in August 24, 2010 ¬ 5:17 pmh.Michael Ramlochan
Social network based games like Farmville may seem like hours of fun or boredom, depending on who you speak to. But with 56 million Americans playing it and other games, the business of social gaming is becoming increasingly popular.
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Considering its relatively recent debut, the revenue of social networking games is enormous. According to [...]
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Posted in August 20, 2010 ¬ 5:07 pmh.Michael Ramlochan
And that’s not the only site that it’s joined. Here’s the 411:
According to Yahoo News , a Facebook account is only the latest in North Korea’s jump to the social media scene. Since July it has had a Youtube account, under the name uriminzokkiri. Then last week a Twitter account was made under the name [...]
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Posted in August 19, 2010 ¬ 4:45 pmh.Michael Ramlochan
Facebook launched its newest feature today: will it be a hit or miss?
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As explained by Mashable, Facebook Places lets you share your current location with your Facebook friends and see where they are at the same time. If you’re with a group of friends at a particular location, you can “check them in” [...]
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Posted in August 18, 2010 ¬ 11:34 amh.Michael Ramlochan
Twitter has added a brand new section to their site to show how the website helps every day people. Here’s the 411:
Known as Twitter Tales, this new addition to Twitter aims to showcase how the social media giant benefits people across the world. As the official Twitter blog describes it, Twitter Tales is “a growing [...]
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Posted in August 17, 2010 ¬ 10:48 amh.Caitlin Brown
Teen heartthrob Justin Beiber is partially responsible for over 26,000 text messages to a single phone number. Here’s the 411:
Mashable reports that Justin Beiber tweeted “everyone call me [number] or text” on Saturday. The number didn’t belong to Beiber, but to Detroit teenager Kevin Kristopik.
Originally, Kristopik hacked Beiber’s friend to get the [...]
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