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Why Liking Something on Facebook Isn't As Helpful As You Think

Emerald Catron — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:35:35 +0000

If you think you’re saving the world by liking a page on Facebook, UNICEF Sweden has got some news for you — you’re not. Liking a page is a great way to keep informed about a charity or cause, but unless it’s part of a specific campaign, it doesn’t actually do much good. This starving [...]

12 Parents Embarrassing Their Kids On Facebook

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:16:24 +0000

There’s a funny thing about parents and technology. That being a majority of moms and dads are pretty tech unsavvy without the help of us internet-obsessed younger folk. And while parental struggles can be frustrating at times, their attempts to get in the techy loop are mostly just hilarious. This is particularly true with Facebook. Many [...]

Facebook Photo Results In Raid Of Gun Instructor's Home

Chris Reed — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:16:56 +0000

Shawn Moore, a firearms instructor, posted this photo of his 11-year-old son on Facebook, and it resulted in a visit from the New Jersey Police and personnel from Family Services. The gun the kid is holding is a .22 rifle, a copy of the AR-15, but a 22 caliber. Apparently someone saw this photo on [...]

Facebook Launches New News Feed Design — Again

DJ Digital — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:45:48 +0000

Just when you finally got used to the latest Facebook News Feed design, they’re changing it again. Facebook announced it’s newly designed News Feed feature today, and according to the social media powerhouse, you can look forward to less clutter and more visuals. News Feed was introduced six years ago, and it has been two [...]

The Latest Facebook 'Fad' That Has Chris Reed Upset

Chris Reed — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:22:48 +0000

After scrolling through my News Feed on Facebook in recent days, I have now found my latest viral pet peeve. I have survived through “planking,” “owling,” the “Harlem Shake,” but the latest Facebook fad has got to go!!! Have you seen photos like mine, as seen above, in your Facebook News Feed as of late? [...]

'Cloud Girlfriend' Helps Guys Score On-Line Girlfriend

Chris Reed — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:09:42 +0000

If any of you guys have the single status on your Facebook page and it bothers you, “Cloud Girlfriend” is coming to the rescue. An Internet venture is now offering single guys on Facebook a “virtual girlfriend” for just five dollars. Yes, you read this correctly, a company will now allow guys, that are [...]

Dad Offers Teen $200 If He Quits Facebook For Five Months

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:12:43 +0000

Yesterday we learned that more and more people are taking long breaks from Facebook. If they’re not getting paid for these social network hiatuses they may be doing it wrong. Rachel Baier is getting the princely sum of $200 for handing her Facebook password over to her father and allowing him to deactivate her account for five months. The terms [...]

Have You Taken a Break From Facebook? Many Have

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:57:11 +0000

If Facebook was anything like Friendster and MySpace it would be only available in Malaysia or reduced to a Justin Timberlake vanity product.

Yes, the Harvard-born social network has beat the odds and looks like it will be around for the long-haul. In fact, the latest debate surrounding Facebook is what happens to a member's page when they die.

Survey Reveals Americans Feel The Need To Take A Break from Facebook

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:33:39 +0000

Valentine’s Day may be in the air, but it seems like there isn’t a ton of love for Facebook Why? Because we may have had our fill of the social networking site. According to a new Pew survey, 61% of people have taken a break from the social networking site for several weeks at a [...]

'Actual Facebook Graph Searches' Exposes Weird Facebook Habits

Emerald Catron — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:03:41 +0000

Well, this certainly didn’t take long. Only a few days after Facebook unveiled their new search engine Facebook Graph Search, a Tumblr mocking it has been made, and it’s a hit. Aptly named Actual Facebook Graph Searches, the site’s creator, Tom Scott, searches for contradictory sets of data and highlights the fact that such results [...]

Instagram Can Now Sell Your Photos

DJ Digital — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:10:38 +0000

Instagram has announced today that it basically has the right to sell your photographs without compensating you, much less notifying you about it. Naturally, this has caused quite the uproar amongst both users and non-users of the photo-sharing site.

This Thanksgiving, We Are Thankful For More Fake NFL Quarterback Conversations

DJ Digital — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:39:00 +0000

Ahh, tis’ the holiday season, and with Turkey Day soon approaching, we will be hanging with family that we only see twice a year at most. What better way to break the ice with your great uncle Charlie, than introducing him to those HI-LARIOUS fake Facebook conversations between the NFL’s most popular quarterbacks? It all [...]

Nine-Year-Old's Dying Wish Granted Thanks to Facebook

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:00:15 +0000

There is nothing worse than a story about a nine-year-old dying of cancer. The best we can hope for out of one is something like this — overwhelming humanity from strangers in the face of tragedy. Nine-year-old soccer fan Jens Pascal Schmidt had a brain tumor, and his dying wish was for a gravestone with [...]

Planning to Tweet or Instagram Your Ballot? You May Be Committing a Felony

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:53:35 +0000

Voting in a presidential election is pretty exciting. And, these days, when we do something exciting we want to tell the world about it through social network sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

But while there may be a temptation to take a photo of your completed ballot and post it on the internet with pride, it's not a very good idea. In fact in states like Wisconsin it's a felony to let anybody else see your ballot or a photo of your ballot.

Posting Political Rants on Facebook Might Get You Defriended

Mike Adams — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:41:31 +0000

You may have strong political opinions, but new research finds that those hardcore rants you’ve been posting on Facebook lately just might be losing you some friends in your social media circle. Joseph Burns, a professor of communication at Southeastern Louisiana University recently conducted a study where he asked 24 of his friends (half Democrats [...]

Fake Facebook Conversation Between Top NFL Quarterbacks Is Hilarious

DJ Digital — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:30:56 +0000

At the conclusion of every football game, it’s the norm to see the quarterback from each team briefly meet at midfield to exchange words. I’ve always wondered: What do they tell each other, and do they ever actually spoke outside of those hasty encounters? Thanks to this hilarious fake Facebook conversation between Peyton Manning, Tom [...]

Get a Facebook 'Like' and Tech-Savvy Vest Hugs You

Cameron Simcik — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:00:18 +0000

It was recently revealed that Facebook now has one billion users -- that's 15% of the world’s population. That’s a pretty impressive achievement for Mr. Zuckerburg, if you ask us. There’s no denying the top-notch social network has become integrated into our daily lives, and now there's a way to be physically rewarded by the site -- ‘Like-A-Hug.'

Facebook Creates Anti-Stalk Technology, Takes All the Fun Out of Facebook

Marla Rosenthal — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:47:21 +0000

These days, everyone and their grandmother and pet hamster have Facebook. And most people would agree that the best use for the social networking site is passive stalkage of exes, frenemies and coworker crushes. So naturally, those fun killers at Facebook have decided to shut that business down.

Saints Fans React To 0-3 Start

Sam Stokes — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:11:42 +0000

And as you'd expect, Saints fans had a whole lot to say...

Facebook Unfriending Hurts – And Research Shows It

Dave Steel — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:09:24 +0000

If you've ever been 'unfriended' and walked away from the experience emotionally bruised, you're not alone. Face it, no one wants to be that person that sees your friend list shrink.