Facebook’s Safety Renovation
In the aftermath of the murder of Ashleigh Hall (a 17-year-old U.K. girl who was duped by a man who posed as a teenager on Facebook), and the suicide of Pheobe Prince after being subjected to relentless cyber-bullying, Facebook has overhauled its Safety Center. The new Safety Center provides information for teens, parents, law enforcement [...]
O’Connor Online Civics Education
Although former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is not on Facebook or Twitter, she wants to use her power and the power of the Internet to get young people interested in civics. According to Christina Boyle’s article, Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wants to Bring Civics Education to [...]
Social Commerce Coming Soon
A decade ago most of us could not have foreseen the importance social media would play on our lives today. In his article, Facebook vs. Google: The Billion Dollar Battle to Be Your Default Social Profile, Jim Tobin ponders the question: “What’s next in social media?” According to him, social networks, specifically Google and Facebook, [...]
The Feds Are Lurking on Facebook and Twitter
If you’re a respectable, law-abiding citizen (you are, aren’t you?) then this shouldn’t concern you too much. But if you think you’re above the law and leaving no evidence behind, you may want to be careful on what you post on Facebook and Twitter. The Justice Department recently released a document to help the feds [...]
Lady Gaga Is the Queen of Social Media
Lady Gaga is everywhere. You can’t turn on the radio and listen for too long before one of her hits bounces through your speakers. Yet her reach goes so much further than the Billboard Charts. Caitlin Burns states in her article Lady Gaga and Social Media (for The Social Robot) that “Lady Gaga has over [...]
Scarface-booked!
Pasquale Manfredi (a.k.a. Scarface — self-proclaimed), on of Italy’s most wanted good fella, was nabbed because officals were able to track him by monitoring his (and his contacts) Facebook activities. Check out the full story and video in Doug Stanglin’s article Italian police nab most-wanted Mafia suspect via Facebook (USA Today ONDEADLINE).
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Facebook Surpasses Google to Take Top Spot Among US Websites
Just about everyone I know uses Facebook and Google daily. I guess because we’re all so darn social these days, Facebook has become top dog in the United States. Director, Research at Hitwise, Heather Dougherty, details Facebook’s takeover in her article Facebook Reaches Top Ranking in US.
Did Social Media Save SeaWorld?
The recent death of a park trainer by one of SeaWorld’s killer whales was all over the news. SeaWorld was quick to address the tragic issue, especially via their social media outlets (Twitter, Facebook, blog). In his article SeaWorld uses social media to react quickly to a major crisis for the Sun Sentinal, Seth Liss [...]
Is Facebook Too Big for its Britches?
With over 400 million registered users, and an estimated billion-plus in revenue, Facebook is without a doubt the Mac Daddy (or Daddy Mac to all you Chris Cross fans) of social utilities. Can you even think of life without it now? Think about it.
In his article for The Observer, The future of Facebook, John Naughton [...]