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The impending landfall of Hurricane Sandy has many people along the Eastern Seaboard changing their plans for this week. While residents in Brooklyn are boarding up or evacuating, Google made the decision to cancel its Android event today. Along with bottled water and canned goods, information is one of the most valuable commodities at times like these. To better …
Death is the next great adventure. This is true for the fans of The Walking Dead, the zombie apocalypse turned ridiculous soap opera. We are fans of the show, yet we cannot help but make fun of it for its absurd-yet-compelling plot and dysfunctional cast of characters. Since the third season of the show started two episodes …
Updated Post Yesterday afternoon, Miranda Miller of Search Engine Watch broke the news about how some Facebook app developers are exploiting the private information of social media users. In her article, she relates the story of Bogomil Shopov, an Internet marketer and blogger. On October 23, Shopov posted to his blog about a deal he spotted …
Typically we do humor posts on Friday, but today is World Pasta Day so we thought we would share some “pasta humor” with you today :) Source: google.com via SEJournal on Pinterest Source: images4.fanpop.com via SEJournal on Pinterest Source: m5.paperblog.com via SEJournal on Pinterest Source: rlv.zcache.com via SEJournal on …
Pinterest has finally made it into the top 50 most visited websites in the United States, according to comScore, with just over 25.3 million visitors in the month of September. It should not take long for the social pin-board site to surpass MySpace, Instragram, and Tumblr sitting at 47, 44, and 42 respectively. LinkedIn and …
Wall Street investors seem to happy with yesterday’s 3rd quarter earnings statement from Facebook. According to Don Reisinger writing for CNet, “The social network’s shares have soared in early trading today, jumping 23 percent to nearly $24. Facebook closed the day yesterday at $19.50. Investors are responding favorably to Facebook’s better-than-expected third-quarter earnings report that came …
As reported to you last week, Apple kicked off a what will be a full week of tech announcements and product launches—and the tech giant did it in a big way. Most expected the unveiling of the iPad Mini with maybe an announcement about a new retina MacBook Pro or an new MacMini. The team …
Over the weekend, YouTube started adjusting the ranking of videos in YouTube search to reward engaging videos that keep viewers watching. This is a continuation of ongoing efforts to focus video discovery features on watch time and recent improvements to YouTube Analytics. The changes so far have resulted in less clicking and more watching. YouTube …
Launched in October 2010 and acquired by Facebook in April 2012, Instagram is a free photo-sharing program and social network that lets users apply digital filters to images and make them look like they were taken in the 1920s. Described the most annoying photo app on both Apple and Android by Buzzfeed.com, Instagram is said …
Yahoo will be releasing its third quarter earnings statement later this afternoon. CEO Marissa Mayer is also expected to announce her plans to turn the company around. Mayer took the reigns at Yahoo in July of this year and has spent her first few months in the big chair setting the stage for things to …
