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Your Guide To Facebook Messages
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Mark Zuckerberg has announced some crazy stats about Facebook and the new Messages system. He revealed that 350 million users make use of Facebook messages, sending 4 billion a day — that’s personal messages, not m...
How To Use Path, The Anti-Social Network, In The Classroom
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In case you hadn't noticed, there's yet another social network on the block. It just launched today but is hoping to turn the social networking world on its head. It's called Path and is being dubbed a 'personal ne...
How Facebook Will Replace E-Mail
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You may have a new e-mail client starting on Monday. Get ready for Facebook Mail. Facebook is rumored to announce their secret Project Titan — a web-based email client that is unofficially referred to internally as the “Gmail killer”. Facebook Mail is set to be unveiled on Monday during Facebook's special event (invitation on the right). It is expected to allow you to have e-mail addresses that end in @facebook.com.
But will it be more than POP-enabled webmail? Chances are good that it will be all that and more. If Facebook is seriously trying to take on GMail with a new product it will have to have some impressive features.
20 Dropouts Who Are Changing The World
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Read up on any new millionaire or billionaire and it seems they have the same story: come up with a good idea, drop out of school to develop it, cash in. It seems that innovators all have had to drop out of college (or high school) in order to have the time to make their dreams a reality.
Why is that? Isn't school supposed to be a nurturing atmosphere that allows for innovative people to flourish?
When Should Schools Adopt or Avoid New Social Networks?
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Foursquare is not going to replace Twitter or Facebook but it is still transforming the social media space. In fact, you know a service like Foursquare has caught on if schools are writing articles on how students are embracing the new system. For example, Marquette has just done a wonderful piece on how students are using Foursquare to find new and exciting places to go.
Schools not currently experimenting with services like Foursquare and Gowalla are missing out on a precious chance to connect with students.
7 Tips On Using Social Media At Work
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Rants about your boss or your job may have once been reserved for during after-work drinks at a bar, but employee gripes are now being voiced in the social media sphere.Workplace complaints posted on popular sites s...
Ning Finally Offers Social Network Sign-Ins
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It's about time. Ning is partnering with user management platform for the social web Janrain to offer Ning Creators the ability to add social login and invite friends features to their members Ning will offer c...
Why Google Is Unfriending Facebook
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The battle over who has the most data is coming to a head today. Google is fighting back after Facebook started offering users workarounds that allow Facebook users to import their contacts from Gmail (because Google ...
Professor Actually Loses Weight By Eating Only Twinkies, Junk Food
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Twinkies. Nutty bars. Powdered donuts. For 10 weeks, Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, ate one of these sugary cakelets every three hours, instead of meals. To add variety...
The ‘Facebook Web Browser’ Has Launched
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If Facebook or Twitter were to build a Web browser, they'd make it like this. Rather than wait for that to happen, a startup company went ahead and built their own browser that has some interesting features. It's cal...
The 'Facebook Web Browser' Has Launched
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If Facebook or Twitter were to build a Web browser, they'd make it like this. Rather than wait for that to happen, a startup company went ahead and built their own browser that has some interesting features. It's cal...
The 12 Types of People To Avoid On Facebook
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There are plenty of people you want to communicate and connect with on Facebook. However, there do seem to be more than a few stereotypical personalities that you may want to avoid on the social network. For example, do you have a 'Town Crier' that constantly announces WITH CAPS LOCK ON the day's news? What about someone with 4,000 friends? There's no way they maintain communication with that many people. Enjoy!
What Mark Zuckerberg Could Buy With His Billions
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Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hasn't even had an IPO yet he's still worth nearly 7 billion dollars. That's insane. What's more insane? The nonsense stuff he could buy with that money. Thanks to the folks over at GraphJam...
Why Aren't Election Results Known In Real-Time?
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There are an astonishing amount of tools, widgets, gadgets, plugins, and scripts available to help everyone know everything about the election. You can punch in your address to find your nearest polling place, see who...
Why Aren’t Election Results Known In Real-Time?
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There are an astonishing amount of tools, widgets, gadgets, plugins, and scripts available to help everyone know everything about the election. You can punch in your address to find your nearest polling place, see who...
The Ultimate Guide To Internet Statistics
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We all know the Internet is huge. In fact, it's apparently growing faster than ever before. Need proof? Here are a few of the most important and engaging videos and statistics that are making the rounds on the Interne...
