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Think about electronics, think about Hong Kong. Think about portable radios, think Hong Kong. It's no wonder that social media has penetrated so much of Hong Kong (and other parts of Asia) so quickly.
Even if we don't hit the jackpot there is an abundance of riches to be found in friendship. Social networking at its best provides a technology that has the capability to open doors and hearts
Facebook filed its initial paperwork for its IPO on Feb. 1, 2012, in what is assured to be the most talked about IPO in 2012. However, before you "friend" the Facebook share, it will pay to do some digging into their StockVille.
Some people get rich by creating good things, and they support many people. But some people -- they used to be called robber barons -- succeed at others' expense. So just as wealth isn't necessarily bad, "efficiency" isn't necessarily good.
The recent revelations that some iPhone and Android apps are uploading and storing users' phone address books without permission not only violates the privacy of the person using the phone but, potentially, everyone in that person's address book.
You may like to vacation without guidebooks and Google maps, but don't let the thrill of discovering a destination on your own keep you from checking out these 12 social travel apps.
When ESPN created an especially stupid and racially charged headline, it only took 36 hours for the fallout to begin. Thanks, in part, to the loud thunderstorm on social media.
The ancient Greeks, as they chiseled pictures of cute cats and dogs into stone, could only dream that a medium like Facebook would one day exist, allowing individuals who wished to make others involuntarily say, "Aww..." to do so on a global scale.
We're not really picking on any particular social network effort here. But why haven't any of these platforms truly caught on in the scientific community?
I tell parents, sometimes, wanting to keep up with the Joneses is a really good motivator.
While we fuel our social networks with content like programming a television network, we sometimes forget that physical interaction can solve the challenges before us.
While we all know Lin was sleeping on his brother's couch a month ago, what about his numbers? A year ago he had a few thousand Twitter followers. Now, he has over 400,000. With 650,000 "likes" on Facebook and a Klout score of 82, you've got a viral phenomenon before your eyes.
Is this what my adult life has come to? Is Facebook really in a position to take away my car keys and TV privileges? This is like the best Firm Parenting Class for teens ever. Facebook does not get tired or annoyed and cave in, and there's no way for me to contest it. What's an anti-authority political satirist to do?
If you ask me the real question is not why Chris Brown was allowed to sing live twice at The Grammys, but rather why was he allowed to sing at all... period! For an award show celebrating the BEST in music, shouldn't the BEST get to go onstage?
"He said that you went to school together," my mother says over the phone, long distance. "And his name is Dave," she announces victoriously, as if that is all the identification he will ever need, like "Cher."
Archie Comics is unveiling today a major step in digital distribution.
