More Social Networks Opinion

  • 13 February 2012

  • Opinion: Dad Shoots Daughter's Laptop; YouTube Yawns

    Viral video circles were buzzing this morning about a YouTube posting by a North Carolina father who shot his 15-year-old daughter's laptop for mouthing off about her parents on Facebook.

  • 11 February 2012

  • Opinion: Flash Lives--Thanks To Facebook and Games

    Like a super-powered zombie, Flash just won't stay down. Even though it doesn't run on most mobile devices, Flash is still encountered everyday while browsing the web.

  • 10 February 2012

  • Opinion: Learn the Basics of Using Pinterest

    By now you've probably heard of Pinterest. If not, it's only a matter of time. In a mere two months or so, the social network has gone from little-known beta startup to hottest social network since Facebook.

  • 07 February 2012

  • Opinion: Prepare Your Business for Facebook Mobile Ads

    Facebook's IPO has revealed one of its greatest weaknesses: the need to monetize its increasingly mobile user base through advertising. Speculation has been rife about how Facebook plans to solve this problem, which future stockholders will want addressed.

  • 31 January 2012

  • Opinion: Beware of 'Remove Timeline' Facebook Scams

    As Facebook's Timeline feature rolls out to all users, some people are falling prey to scams that claim to be able to remove Timeline from profiles.

  • Opinion: Facebook's Timeline Movie Maker Turns Users' Lives into Film

    Facebook users can use Timeline, the site’s new profile layout, to turn their lives into a movie. Marketing Agency Definition 6 and Facebook have released Timeline Movie Maker, an app that automatically parses your Timeline profile to create about a 55-second movie from your memories stored in the social network.

  • 30 January 2012

  • Opinion: 4 Principles of Smart Social Campaigns for Business

    There's no shortage of talk about engagement in marketing circles, but really honestly engaging with people (not just customers, but any target audience) is a lot harder than most of us are willing to admit. It takes real work. It takes creativity. It takes a sincere desire to understand the people whose influence can elevate your brand. And, critically, it takes a commitment to create social content that resonates with the personalities you're trying to reach.

  • Opinion: Timeline Looms, But Few Users Like it, Survey Finds

    Every Facebook change prompts a backlash, and this time it’s about the impending arrival of Timeline for all users of the social network. More than half of Facebook users say in a survey that they are worried about the change, while a minority said they like the Timeline feature, or are resigned with the fact that they’ll grow to like it.

  • 27 January 2012

  • Opinion: Google Slammed for Tainting Search to Hype Google+ Social Networking

    Google's attempt to force its social network, Google+, upon search users is backfiring, as tech pundits and tech companies slam the search giant for neglecting its core mission.

  • Opinion: Google+ Opens Its Doors to Teens

    Google+ is perhaps a unique social network in that it didn't initially market itself to the younger crowd--in fact, until yesterday, Google+ was technically only open to users over the age of 18. (I say "technically" because, let's be serious, it's not like teens ever really follow the rules.)

  • Opinion: Twitter Prepares To Censor Tweets, Country by Country

    Twitter announced Thursday that it has technology in place to selectively block tweets in specific countries.

  • 26 January 2012

  • Opinion: Choose the Right Social Platform For Your Business

    With Facebook on track to reach one billion users, reports that 75% of marketers will increase their social media spending this year, and predictions that social media will transform TV and influence the presidential election, it's no wonder 2012 has been touted as the "Year of Social Media."

  • Opinion: Introducing 'Go Social'

    Does the world really need another blog about social media? We invested some serious effort into exploring this question before making the decision to launch "Go Social," the blog you're reading now. (As you might have surmised, the conclusion we came to was "yes.")

  • 19 January 2012

  • Opinion: Don't Tell the Boss: You Tweet from Work Like a Maniac

    A new study by network security firm Palo Alto Networks shows "explosive" growth in the use of social networks in the workplace, with a 300 percent increase in social media activity in the latter half of 2011 compared with the same period of 2010.

  • 10 January 2012

  • Opinion: Tebow Sets Twitter Record

    When Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow hit Demaryius Thomas on a slant route that turned into a 80-yard touchdown Sunday on the first play in overtime, he not only advanced his team to the next level of the NFL playoffs, but he set a new record for sports tweets on Twitter.

  • Opinion: Myspace Reinvents Itself, Pins Hopes on Myspace TV

    Myspace is remaking itself yet again, pinning its latest comeback hopes on TVs.

  • 06 January 2012

  • Opinion: How social media lets journalists practise poor journalism

    Social media is eroding core journalistic values. And whether that is a good thing or a bad thing, professional journalists are just as much to blame as flaming web trolls. Updated, 6 January 2011

  • 29 December 2011

  • Opinion: Seven Ways to Use Google+ at Work

    Launched only six months ago, Google+ is the new kid on the social networking block. Despite the late start, it's becoming increasingly useful and important for small businesses. Here are seven ways Google+ can be useful to you at work.

  • 27 December 2011

  • Opinion: Facebook Post Saves Woman from Hostage Situation

    A Utah woman and her 17-month-old son were rescued from a residence after she posted a desperate status update on Facebook.

  • 19 December 2011

  • Opinion: Facebook Adds Timeline to iPhone App

    Facebook now lets iPhone owners view its new Timeline layout and has added several extra handy features in an app update pushed out to iPhone users on Sunday. iPad users still can't view Facebook Timeline layouts.

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