Archive : Social Media

If you’re on Google+, you may have seen something new turn up in your searches: a bar at the top of every search that lists personal results relating to your search terms. Recently search engine giant Google made a big change in how it shows search results, incorporating information from its social network, Google+, into all searches for users on the network. Google is calling this function Your [...]

Social media is the newest trend in marketing efforts for numerous companies, no matter how big or small they are. For a few years now, many businesses have been using social media outlets to not only market their product or services to potential customers, but to provide existing customers with updates, offers and any other information they deem pertinent. It’s not exactly a new phenomenon anymore, [...]

Social networking sites are a great platform for engaging in social interactions. So popular is the medium that today every second individual on this planet has a social networking account. With growing acceptance, popularity and engagement time on social networks, liabilities of the medium often get dragged under microscopic inspection. Especially because a large portion of active users on sites like [...]

Facebook has been toying with the idea of an initial public offering (IPO) to become a publicly traded company for sometime. This past week, however, rumors have begun swirling again that an IPO set for next spring is more likely than ever.  The hugely popular social networking site is looking to raise $10 billion during its IPO, which would value the company at $100 billion. This astonishing [...]

Are you sick of looking at the same blue and white screen when you log onto your Facebook account? Well, there is more that you can do to customize your page than just updating your status or adding profile pictures. You can actually create your own free Facebook backgrounds, too!  Here are six suggestions for backgrounds that you can choose to display that are 100% “you.” Your Alma [...]