For years we’ve been told to keep drunken Facebook photos and racy wall posts private to avoid the judging eye of a potential employer, but now even that might not be enough.
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SXSW Interactive Is Nearly Here (and I’m Hosting a Panel)
Austin’s South by Southwest began in 1987 as a music festival. In 1994, it added interactive — a topic better known as “technology” — and film to the mix. And in recent years, it’s just exploded. Especially the Interactive …
New Facebook Feature Lets You Mark Yourself as ‘Safe’ After Major Disaster
In the wake of a disaster, one of the most terrifying things is not knowing if your loved ones are safe. Contact can be difficult: Landlines can go down and cellphones can lose their charge. Even if you call your mother and tell …
The Average User Spent Only Three Minutes on Google+ Last Month
Chances are you saw someone in your social network sharing the Wall Street Journal‘s recent story on the average time spent on different social media sites. Unfortunately for Google, that social network was probably …
Networking at 10,000 Feet: Airlines Are Making the Skies ‘Social’
Gone may be days of sitting next to a screaming baby or in front of a “kicker” on your flight. Airlines are now offering passengers the option of choosing their seatmates based on social networking profiles.
This month, …
Daytona 500 Crash Brings NASCAR Driver 100,000+ Twitter Followers
Note to crazy high-speed stock car racers: When you’re stuck in neutral during one of the world’s most famous Sprint Cups, grab your phone and hold forth on Twitter. That’s what NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski did during the …
Glitch Allows Chinese Citizens to Flood Obama’s Google+ Page with Comments
What to do when the strict system of Internet censorship around you briefly breaks down? For a number of Chinese citizens, the answer was to take their grievances directly to the most powerful man in the world.
A quick visit …
Is Your Cell Phone Making You a Jerk?
Cell phones keep us socially connected, but new research suggests they actually reduce users’ social consciousness. In fact, the study showed that cell phone use was linked to more selfish behavior.
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Polling and Social Media Collide with ‘Social Polling’
What do you think is the best way to track public opinion?
A) Conduct a poll based on a random sample.
B) Create an online poll and post it on Facebook, Twitter, or a blog.
C) Ask a Magic Eight Ball.
Most people would …
Facebook Slammed Again Over Zuckerberg’s ‘Autocratic’ Control
As social-networking giant Facebook prepares to go public, the company continues to attract criticism over its corporate governance structure, which is set up to give founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg iron-clad control over its …
Twitter Eclipses 12,000 Tweets Per Second During Super Bowl
Your tweet near the end of Super Bowl XLVI may have very well been lost amid a sea of other tweets, as Twitter has revealed that 12,233 tweets per second churned through its system “at the end of the game” last night.
The …
Your Negative Status Updates Rub People the Wrong Way, Apparently
Those who use social media as a way to get an ego boost from friends and family (you know who you are), be warned: a new study has found that those with low self-esteem can actually make themselves less likable to others based on …