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Interning at Google through the eyes of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson

Interning at Google through the eyes of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson

It may not have the award-winning scope that The Social Network had when it explored the early days of Facebook...

Clever LinkedIn promotes itself by congratulating others

Clever LinkedIn promotes itself by congratulating others

We are vane creatures. LinkedIn has been on a roll, lately. They seem to have come to grips with their...

Trending on Twitter now costs $200k a day in the US

Trending on Twitter now costs $200k a day in the US

In 2008, Twitter introduced the ability for advertisers to buy promoted trends, a way of taking over a portion of...

How TED makes us all smarter

How TED makes us all smarter

There was once a time when being a geek or a nerd wasn't cool until you bought your first Porsche....

Facebook hits the real world with innovative gift cards

Facebook hits the real world with innovative gift cards

Facebook is about to get real and make their push into the physical wallets that they've always coveted. It's not...

IBM delivers new software and cloud services to accelerate social business

IBM delivers new software and cloud services to accelerate social business

Today IBM announced several new software and cloud-based services to advance the transformation of organizations into social businesses. From marketing...

Why did Facebook make Instagram evil?

Why did Facebook make Instagram evil?

If you're one of those who almost deleted your Instagram account but did not because you figured you'd give them...

Mark Zuckerberg on privacy

Mark Zuckerberg on privacy

Facebook graph search has the potential to be a great thing for Facebook and its users. Perhaps more importantly, this...

Triberr increases exposure with the power of the like-minded

Triberr increases exposure with the power of the like-minded

While learning incredible things and meeting equally incredible people at the New Media Expo in Vegas, I ran into Triberr...

Businesses should post fewer links and more interactions, text, and images on Twitter

Businesses should post fewer links and more interactions, text, and images on Twitter

The automation of Twitter for businesses continues to become the norm. As microblogging, interaction, and expression get replaced by RSS...

WaPo’s and The Guardian’s moves away from Facebook highlight the social network’s underlying problem

WaPo’s and The Guardian’s moves away from Facebook highlight the social network’s underlying problem

The announcement that the Washington Post Company was moving its Facebook app Social Reader off the social network and onto...

Pinterest is (finally) going after spam accounts with an axe

Pinterest is (finally) going after spam accounts with an axe

You may notice a drop in your Pinterest followers today. Don't worry - your popularity level hasn't fallen. It's just...