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Social Media / social network

I Digg it!

Why does nobody use Digg anymore? I mean, there are a few hundred thousand left digging, but it is so underused. I personally love Digg. It’s so simple to use, and there is some great stuff. I also love the new Digg newsrooms. I enjoy it. Check it out and join the community at Digg.com. Subscribe to our email list in the sidebar for...

facebook / finance / money / news / Social Media / stock

Facebook Made $1 Billion profit in 2011

In 2004 at the advent of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg refused to monetize the site. As Facebook started raising money they began to advertise in their own style. Still, the most popular site in the world was the subject of concern over whether it could really make money. They did. They made $3.7 billion which led to a 2011 profit of $1 billion. It’s not...

app / Apple / application / Gadgets / ios / product / Social Media / Video / video tips / Youtube

Review: Qik Video For iphone

Do you ever see something that you want to share quickly with friends and family? Do you want to video-chat over 3G? Do you want to produce your own live recorded web-show from your iphone? All of these things are possible with Qik video by Skype, and the name is not deceiving. This nifty free little app is extremely fast. In my testing it...

Apple / facebook / Social Media / Video

The D’oh-cial Network Tackles Piracy

A recent Simpsons episode was basically a parody of “The Social Network”. It highlighted a few things that the FBI fails to realize about Megaupload. When the people behind these sites create them they do not create them for piracy. They create them as free and open sharing environments. What ever happened to these freedoms we used to maintain? Enjoy the episode (legally) below...

facebook / Google / media / myspace / news / Search / SEO / Social Media / twitter

Facebook Releases “Don’t Be Evil” plugin For Google

A few Facebook, and Twitter engineers created an incredible new plugin for Google search that can be accessed here. When you search for a term on Google and then click on the plugin (available for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox at press time) social search results will change. Normally, only related terms from Google+ show up. Now though, when you click on the plugin you...