Report: Over 35-year-olds Fastest Growing Population on Facebook

A report by Britain's telecom regulator Ofcom shows that the over 35-year-olds are the fastest growing demography on Facebook. The laggers are finally catching up.The statistics emphasized on the increase of adult users in social networking websites, with more people use them...

3 Reasons U.S. Marines Need Social Networking

"Earlier this week, the United States Marine Corps announced an immediate ban on social networking services -- including Facebook, MySpace and the like -- for members of the Marines. Using those sites, as well as Twitter, poses a security threat, according to...

U.S. Marines Ban Twitter, Facebook, Other Social Media Sites

The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, and other social media sites to protect their systems and personnel from network security risks. The ban, issued Monday, is effective immediately and will last at least one year. "The Associated Press has learned...

AP (Associated Press) Charges $2.50 Per Word to Quote Stories

Lately, the Associated Press (AP) has truly been going out of their way to show that traditional journalists really do understand social media.Open-source, cross-linking, going viral? They're down with that. The AP is with it. Fo' shizzle.For instance, the AP understands that...

How To Turn Guerilla Marketing Viral - The Viral Effect!

The psychology behind anything that goes viral is that the user gets some sort of benefit by promoting it. The “viral” aspect only works if, after spreading it to their friends, that user will be seen as funny, smart, up-to-date, or valuable. So, when thinking about new...

Building Your Twitter Followers: Slow but Steady Wins the Race!

There is a lot of hype on Twitter now about these auto-follow programs, building followers on auto-pilot.  But is that really the best way? I suppose for some it may be, but I prefer to use the old fashioned method of networking.  It's what Twitter was made...

Social Media for Business

In these times where Web 2.0 technologies are strongly making its presence, businesses may not necessarily depend on the traditional media channels anymore to promote their products and services. No longer do they need to rely on the traditional industrial media such as...

Lo Bueno y lo Malo de Twitter

Twitter es fascinante, la información en tiempo real que ofrece el micro-blog es muy adictiva, y ahora no puedo vivir sin su versatilidad, su personalidad cambiante me fascina. Ni que decir de la plataforma que me ofrece para que cientos de personan sepan que es lo que hago,...