After buying Instagram for a cool $1 billion in cash and stock in 2012, Facebook made yet another monumental purchase. This time, the social media giant is set to merge with mobile messaging company WhatsApp after purchasing it in February 2014. The company spent a total of $16 billion, split into $12 billion in Facebook […]
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The Top 5 Most Charitable CEOs
When asked about his profits, Bill Gates famously said, “I can understand wanting to have a million dollars… but once you get beyond that, I have to tell you, it’s the same hamburger.” This is an attitude that has been directly reflected in Gates’s philanthropic efforts, and in the efforts of charitable CEOs across the […]
A few days ago Facebook asked me if I wanted to become eligible to gain access to the new Facebook design. I accepted, however even before I saw this message I noticed my Facebook business pages were intermittently styled different. The fonts and layout seemed to be broken up different. Today I noticed Facebook rolled […]
I noticed more and more of rich pins on the Pinterest website lately. What is a rich pin? Well, it basically provides more information about the website the pin content origination. For example, it will show helpful information with the pin, like a Favicon (the icon shown in your browser tab for a website), the […]
For millions of people across the globe, social media serves as the ultimate way to express themselves and have some virtual fun. But it’s good for so much more than that. Over the course of the last decade, the concept of social media has continually evolved and now serves many purposes than simply helping people […]
Lets just say this passenger didn’t leave the nicest comment to the pilot. The reason? The passenger didn’t like the fact that the pilot was a female. “To Capt. / WestJet,” the note, written on the back of a napkin reads, “The cockpit of airlier [sic] is no place for a woman. A woman being […]
Have you checked your Facebook email lately? Probably not. This is the reason why Facebook announced today that it will be removing Facebook email accounts. Don’t worry, your Facebook email will forward to your primary email address. “We’re making this change because most people haven’t been using their Facebook e-mail address, and we can focus […]