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Rich Pins Not Working? Here’s How to Validate Them

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 […]

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Social Media: It’s Good for More Than Just Gossip

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 […]

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Business Pinterest Social Media

The Pinterest Website Seems to be Down!

Is the Pinterest website down for you?  I just tried to go to it and the screen is blank, white.  I checked on isitdownrightnow.com and it confirmed the website was down.  Hopefully they fix this soon. Pinterest seems to always have constant issues with their servers.  It was worse when they first started getting big.  […]

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WestJet Passenger Leaves Note On Napkin to Female Pilot

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 […]

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Pregnant Woman Drives Minivan with Children Into The Ocean (Video)

A pregnant woman with three children drove her minivan with three children into the ocean.  Witnesses helped lifeguards pull the 10, 9, and 3 year old out of the van and all four occupants were taken to the hospital.  The video gets very scary at times as the waves seem to engulf the vehicle and […]

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Facebook Getting Rid of Email – Here’s Where Your Email Will Go

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 […]

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Social Uprising: Social Media’s Role in Recent Protests

For the past few years, one of the hottest topics of discussion has been the role of social media in the modern protest. From the Arab Spring Revolutions to the ongoing Euromaidan protests, demonstrators are using sites such as Facebook and Twitter to promote, organize, and document their movement. Here are six ways how social […]