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TIME Announces Their Instagram Photographer Of The Year

Every year,  TIME names thier Instagram photographer of the year. If you don’t know what Instagram is, it’s a picture sharing website that offers many filters and effects to make your photos look professional. This year, TIME gave this honour to Associated Press’ head Asia photographer, David Guttenfelder. David’s Instagram feed offers something unique. His […]

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Tweets Make LED Tunnel Light Up

Take a look at the beautiful sight below, it is a tunnel lit up by thousands of LED lights. Each light was lit up by an individual tweet. The more people tweeted, the more lights lit up. It was all the idea of Designworks. Calling this experience “Hundreds and Thousands”, they asked users to share […]

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Signing Up for Emergency Alerts Now Easier on Twitter

On Thursday, Twitter added a few new features to it’s Emergency Alert system. iOS and Android users can now easily subscribe to emergency alerts by going the organization’s official Twitter account and clicking the new bell-shaped button right beside the ‘Follow’ button. This will subscribe the user to any alerts the organization might release and […]

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Top 5 Social Media Lessons of 2013

It seems as if every day social media keeps growing and growing, and that it is. As we come to the end of the year, we take a look back at social media’s big success and growth in 2013. Twitter debuted on the stock market. Vine was created, to much success. So much success that […]

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Twitter Reacts to PR Person’s Racist Tweet

Racism is not tolerated anywhere and when Justine Sacco, a Top PR person for InterActiveCorp, tweeted a disgusting and extremely rude comment about aids and Africans, Twitter blew up. Her tweet was ignorant and repulsive, completely degrading the people of Africa. She was boarding a flight to Africa and before she got on the plane, […]

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6 Reasons Alcohol and Social Media Don’t Mix Like Rum and Coke

Some things mix well together: rum and Coke, gin and vermouth, vodka and orange juice. While these concoctions make for tasty cocktails and relaxing nightcaps, they don’t blend well with social media.  It’s easy for a judgment-impaired person to electronically share thoughts and musings on Facebook or Twitter that may, at the time, seem harmless […]

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New York Man Throws Toddler and Himself Off Building

Dmitriy Kanarikov, 35, allegedly threw his toddler, and then himself to their deaths 52 floors from the roof of a skyscraper. Why Dmitriy threw himself off the rough with his son is a question no one will know.  Appartently he was constantly fighting with his estranged wife about custody of his child.  One source says […]