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Instagram Social Media Twitter

Twitter Expected to Offer Instagram-like Photo Filters by 2013

In an effort to remain competitive with Facebook’s Intragram, Twitter may be providing Instagram-like photo-filtering services before the end of December 2012. Apparently the photo-filtering will be an integrated service in Twitter’s established website and application software. Twitter employees are reportedly already testing this new feature. Numerous blogging websites have already speculated on what kind […]

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Pinterest Social Media

Log in to Socl, Microsofts New Social Network {Terrible Pinterest Clone}

  Today Microsoft launched it’s beta version of Socl, their new social network that’s strikingly similar to Pinterest.  I took a trip and signed up for Socl to see what the buzz was about.  After logging in I was a little confused as to how it worked so I’m sure a lot of new users […]

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Social Media Twitter US & World

Pope Benedict XVI Opens Twitter Account: @Pontifex

Even though a single Tweet has yet to be sent, Pope Benedict XVI’s Twitter account totals 432,96 followers, with many more expected to join that number. The Vatican opened the account as an attempt to use the new media platform to connect to new audiences. The Pope’s primary Twitter handle, @Pontifex, is the English-speaking account, […]

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Security Social Media Technology

How to Stay Safe & Secure When Using Social Media

Considering that over a billion people use Facebook, 500 million Twitter and 400 million Google+, the consideration that our information may not be as secure as we hope is more prevalent than ever. To minimize the risk and to have a higher chance of protecting your information when using social media platforms, there are several […]

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Entertainment Facebook Social Media

Facebook Removes Girls Elbow Picture

Facebook removed a picture of a girl with elbows resting on her bathtub which they thought was something a little more provocative.  The photo was first posted to the Facebook page  “Theories of the deep understanding of things,” as part of a Facebook alertness test.  It seems that whoever is moderating the pictures needed to […]

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Instagram Social Media

New Instagram Profile Update : In Action

Instagram finally rolled out the new profile page for my account.  As mentioned yesterday, they are starting to change everyone over automatically to these profiles. Overall, I think it makes nice use of my pictures.  The banner automatically rotates the images in real time.  What do you think?

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Instagram Mobile Social Media

Instagram New Non-Mobile Profile Rollouts Begin

Instagram is starting to roll out online profiles that look like Facebook.  If you remember, Instagram was acquired by Facebook this past September for $715 million so it wasn’t too much of a shock that they made Instagram into a Facebook style layout for non-mobile browsing.  It makes you wonder if it’s going to take […]