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Facebook and WhatsApp Merge: What Will it Mean for Social Media

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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Heartbleed SSL Threat Startles Web Industry

Headlines are flashing scary news, that passwords, emails, and other secure information may be at risk across millions of websites who use vulnerable SSL technology. Security researchers say the threat, known as Heartbleed, is serious, partly because it remained undiscovered for more two years. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability without leaving any trace, so anything […]

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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 […]

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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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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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Apple Has Huge Security Bug with Mavericks 10.9.2

Not too long ago Apple released an update for IOS to fix a huge security bug that basically made SSL connections useless.  The IOS system was a quick patch, however Apple didn’t update Mavericks until today.  It’s uncommon for Apple to slowly roll out a patch like this, so some users are worried that it […]