There’s a patent war looming among us, people. According to a recent Reuters article, Yahoo is claiming that parts of Facebook’s operation are already patented under the search engine’s name. Yahoo is claiming that some of the technologies that Facebook is using for its ads, privacy control, news feed, and messaging service belong to the [...]
Ah, the old days. When you sifted through the mail every day hoping for an envelope with your name written on it. When your hand hurt from describing all the things that have been going on in your life. When you could identify someone by the way they wrote. Yes, those were the days of [...]
Google’s doodle video on Valentine’s Day (found here) made a lot of people question Internet research and whether it’s beneficial when it comes to finding a relationship. In the video, a boy searches Google for ways to impress a girl, but after trying all of the search engine’s suggestions, he still fails to get her [...]
If you own a small business or are thinking about beginning one, here are a few helpful tips on what NOT to do: 1. Think you’re always right. This may have been a popular thing when you were in high school, but in the real world, you won’t get very far by thinking your sh*t [...]
If you’ve ever had an addiction to cigarettes or alcohol, you probably understand how hard it is to quit using them. But according to a recent study done by The Medical Daily Company, trying to quit using social media, like Facebook or Twitter, is harder. Over 200 participants aged 18-85 were involved in this University [...]
If you haven’t attended one, I’m sure you’ve heard of them – those business meetings where everyone sits around a long table and stares blankly, their mouths agape, at the head of the table for a couple hours. You may feel brain dead after a business meeting, and what’s funny is – they can actually [...]
Google+ can be a very useful for businesses – they can use it to improve their customer service process. One of the groundbreaking features that Google+ is including in its social media package is called “Hangout.” This feature lets users chat face-to-face. Socially, this is fun because it gives users the chance to connect more [...]
A lot of Google+ features are designed to improve upon other features on other social media sites. Take for example, “Sparks.” Sparks is similar to Twitter, but offers users more relevant newfeed information. It starts when the user chooses topics that they are interested in (sports teams, news headlines, etc.). Sparks will then customize their [...]
Yes, the American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Washington state library for not having online access to pornography. At the Wenatchee public library in Wanatchee, Washington, anyone who logs on to a library computer and types “porn” into the computer’s search engine will be thoroughly disappointed. The computer will conduct the search as if [...]
