Prepare to have your Facebook posts overrun with troll faces and other memes. Facebook on Wednesday announced support for photo-based comments. The new Facebook feature allows users to post a photo in response to the posts they read. Users can include text or simply throw up a photo to express their ideas. Photo comments for…
Social Media
Social Media Is Making Us Less Honest, Disconnected, And Poorly Behaved
Is our social media use turning us into psychopaths bent on dishonesty and poor behavior – among other problems? A new study by the team at WhoIsHostingThis suggests that social media might be bad for our overall attitude towards social behavior. According to the company’s research social media users lie more than non-social media users and have…
Supreme Court’s Arizona Voting Law Decision Leads To Pundit Reactions On Twitter
The Supreme Court’s Arizona Voting law decision on Monday ruled that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to further prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system that was setup to make voter registration easier for everyone. In a 7-2 decision the justices threw out Arizona’s voter-approved requirement. Under the states system…
Drowned Dog Facebook Photo Leads To Owners Arrest [Warning: Shocking Image]
A drowned dog Facebook photo has led to the arrest of the animals owner. The unnamed man tied his dog to a rock and then left him to drown in high-tide. A dog walker found the poor pooch’s body in the sand at low tide and quickly snapped a photo which they placed on their…
Enterprise
Feminist Taylor Swift Account Is Singer’s Best Frenemy
A new “Feminist Taylor Swift” parody account has managed to take both the horrible patriarchy reinforcement of Swift’s lyrics and combine it with some light humor to both skewer and idolize the singer for whom many feminist-leaning young women are still fans. Liking Taylor Swift is, as Feminist Taylor Swift on Twitter points out,…
Salesforce Teams With Omnicom Media Group To Power Social Marketing And Advertising Services
Salesforce has partnered with Omnicom Media Group and the Salesforce Marketing Cloud will now power the company’s social marketing and advertising services across Omnicom’s global agency. The firms global infrastructure currently includes more than 5,000 clients in 100 countries. Speaking about the partnership Vivek Kundra, EVP of emerging markets at Salesforce said: “What the Omnicom group…
Groupon G-Pass Has Been Redeemed 1 Million Times
The Groupon G-Pass has been redeemed by one million buyers. G-Pass allows buyers to surpass box office lines at their favorite venues. A Groupon spokesperson said of the platforms success: “Gaining momentum, G-Pass has already issued more than 700,000 tickets so far in 2013. It has been adopted by hundreds of merchants across the United…
Meet Moot
Visiting a forum on the Web is like a trip back in time. As different types of websites have evolved with new technology, forums are stuck in the past. The code is clunky, and the user experience is frustrating. Moot just launched in public beta to change all that. It is a realtime forum and commenting system…
Entertainment
James Gandolfini Dead At 51, Suffers Stroke In Italy [Twitter Reacts]
Extremely sad news to report as James Gandolfini has died. The 51-year-old Soprano’s actor suffered a massive stroke while in Italy. Best know for his role as Tony Soprano on HBO’s Soprano’s the actor also had notable roles in True Romance, The Man Who Wasn’t There, and last year’s Killing Them Softly. Gandolfini is survived by his wife…
James Gandolfini Dead At 51, Suffers Stroke In Italy [Twitter Reacts]
Extremely sad news to report as James Gandolfini has died. The 51-year-old Soprano’s actor suffered a massive stroke while in Italy. Best know for his role as Tony Soprano on HBO’s Soprano’s the actor also had notable roles in True Romance, The Man Who Wasn’t There, and last year’s Killing Them Softly. Gandolfini is survived by his wife…
‘Put A Cat On It’ Miscommunication Proves That Reddit Can Make Anything Trend Online
Reddit has the power to help change the world — It also has the power to make the term “put a cat on it” trend for almost no reason whatsoever. A mom in Indiana recently ordered a graduation cake for her daughter Laura and somewhere along the way her message was miscommunicated. Laura’s mom asked…
Apple iTunes Radio Unveiled, Works Just Like Pandora
Apple iRadio was introduced at WWDC on Monday and despite rumors the platform is actually called Apple iTunes Radio. The new Apple service allows the tech giant to compete in the online music streaming space while still pushing its industry leading iTunes purchase platform for downloadable songs. Apple may be the leader in online music…
Lolo Jones Shares Bobsled Paycheck On Twitter
Lolo Jones didn’t make too much money competing with the American bobsled team. The Olympic sprinter turned bobsledder recently revealed that she made a whopping $741.84 for the seven month bobsled season. That’s a little over $100 per month. Lolo said: “Seven months with bobsled season. The whole season. That’s it … I’m going to…
Social Gaming
Xbox One: Revised Policies Announced By Microsoft [Twitter Reacts]
Microsoft announced revised policies for the upcoming Xbox One console after the backlash on social media reached a deafening level. People have taken to calling it the Xbox 180. When the company announced gamers would be required to connect to the internet at least once every 24 hours, fans were irritated. After Microsoft revealed used…
Mobile
‘Hell Is Other People’ App Is A Satirical, Misanthropic Foursquare [Video]
Do you hate people? Do you wish you had a social app that helped you avoid them? Scott Garner’s “Hell Is Other People” app does just that, helping misanthropes everywhere get a social beat on their pals so they know exactly where not to go. Called a part-satire ”experiment in anti-social media,” the app uses Foursquare check-ins…
Social Video
Comedian Gets Vengeance On Telemarketers With Epic Phone Prank [Viral Video]
If you’ve ever felt personally victimized by a telemarketing call, this viral video is for you. Comedian and prankster Jack Vale found himself on the other end of such a call from an online pharmaceutical outfit and decided to have a little fun with it. Since most telemarketers will never hang up on you (they…
Social Law
Police Chief David Oliver Shames Crooks On Brimfield Police Facebook
On Facebook, Ohio Police Chief David Oliver has used the social network in law enforcement in a novel way — shaming suspects and scofflaws for an audience of more than 50,000 fans. Chief David Oliver isn’t alone in using Facebook for law enforcement purposes, but he’s one of the few police higher ups currently…
Social Tips
Conquering Compliance And Reputation Risks Of Social Media With Education
As the latest group to explore the arena of social media governance, the New York Police Department recently issued a set of new, strict social media guidelines for its workforce of over 35,000 individuals. The motivation to renew the social media policies was rooted in a series of recent social embarrassments involving members of the…