Why would you ever pay for a premium account on LinkedIn when you can view anyone’s email on the platform free of charge? New browser tool ‘Sell Hack’ lets you hack your way into LinkedIn’s system, and then gather the contact information of any person to your liking. The browser plugin allows you to grab…Continue Reading ›
Smug Messenger, created by AppRedeem, is a messenger for iOS and Android that lets you send and receive unlimited text messages, photos, voice messages, and video messages. When you invite friends, you collect points which can be redeemed for Amazon gift cards. The messenger is designed to work on all mobile devices, iPods, iPads, iPhone,…Continue Reading ›
After a series of recent departures, Twitter looks to be beefing up its commerce team, hiring Google’s Philippe Dauman Jr as a director of commerce partnerships. According to a tweet Dauman Jr. posted earlier, he is leaving Google after 6.5 years to join Twitter. He is also the son of Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman. Extremely…Continue Reading ›
According to Experian Marketing Services, a global provider of integrated consumer insight, data quality, cross-channel marketing, and targeting, new research suggests social media sites continue to play an important role in driving traffic to other sites. An example would be ecommerce sites and even other social networks, but social media traffic typically comes at the…Continue Reading ›
Eat24, a food delivery service wishes to have no part of Facebook after posting its breakup letter, saying the platform isn’t the smart, funny social network it fell in love with several years ago. The food delivery company says Facebook is all about ads now, at first it was about telling jokes to friends but…Continue Reading ›
In today’s world you would think that politicians would realize that technology-savvy people can always find a way around attempts to block popular social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Turkey has recently attempted to ban the social media platforms, like Twitter and YouTube, which has largely backfired. Cartoonists have went to the frontlines…Continue Reading ›
The NYPD is hoping to create closer connections with their communities by utilizing social media to connect with people. According to police sources, commissioner Bratton plans on rolling out Twitter accounts to every precinct in the city. The pilot project will intially be tested out by a small group of commanders from the 83, PSA…Continue Reading ›
American rapper and member of hip hop group Slaughterhouse, Joe Budden, is receiving some unwanted social media attention unrelated to his music because of a recent tweet. On Friday twitter user @FatehDOE posted a picture of a photo he found on Budden’s Instagram account of a man wearing a turban standing in a security line…Continue Reading ›
Instagram has surpassed Twitter in becoming more popular among U.S. smartphone users, highlighting the growth of the photo sharing app that was acquired by Facebook as it starts to monetize its platform. According to research firm eMarketer, in 2013 nearly 35 million Americans used Instagram at least once per month, compared to Twitter’s 43.2 million.…Continue Reading ›
A politician’s life is nothing short of busy, jammed packed with supporting local businesses, keeping the city in order, and campaigning. However, it gets a little crazier when a politician gets impersonated, such as what happened with Angela Loughran, the mayor of Stafford. The man believed to have impersonated the mayor goes by the name…Continue Reading ›
