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The Great Facebook Purge
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013Tags: facebook, facebook privacy, friend oversaturation, unfriend
Posted in Security Help, Social Networking | 1 Comment »
Don’t Lose Your Facebook & Instagram Photos
Sunday, January 27th, 2013Facebook and photo sharing services like Instagram are a great way to show off your pictures to friends and family, but if you don’t have back-up copies of those photos stored somewhere else, they could all disappear someday. Continue reading
Tags: backup, facebook, Facebook Photos, instagram, photo
Posted in Social Networking | No Comments »
Instagram Changes Privacy Policy
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013Instagram is making changes to its privacy policy and terms of service. The popular social photo-sharing site says these changes are necessary to function more easily as a part of its parent company, Facebook. Instagram will now share more user information with Facebook. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, instagram, photo sharing, photos, privacy policy
Posted in Android, Digital Photography, Social Networking | No Comments »
WhatsApp? Connecting To Friends Worldwide With Android
Thursday, December 6th, 2012What if you could keep in contact with your friends across the globe not just through the internet, but using your Android device? For free? WhatsApp lets you do just that! This application is like an instant messenger that lets you text friends who also have WhatsApp installed on their Android phones–not only in the states but also anywhere around the world at NO charge for the messages you send and receive. Keeping in touch has never been this easy! Continue reading
Tags: android, chat, messenger, smart phones, WhatsApp
Posted in Smartphones, Social Networking | 1 Comment »
How to Use Pinterest
Thursday, October 18th, 2012This article talks about how to find your way around and use the newly popular site and online pinboard, Pinterest. Continue reading
Tags: Images, interests, likes, pin, Pinterest, Recipes, tag, tastes
Posted in Social Networking | No Comments »
Blocking Facebook App Requests
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012Instructions on how to block apps in Facebook. Continue reading
Tags: apps, block, facebook
Posted in Social Networking | No Comments »
Facebook Sort Options
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012Take the Sort option, for example. Up until recently I didn’t know you could sort your feed by Top Stories or Most Recent, but as it turns out, you can! Continue reading
Tags: facebook, News Feed, Sort Options
Posted in Social Networking | 6 Comments »
Become a Member of Linkedin
Thursday, September 6th, 2012This article describes how to set up an online account on Linkedin, a professional networking website. It goes over all the essentials and basics of using the website based on your personal interests and needs career-wise. Continue reading
Tags: connection, job hunting, linked, linkedin, professional network, resume, social network
Posted in Social Networking | No Comments »
Facebook Voice
Sunday, August 19th, 2012The Facebook Voice option allows you to change what Facebook page persona you post as. Check it out! Continue reading
Tags: Administration, facebook, Persona, voice
Posted in Social Networking | No Comments »
Import Facebook Friend Birthdays To Google Calendar
Thursday, August 16th, 2012This is a quick hack to set set email and sms reminders with Google Calendar for all birthday events of your Facebook friends. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Google Calendar
Posted in E-Mail Help, Social Networking | 1 Comment »
Blocking Facebook Game Requests And Notifications
Monday, June 11th, 2012This tip shows how to remove annoying game notifications on Facebook. Continue reading
Tags: app notifications, facebook, game invites
Posted in Social Networking | 1 Comment »
Redo that Facebook Post
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012Did you know there’s an option to edit your Facebook comments? You have to be fast, but it’s a great tip to know! Continue reading
Tags: facebook
Posted in Social Networking | No Comments »
Full-Screen Facebook Picture Viewer
Thursday, April 5th, 2012Check this tip out to learn how to access Facebook’s new full-screen picture viewer! It’s easy! Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Picture Viewer
Posted in Social Networking | 3 Comments »
The Facebook Timeline
Monday, March 19th, 2012This is a “how to” guide to navigate and set up a Timeline layout on your Facebook account. Continue reading
Tags: 2012, facebook timeline, Friends, new, timeline
Posted in Social Networking | 5 Comments »
Selective Facebook Status Updates
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012By selectively choosing friends’ updates, you can remain connected, while exposing yourself to fewer aggravating posts. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, status updates
Posted in Social Networking | 4 Comments »
Yes…Facebook has done it again!
Monday, February 27th, 2012This article outlines the newest additions and changes made to the social networking site, Facebook. It is part 1 of a series. Continue reading
Tags: 2012, facebook, new, timeline
Posted in Social Networking | Comments Off
Facebook – Help, I can’t get to the end!!
Thursday, January 19th, 2012Have trouble reaching the bottom of your Facebook feed to see the options down there? Check this tip out – it’ll help! Continue reading
Tags: facebook
Posted in Social Networking | 3 Comments »
CES 2012 : A TV Tech Update
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012This year at the Las Vegas Annual Consumer Electronics show (CES), TV Technology is everywhere. It seems that this year’s TV can do just about anything you can imagine. They have Super high definition, super thin dimensions and super computing technology. While previous years have shown all of these things, this years’ models bring TV tech to a whole new dimension. Continue reading
Tags: CES, HDTV, Smart TV
Posted in Multimedia, Social Networking, Using The Internet | Comments Off
Using the New Facebook Pt. 3
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011This is a continuation of the tutorials dedicated to the new Facebook layout. This third tutorial focuses on tagging friends, the mini news feed feature, and creating events on Facebook. Continue reading
Tags: @ Tagging, creating events on facebook, facebook, mini news feed, new
Posted in Social Networking | Comments Off
Using the New Facebook Pt. 2
Thursday, November 24th, 2011This article is a continuation of Using the New Facebook Pt. 1. It discusses the security settings and options as well as the recent changes made to Facebook in the past couple of months. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, new, security
Posted in Social Networking | Comments Off
Facebook Login Notifications
Monday, October 31st, 2011Did you know that you can set up Facebook to send you either an e-mail or even a text message if anyone tries to access your account from a new device? Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Facebook Security, Notifications
Posted in Security Help, Social Networking | 9 Comments »
Hootsuite
Friday, September 23rd, 2011If you want to schedule your Tweets, Facebook and Foursquare updates, then there’s nothing like Hootsuite for you desktop and smartphone! It’s free! Continue reading
Tags: android, apple store, facebook, foursquare, hootsuite, ios, Social Networking, tweets, twitter, updates
Posted in Free Downloads, Social Networking | Comments Off
How To Deactivate/Delete Your Facebook Account
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011If you no longer want or use your Facebook account, click here to learn how to deactivate or delete your profile! Continue reading
Tags: account, deactivate, delete, facebook, social
Posted in Social Networking | 4 Comments »
Using the New Facebook pt. 1
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011Facebook has gone under a lot of new changes lately, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up! This article goes over all the new updates and the new layout on Facebook. Continue reading
Tags: facebook
Posted in Social Networking | 3 Comments »
Facebook Picture Controls
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Facebook is always implementing new stuff into their interface. Let’s take a quick look at picture controls! Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Photo Viewer, Picture controls
Posted in Social Networking | 1 Comment »
Facebook Phonebook Contacts
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011If you’re synced to Facebook through your phone, by default, Facebook Contacts includes phone numbers imported from your mobile phone. Fortunately, we have a couple of ways you can opt out of this intrusive feature. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Social Networking
Posted in Social Networking | 1 Comment »
Deleting Entries On Your Facebook Wall
Thursday, March 1st, 2012Find out how to delete posts on your Facebook timeline, or remove your own comments from other profiles. Continue reading
Tags: delete post, facebook, remove comment
Posted in Social Networking | 1 Comment »