Google has introduced a series of enhancements to Google + in hopes of drawing more users to the service which has 190 million monthly users compared to Facebook’s 1 billion monthly users. Continue reading
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013Tags: facebook, google
Posted in Android, Social Networking | No Comments »
How Do I Copy Recipes From Facebook?
Sunday, May 19th, 2013Eleanor from Ohio writes: I have a Windows XP. How do I copy a recipe from Facebook without copying a whole lot of pages? Thank you Eleanor. Well Eleanor, if you’re like me, your Facebook feed is filling up with photos of tempting photos of food with recipes in the caption. Here’s how to save them. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Facebook Photos, Facebook recipes, saving from Facebook
Posted in Social Networking, Using The Internet | 1 Comment »
Trusted Contacts Lets FB Friends Help Protect You From Hackers
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013Facebook has an account recovery feature called Trusted Contacts that lets your friends help you if you’re having trouble logging into your account. Here’s how it works… Continue reading
Tags: facebook, facebook account, Facebook Trusted Contacts, Social Networking
Posted in Social Networking, Using The Internet | No Comments »
Are You Entitled To Facebook At Work?
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013Are you entitled to Facebook at work? A new study shows some people want access to their social media or else. Twenty-five percent of the workers surveyed by Intelligent Office said they wouldn’t work for a company that didn’t allow social media at work. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, mobile office, social media, workplace policies
Posted in Social Networking | 3 Comments »
Tagged Facebook Photos Not Showing Up – Can I Fix?
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013Richard asks: When I tag a photo of someone on Facebook, it won’t go to their site. How do I fix this? Answer: If I understand you correctly, when you tag someone in a photo, you’d like it to post on their News Feed or Timeline. Here’s how it works… Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Facebook Photos, facebook timeline, Tag Facebook Friends
Posted in Social Networking, Using The Internet | No Comments »
Tweeting…Instagramming…YouTubed… What Does It All Mean?
Monday, April 15th, 2013Recently, a family friend said to me in frustration, “I wanted a picture of my granddaughter and they said it was Tweeted and Instagramed. What does any of that even mean?”
For those of us who frequently use social media, we throw around newly-created verbiage like Tweeted, Facebooked and YouTubed like everyone should understand. This is a little list for those of you, like the very sweet nun who called me last year for social media advice, don’t “even know what a FaceTwit is.” Continue reading
Tags: facebook, hashtag, instagram, twitter, youtube
Posted in Social Networking, Using The Internet | No Comments »
Facebook Interest Lists
Sunday, April 14th, 2013Remain up-to-date with “Liked” Facebook pages by creating an Interest list. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Social Networking
Posted in Social Networking | 2 Comments »
Why Is Facebook Trying To Charge Me To Send A Message?
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013Question: Why is Facebook trying to charge me a dollar to send a message? Answer: If you’ve tried to message someone who isn’t your Facebook friend, you may have seen the window below pop up. For one $1, you can be sure your message won’t go into the recipient’s “other” folder. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Facebook messages, instant messaging, Social Networking
Posted in Social Networking, Using The Internet | No Comments »
Why Posting About Your Pet Could Make You A Target For ID Thieves
Monday, April 8th, 2013Your Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or Instagram account could be the perfect tool for thieves looking to steal your identity. Here’s how they do it… Continue reading
Tags: facebook, google, identity theft, instagram, privacy, social media, twitter
Posted in Social Networking, Using The Internet | No Comments »
In The News – 4-5-2013
Thursday, April 4th, 2013Your weekly update in the world of technology. – Facebook finally announced a Facebook phone….sorta. The company unveiled the new Facebook Home Android app. Continue reading
Tags: android, AT&T, facebook, facebook phone, htc
Posted in Android, In The News, Smartphones, Social Networking | No Comments »
Coming To Your Facebook Feed – Targeted Ads
Thursday, April 4th, 2013Facebook users are accustomed to seeing ads off to the right hand side of their news feeds. Now they can expect to see more target advertising in their News Feeds. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, facebook advertising, News Feed, Social Networking
Posted in Social Networking, Using The Internet | 2 Comments »
Bitstrips -Cartoon Yourself
Monday, March 25th, 2013Create an avatar and then make comics or greeting cards that you can share instantly on Facebook. Continue reading
Tags: app, avatar, comics, create comics, facebook, friend comics, funny, greeting cards
Posted in Cool Sites | 2 Comments »
Facebook Changes Feeds Again – Focus On Mobile & Photos
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013Facebook announced some big changes to the newsfeed, promising to reduce clutter and focus more on stories from people you care about. Among the new additions, feeds specifically for music and photos. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, Facebook Photos, News Feed, social media
Posted in Android, In The News, iOS, Smartphones, Social Networking | No Comments »
imo Instant Messenger Lets You Talk Over Multiple Networks
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013Cool Site – imo : an instant messenger for the computer or mobile device that lets you talk to your friends over multiple networks. Continue reading
Tags: AIM, browser instant messaging, facebook, GoogleTalk, ICQ, im, instant message all from one place, instant messager, Jabber, msn, skype, Steam, Vkontakte, yahoo
Posted in Cool Sites | No Comments »
Google+ Sign-In – How It Works
Monday, March 4th, 2013Google has introduced Google+ Sign-In, which the company promises is “simple and secure, minus the social spam.” If you sign in to Gmail, YouTube or any other Google service, you can use your credentials to sign in to outside apps. This works like Facebook sign-in, but Google says their version is better. Continue reading
Tags: android, facebook, google, ios, smartphone apps
Posted in Android, In The News, iOS, Smartphones, Social Networking, Using The Internet | No Comments »
Privacy Fix – Manage Your Online Privacy
Monday, February 25th, 2013Manage your privacy online and block social networking sites from sharing your information without your knowledge. Continue reading
Tags: control, facebook, free, google, Pinterest, privacy, privacy control, protect your privacy, Social Networking, Stumbleupon
Posted in Cool Sites | No Comments »
Smartphones Killing Magazine Sales At The Checkout
Monday, February 18th, 2013Smartphones are being blamed for a drop in sales at the supermarket checkout line. Instead of flipping through a magazine or picking up some candy and lip balm while waiting for that person checking out 45 items in the 10 items or less lane, people are checking their Facebook, replying to texts or getting in a Words With Friends move. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, mobile blinders, smart phones, social media
Posted in Android, In The News, Smartphones | No Comments »
Scheduling Posts On Facebook
Monday, February 18th, 2013Posting your important announcements at peak times can be hard when you’ve got other commitments. Learn how to schedule or backdate posts to make sure you’re reaching the most people. Continue reading
Tags: backdated, facebook, future, past, Posts, schedule
Posted in Social Networking | No Comments »
Invisible Facebooking Pt. 2 – Timeline Privacy & Tagging Control
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013Question: How do I stop people from putting stuff on my wall, reading my posts and putting my name on pictures on Facebook? T.M. in Ohio. In part 1 of this article, I showed you some tips for being hard to find on Facebook. In part 2, we’ll work on keeping your Timeline private and giving you control over tagging. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, facebook timeline, social media, Tag Facebook Friends
Posted in Social Networking, Using The Internet | 1 Comment »
Invisible Facebooking Pt. 1 – Amping Up Social Media Privacy
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013Question: How can I keep people from finding me on Facebook? I only want to talk with my family and people I know. And how do I stop people from putting stuff on my wall, reading my posts and putting my name on pictures on Facebook? It kind of defeats the purpose of social networking, but I’m game if you are. Here’s how to do it. Continue reading
Tags: facebook, facebook privacy, facebook timeline, social media, Tag Facebook Friends
Posted in Social Networking, Using The Internet | No Comments »
Dinner Unplugged – Make The Table An Electronics-Free Zone
Saturday, February 2nd, 2013Tired of people sitting around the table paying attention to their electronic devices instead of family and friends? Or maybe you have a friend who is more interested in putting pictures of what he’s eating on Facebook than actually eating the food. Here’s a quick solution. Declare the table an electronics-free zone! Continue reading
Tags: addiction, Cell phone, electronics, facebook, smart phones, social media, twitter
Posted in Smartphones, Social Networking | 8 Comments »
The Great Facebook Purge
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013It’s no secret that social networking sites, especially Facebook, have redefined what the term “friend” means. However, did you know that your Facebook friends list could pose a security risk to you? Continue reading
Tags: 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 »
In The News 01-18-2013
Thursday, January 17th, 2013Facebook unveiled one of its biggest updates this past week. That update is called Graph Search. So what is Graph Search and why is it big news? Continue reading
Tags: CES, facebook, graph search, international ces
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
In The News 12-27-2012
Thursday, December 27th, 2012It looks like Facebook is making some changes to its messaging system, and it could cost people to use some new features. “Pay Facebook!? That’s outrageous! It’s supposed to be free!” you say? Well you would be right and luckily the new changes are not going to affect a majority of Facebook’s users. Continue reading
Tags: blackberry, facebook, Facebook messages, Research In Motion, RIM, Social Networking
Posted in In The News | No Comments »
In The News 11-23-2012
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012Facebook may be slowing down soon, but for good reason. The world’s number one social network announced in a blog post recently that it plans to move all North American users to a more secure connection. The catch? This more secure connection has a tendency to be slower. Continue reading
Tags: apple, ebooks, facebook, Facebook Security
Posted in In The News | No Comments »
