Anyone that has ever used Twitter prior to this year, at some point or another, has encountered the infamous Fail Whale. The Twitter Fail Whale is a picture of a whale being carried by a flock of birds; Twitter’s symbol is a bird. The picture is iconic to Twitter, and has been long associated in[…]
Myspace remade themselves over and over throughout the years. The most recent has been with the debut of the “New Myspace” back in June, 2013. Artists were invited to engage in the new “back to basics” community, for musicians and fans to interact with each other. Everything else was cut and removed, and the core[…]
Facebook has over 1.1 billion monthly active users on it’s social network. The biggest online peer-to-peer network of it’s kind, where all the rest bow down to it’s greatness. But when you are this big, small suckerfish attach to you like a whale, using you for everything you got. Spamming across the web is big[…]
We’ve all seen them. Like if you want to save this child from cancer. Like this post if you love your mom. Like this if you _______ (fill in the blank). Facebook is riddled with crappy meme pages that post photos overlaid with meme-style text asking you to like the post, in order to do[…]
It’s not all too often that you see big things coming from Myspace these days, but I must admit, their latest addition to the newest version of Myspace has me intrigued. What a better way to engage users on your platform than to add page analytics? That is what Myspace has done, with Profile Insights.[…]
At some point in your online life, someone is going to try to hack an account you have for one reason or another. It will undoubtedly be some malicious program, or person, who could have obtained your username and/or password through some nefarious way. The moment this happens, you have to lock down your accounts. Chances[…]
Yep, you read that right. Myspace. It’s back (again, and again). It seems like every few months, it’s making some sort of come back. Well, now it’s official, and available to everyone. Late last year, Myspace teased the New Myspace, with beta invite only, for users to test out the site. After many months of[…]
I absolutely love this quote: “Data is the new Oil. Data is just like crude. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used.” — Clive Humby (via IBM presentation). Big Data is many things. Data is mined everyday, from sources all over the world. Such as pictures, videos, social media sites, transactions, mobile[…]
I think I need to change professions, because this guy is making a buttload of money doing some shady, yet legal work. The Daily Dot interviewed one person, who using a network of spam bots has created a lucrative business from the new social pinning network. The spammers name is Steve, and of course he[…]
Last night as I was getting ready for the upcoming week and getting ready to call it a night, I saw breaking news that President Obama would address the nation. I thought, this must be serious, 10:30pm (EST) on a Sunday night. Strange. Maybe it’s about Libya, but thats not breaking enough to happen late[…]