You may or may not know that advertisers on Facebook can and do use your image in their ads to your friends depending on how you’ve interacted with that brand in the past. The “how” or “why” really isn’t important here, but the fact that they do use this practice Read more…
This is the kind of stuff we get excited about because we’re a bit nerdy at times. WordPress has just released the newest version of their popular content management system (CMS), WordPress 3.4 “Green.” Nicknamed after jazz master Grant Green, the new version has some neat new options. You can Read more…
You may or may not have heard about the recent hack of some six million LinkedIn passwords. Apparently, some Russian user had uploaded a file to a forum with all of the information, asking for help in hacking the passwords. We aren’t smart enough to know exactly how these major Read more…
Facebook isn’t the only major website that can’t seem to leave “good enough” alone. Nope, Google likes to do the same thing and they just did again. According to SearchEngineLand.com, these changes are “their most radical transformation ever.” Google has announced an update called “Search, plus Your World.” This change Read more…
Yes, we’re all aware that by now Facebook has become quite ubiquitous. You can log on and jump in the conversation from just about anywhere. But, this is getting a bit ridiculous. Mercedez-Benz revealed at CES 2012 in Las Vegas that Facebook would be one of the apps available on Read more…
More tweaks coming from Facebook and Google+, but this time we think we like it. Usually, when these social media sites start tweaking things they screw things that were fine before. But, these new additions could be quite beneficial. Then again, we never know until they are implemented. Facebook has Read more…
If you’re into using WordPress as a CMS and/or blogging platform, these are fun days. Days when a new version of the popular platform hits the streets. Or should I say, “shows up as an icon at the top of your dashboard.” We mentioned previously that WordPress version 3.3 was Read more…
People who use the WordPress blogging platform have been complaining for years that WordPress hosting doesn’t allow you to have ads on your blog. Now, if you got your own hosting, you can do whatever you want. But if you’re hosted on WordPress, you can’t have ads. But, that is Read more…
I’m glad that the FTC is going after Facebook. The social networking giant is expected to settle a lawsuit that should send a strong message to other websites and internet companies about user privacy. The FTC is saying that Facebook violated the privacy rights of its users when it changed Read more…
It’s about time. When Google+ first launched in this past year we couldn’t believe that it didn’t allow you to create business pages. After all, a big part of why Facebook got so huge is that so many corporate entities realized that they had to have a presence on there. Read more…