Marga Heras
Facebook Graph Search
In January 2013, Facebook first rolled out its new Graph Search feature. For the users who signed up for the beta run Facebook was transformed into their own personal search engine. You could suddenly pinpoint all of your friends who checked in at a certain location, was tagged in a photo with a another friend […]
When Twitter Bites Back
Remembering that your employees could read your twitter or Facebook posts is the first step to controlling your digital identity. News stories like “Rio policeman loses job after tweet” or “Indie developer releases game critical of his workplace, loses job” have become just another element in the modern work place. While personal twitters are watched […]
The Illusion of Anonymity
Personal klout or branding can be derived from sharing your information and options online while attaching this information to your identity. While many people share aspects of their real life, others flourish in what they believe to be anonymity. These people often want to be under surveillance as long as their anonymous internet identities can not be tied back to their actual ones. Enter contemporary philosopher and media expert, […]
Digital Identity Resolutions for 2013
by mister.johnson Welcome to January 2013! As per tradition people around the world are celebrating the dawn of a new year by resolving to improve on the habits of the year before. In place of resolving to do a hundred sit ups a day (or in addition to), how about resolving to take control of your […]
What your Grandparents can teach you about Twitter
Video Credit: Teamcoco.com Twitter has been redefined as a legitimate tool for communication within the last few years. John Stewart, once one of Twitters most outspoken enemies, currently has over a million followers. If these trends continue, it’s only a few years before our grandparents start hash tagging their latest book club book or Instagraming the buffet at breakfast. Late […]
Facebook Privacy Vote
It’s not often that a social media site asks it’s users opinions about privacy settings. What many people don’t know about Facebook is that the sites governance and policy allows users to vote on major changes. Well, users did have voting rights on facebook but those are set to disappear. Thanks to poor turn out to, you guessed it, vote. This vote to protect […]
Snapchat Safety
Video Source: NBC.com Nowadays apps go in and out of style quicker than clothing trends. Faster than you can finish a round of draw something, the next big application is making waves. The latest trend in apps is “Snapchat’. Currently the fifth most popular app on the Apple app store. During this years American Thanksgiving […]
Facebook Privacy Spam
Video Source: Collegehumor.com Recently your Facebook friends may have posted something that looks like legal jargon to their timeline There were many variations that sprung up but the majority of timeline posts read as such- “For those of you who do not understand the reasoning behind this posting, Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. Unless […]
Is Facebook adding more stress in your social life?
The University of Edinburgh’s business school just released a report that the more friends you have online, the more stress you have. The reason being is the fear that you might offend someone. As social media grows to include one seventh of the worlds population, people circles are rapidly joining. This includes those that you might not […]
Google search: friend or foe?
Recently, Harris Interactive conducted a Google consumer study on behalf of BrandYourself.com. An online survey regarding their Google search habits was filled out by 2, 570 US adults. The study found that 86% of people use a Google search engine to find out more information about another. Almost a third of US adults have searched […]
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