It was less than one week ago headlines were filled with success stories surrounding the recently launched Google+ platform. I personally could not wait to try out the new social network. Once I received my invite I eagerly signed up, logged on and was greeted by a rather boring, simple looking site design, with limited features. The layout made more...
A guest post by Heather Lennie Twitter has begun the process of establishing a system in which “possibly sensitive” links are marked. A notice will be placed on tweets, in order to warn the future viewer that what they are about to see could contain messages or images inappropriate for the workplace or for the viewing of young children. The new more...
With over 750 million users worldwide, Facebook has become a powerhouse in the social media realm. In fact, 86% of all Canadians actively using Social Media are on Facebook! With a new competitor in the market in Google+, Facebook is looking for new ways to help advertisers and business owners take advantage of their extensive user base for more...
The infographic created by Tripl illustrates the connection between the rapidly evolving trend of social media and the travel industry. The infographic, titled ‘The Social Travel Revolution’ delivers many statistics about this connection. Tripl uncovered a striking statistic: only 37% of Americans own a passport, yet 50% socialize with family more...
With Google+ being such a new platform for social media users, the need for customization is in the forefront of Google’s mind. To allow for a more enjoyable social media experience the Google team has launched five new ways that users can customize their Google+ account while browsing with Google Chrome. These customization downloads include: more...
The Facebook app currently available on the iPad is largely unusable. The app is the iPhone version of Facebook and is unfortunately too pixelated to view in full size and so must be accessed in a smaller size – which results in an unattractive and inconvenient user experience. For the time being, I prefer to use the browser version of Facebook more...
I visit YouTube on a daily basis, I enjoy listening to some Kanye West while taking care of the various communities I manage here at Agile. Today, I had a particularly interesting experience while visiting the site. The banner on YouTube today features Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis in a clever campaign to promote their upcoming film, “Friends more...
Both online giants have advertising platforms, so I thought it would be interesting to compare the two. I find Facebook Ads to be an incredibly valuable tool for targeting specific demographics. The amount of information users disclose on Facebook makes it incredibly easy to target people with specific interests. Although I’ve never used Google more...
The folks over at Cisco have recently put together a very interesting infographic which visualizes the level of connections currently linking the online and offline. It was back in 2008 that the number of things connected to the internet surpassed the number of people connected to the internet, the growth of the former has continued to grow exponentially. The more...
