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Selling on Facebook

The social media titan has become more than just a place to message your friends and family; it’s turned into a huge billboard.  As you scroll through the news feed you’ll see more ads for various products, or your friends …

Online Selling to the Extreme

With the use of social media and the internet as a whole, finding good deals on items and being able to sell old items has become a lot

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Is Facebook losing its appeal with Teens?

Once thought as being “cool”, Facebook appears to be losing its appeal with teens. Since Facebook has become a place where everyone hangs out - even your grandmother

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Is it time to take a break from your Facebook?

Are you obsessed with Facebook? Facebook keeps us connected with our friends and family, but once Facebook no longer serves as a tool to keep you connected in

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Do you have “Facebook Depression”?

How often have you signed on to our Facebook or Twitter accounts to read “What a great day, meeting up with friends for a barbecue!” or “Best boyfriend

Teaching Social Techniquette

By Deborah Chantson As technology gets smaller, lighter, faster, and sleeker, it will undoubtedly land in the hands of your child in varying degrees of a “near”-future if it

Stuff You Should Never Ever Post on Facebook

Facebook is a lot of things, but ‘secure’ isn’t one of them. Neither is ‘safe’. That’s why when you post stuff on your ‘wall’ you have to

How Facebook Affects Your Self Esteem

By Molly Clayton In today’s cyber fueled pop-culture, where both celebrities and everyday people are posting the latest and greatest of their day to day lives, we are continually

A Christmas Spirit Tree Powered by Online Holiday Conversation

The 30-foot Christmas tree in Toronto’s Union Station is wrapped in 3,100 LED lights which flashes in green, red, white and blue. These aren’t just your regular Christmas

An Argument for Social Media in the Classroom

Jason Falls, CEO of Social Media Explorer, recently wrote a thought-provoking piece for Education Nation’s The Learning Curve blog. In the article, Mr. Falls argues that educators who

The Health Risks of Modern Tech

Since the beginning of time, human beings have been in love with their technology. Fire and wheels were cool in their day but let’s face it, cell

Facebook Introduces Crisis Counselor Chat Service

If you’re one of Facebook’s 800 million or so users and you happen to be struggling with depression, there is new hope. Facebook has launched a program this

Could you live without Facebook?

Recently as a social experiment, a guy by the name of Sam Laird decided to deactivate his Facebook account to see what effect it would have on

Facebook launches a new suicide-prevention tool

Facebook users can now contact a crisis counselor through a direct link for a private online chat. A crisis representative from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will

The Truth on How Facebook Tracks You

As we’ve been reporting lately, Facebook has been in talks with the Federal Trade Commission over user privacy and how public to make personal information. But until they