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Cycle Man: The Film

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What would it be like to live on your bike? One man is attempting to find out. Guillaume Blanchet spent 382 days around the Montreal area documenting exactly what it would be like. He cites his father, a cyclist as …

Super Bowl Social Media Buzz

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The recent Super Bowl was the most watched television program in history accumulating over 111 million viewers for the big game. With so much media attention, it’s a given that the Twitter-verse and Facebook would ignite with opinions, emotions, posts, …

Online Privacy: Are Your Wrestling With It? [Infographic]

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Privacy concerns are a common theme on the Internet. Most recently, it is Google’s changes that are in the spotlight as the company prepares to consolidate policies and share data throughout its various products next month. The changes have drawn …

Pizza Hut Super Bowl Infographic Compares Pizza To Search, Social Media

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It goes without saying that Pizza Hut will sell a lot of pizza over Super Bowl weekend. To illustrate this, however, the popular pizza chain has put out the following infographic making some interesting comparisons. They posted it to their …

Google Shows Twitter Results In “Search Plus Your World” Fashion

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Update: A Google spokesperson tells WebProNews: “Like you wrote up in your article, it’s not new. Search plus Your World builds upon existing search features such as Social Search, personalized search, and authorship. You will continue to see existing Social …

Best And Worst Super Bowl Ads: Vote On Facebook

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Facebook and USA Today are hosting an “Ad Meter” at facebook.com/sports, where people can go to express who had the best and worst Super Bowl ads by casting votes. The voting starts at kickoff, and runs until 6PM ET on …

Social Media At College: The Good & The Bad

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I was in college the first time I heard about Facebook: class hadn’t started yet but I was already sitting in my desk, doodling or whatever I did to pass the time. Across from me, a couple of girls were …

EXCLUSIVE: Facebook IPO: The Impact on Users and Marketers

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Earlier this week, Facebook began the process for its highly anticipated IPO. The company hopes to raise $5 billion or more in its filing, which is considerable given the company began in a dorm room and has only been around for 8 years.

Susan G. Komen Decision Reversed, Schooled by Twitter & Facebook

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No sooner did I finish an article about how much people were talking on social media about Susan G. Komen’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood than does Komen release a statement saying that they’re reversing the decision and will, in …

Facebook Photo Viewer May Soon Look More Like Google’s

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Facebook is reportedly testing a new design of its photo viewer, and guess what. It looks almost exactly like the one found in Google+. Here’s what Google’s photo viewer looks like: It’s pretty basic. The photo is large on the …

Facebook Outage Reported By Various Twitter Users

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Having too many outages wasn’t listed in the risk factors of Facebook’s filing, so they’re probably not too concerned about it, but they do happen sometimes. In fact, some people have been tweeting about Facebook downtime today, less than 24 …

Facebook IPO Filing Reveals What Could Kill Facebook

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As you probably know, Facebook has filed for its IPO. With that filing, a lot of new information about the company was revealed. Among the noteworthy tidbits of information: 845 million monthly active users, 483 million daily active users, and …

Twitter Brand Page Redesign Rolls Out To More Brands

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In December, Twitter introduced its redesign, which it has referred to repeatedly, and announced that it would be launching enhanced profiles for brands. These are now rolling out to more brands. “Communicating with users isn’t just about what you say. …

Google+ Wins Best Social Application At The Crunchies

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Google has plenty to boast about when it comes to Google+. Last week, they announced that the new social network had surpassed 90 million users. They service is breaking through on a cultural level, as major players have begun to …

Facebook IPO May Be Slightly Delayed

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All you eager people waiting to cash in on Facebook’s IPO may have to wait one more day. The rumor being passed around by several sources is that Facebook won’t be filing its IPO until this afternoon according to All …

The Avengers Super Bowl Teaser Is One Intense 10 Seconds [VIDEO]

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The Marvel Youtube channel has just posted a teaser clip from the Super Bowl spot for The Avengers, the Joss Whedon-helmed super superhero movie that’s sure to be one of the biggest hits of the summer. It’s only a 10-second …

The Facebook Timeline Is Coming, And It Scares A Lot Of People

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The new Facebook Timeline is not the most popular feature that Facebook has ever introduced. Granted, it’s well documented that Facebook users are often super-resistant to change, but for some the new Timeline goes beyond minor annoyances like crowded layouts …

Men More Likely To Share Info On Social Media

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This might be news from the Department of Duh, but when it comes to social media it appears that women are more protective of their private information than men. Honestly, I don’t blame them – have you ever been to …

Facebook Timeline Movie Maker Lets You Create A Video Of Your Life

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Facebook is rolling out its timeline to the masses, whether they like it or not, and the company partnered with marketing agency definition6 to let users create mini movies out of their timeline. Basically, it lets you create a video …

Twitter Documentary “Twittamentary” Set To Begin Open Screening [Exclusive]

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The making of a Twitter documentary was announced over two years ago. It’s called Twittamentary (fittingly), and now it’s set to begin screening in communities around the world. The film’s director Siok Siok Tan tells WebProNews, “We have lots of …

Cameron Winklevoss: I’m Changing My Name To Cam Dotcom

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Facebook is said to be readying its IPO filing for this week – possibly as early as Wednesday. The NYSE and NASDAQ are even fighting over the listing, according to reports. When the IPO launches, it’s going to be a …

Australian Open Breaks Time Record With Novak Djokovic Win, Twitter Ecstatic

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The Australian Open Final just ended, with a match won by Serbia’s Novak Djokovic. It was the longest in history. The match lasted 5 hours, 53 minutes. Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 (5), 7-5. Nadal lost his …

Occupy Oakland Occupies Social Media [Videos]

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According to various reports, about 300 protesters were arrested on Saturday in the Occupy Oakland protests. As you might imagine, related content is flooding the social networks. There are lots of videos of police/protester clashing. Here are some of the …

Exclusive: Google Page Layout Update: The Top Losers

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Update: With the Searchmetrics list, we encouraged you to take it with a grain of salt, but Matt Cutts said the following about it in a Tweet, implying that it’s fairly flawed: .ditto163552544822534144{background: #000000 url(http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme10/bg.gif) no-repeat;padding: 20px;} .ditto163552544822534144 a { …

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