Life After Death in the Land of Social Media
Categories: Technology
Recently, my friend tragically passed away from cancer at the age of 24. We weren’t exceptionally close, but her genuine kindness stood out in the two summers we worked together at an amusement park. Since we both ended up moving afterward, we used Facebook to keep in touch. If it weren’t for the social media [...]
Innovative Social Media Use at Colleges: The Power of Blogs
Categories: Technology
Some colleges are turning to the right demographic to tell you how it really is: their students. Whether it’s to reach next year’s freshmen or engage current co-eds, here are four colleges that are utilizing blogs in interesting ways.
The Way We Communicate: Pros and Cons
Categories: Lifestyle
Here are the pros and cons, dos and don’ts, and disclaimers of modern communication, from email to texts to Facebook pokes.
How to Scrapbook
Categories: TNGG Weekly Columns
When Facebook is old news, how are you going to preserve and share your memories? Erica shares her tips for how to scrapbook.
What Foursquare Was Up to on Their Summer Vacation
Categories: Technology
While the rest of us were checking-in to our favorite beaches and bars, Foursquare has been getting ready to push out new features and updates just in time for the fall.
The Timeline: The Biggest Thing to Happen on Facebook Since Facebook
Categories: Technology
With the Timeline, Facebook takes the core of the social media site – the user profile – and turns it into a time capsule of sorts, in Zuck’s latest grab for world domination.
A Taste For Love: Find Your Musical Soulmate on Tastebuds.fm
Categories: Technology
Does music have enough weight to be the basis of a relationship? A new dating site thinks so.
@Hurricane_Irene Joins The Social Media Conversation
Categories: Technology
On August 19, Irene made her first debut on Twitter with the handle, “Hurricane_Irene.” But as the hurricane got literally and socially sassier, can we really get information from a fake handle?
Zimride Makes Carpooling Easy and Safe
Categories: Technology
Chances are you’re either car-less or driving around a hunk of junk that barely works. So how can you find a ride? Enter Zimride.
Guest Post: Lessons Learned from Failure
Categories: Business
Harrison Kratz is the Community Manager at MBA@UNC, the new Online MBA program at the University of North Carolina and sticks to his entrepreneurial roots as the founder of the global social good campaign, Tweet Drive.
