Facebook Files $5 Billion IPO (Insert “Cooler Than a Million Dollars” Quote Here)
Categories: Featured Post, Technology
The IPO is Facebook’s first step toward becoming a publicly traded company. It’s a long way from the company’s humble (or relatively at least) beginnings in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room only eight years ago.
Google+ Launches Pages, No One Gives a F*ck
Categories: Technology
Early shortcomings could be remedied if Google+ Pages boasted features that Facebook Pages don’t have. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Klout Updates Its Super-Secret Algorithm of How Cool You Are
Categories: Technology
Whether you hate it or love it, Klout has got everyone talking. The Klout Score may just be the most controversial subject among social media junkies everywhere. The reason? It’s really hard to ignore.
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.
Tumblr: Enabling the new starving artist
Categories: Technology
Tumblr, the hipster-fetish of microblogging platform, and other similar social networks make sharing and finding art and artists that much easier.
The Golden Age of Journalism
Categories: Current Events
Journalism is not dying. In fact, it has come to life, and Gen Y is here to make sure it stays that way. Welcome to the Golden Age of Journalism. Not only are we out there telling stories, we are doing it effectively and will someday (hopefully) have the credibility of some of the greatest voices of the craft.
A Different Kind of Activism
Categories: Current Events
Generation Y doesn’t march on the streets. Instead they take to Facebook and Twitter to protest. Could it be, though, that this is just as effective?
I Think That…
Categories: Current Events
By Adam Di Stefano There is a lot of argument about the traits that are particular to Gen Y. Some call us entitled; some call us tech-savvy; some call us impatient; some call us generous; some call us liberal. Amid all these opinions about traits, there are at least two facts that are irrefutable. The [...]
Can I Have Some Privacy Please?
Categories: Current Events
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about privacy, especially when it comes to the Internet. The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, even claimed that he “knows people don’t want privacy“. Uhhh, excuse me? I think everyone (including Millennials) wants at least a little privacy, and I wonder exactly how many people believe we don’t. [...]
Coming to America
Categories: Education Week
“It’s not going to be as easy as you think,” said my father. I nodded in agreement. We were sitting in our living room, on the other side of the world, in New Delhi, India. My visa application papers rested on the table, pompous in the knowledge that they were the centre of the conversation. [...]
