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12 Reasons Why 15% Of American Adults Don’t Use The Internet [Chart]

12 Reasons Why 15% Of American Adults Don’t Use The Internet [Chart]

If you use the Internet all day long like most people I know, it's easy to think everyone else does that too. After all, if you look around in your office, on the train, on the bus, in any restaurant, in the mall and everywhere else, you'll see that almost everyone has a smartphone either in their h ...
Beer Glass Keeps People From Checking Smartphones When Socializing

Beer Glass Keeps People From Checking Smartphones When Socializing

When I'm at restaurants, I routinely look around to count all the people who are on their smartphones instead of engaging with the people who are sitting at the table. It's a pet peeve of mine, and I can't understand what could be so important on a phone that a person couldn't put it down for an hou ...
What Your Online Brand Says About You [Infographic]

What Your Online Brand Says About You [Infographic]

Have you ever been so proud of a brand offline, but when you see their social media presence, which is their online brand, you are suddenly embarrassed for them? Most of the brands I like really understand social media, but every now and then I encounter online brands that don't project the same kno ...
Japan’s Gallery For Puzzles Which Took A Computer Algorithm To Design

Japan’s Gallery For Puzzles Which Took A Computer Algorithm To Design

When you combine architecture and mathematics that enhance the visible design of a space and not just the stuff in the background, you get an explosion of creativity. Usually those kinds of spaces inspire others to explore different possibilities. It's so easy to fall into the trap of thinking offic ...
How To: Recognize A Potential IRL Friend On Twitter

How To: Recognize A Potential IRL Friend On Twitter

There is much controversy, even today, about whether it's possible to have real friends who come solely from Internet platforms. Indeed, there are still some naysayers who do or don't use social media who don't believe any real friends can come from it. I have to wholeheartedly disagree. Finding fri ...
10 Life Lessons We Can Learn On Twitter

10 Life Lessons We Can Learn On Twitter

When I first got on Twitter, I never realized that I would get so much out of the social networking site. I am active on Twitter everyday, and the experiences have been very rewarding for me. Not only do I get valuable information, but I also get to meet people who I wouldn't get the chance to meet ...
Twitter’s Effect On Offline Relationship Longevity

Twitter’s Effect On Offline Relationship Longevity

If you are a Twitter addict like me, you are used to being judged, right? People in our offline worlds are constantly making ridiculous claims about how it's not good to tweet so much, we are alienating ourselves for the "real world," yada yada yada. For me, Twitter is my "real world," and I have le ...
Egypt: A Nation Forced Offline

Egypt: A Nation Forced Offline

Since this is not a political blog, we don't usually write about what happens in the governments around the world. However, we do write about social media, and when the government in a country completely shuts off access to not only Twitter and Facebook, but all the Internet, it becomes almost our ...

How To Stay Safe On Facebook & Other Social Networking Sites!

I know people have different reasons for joining Twitter, FaceBook, Instagr.am, Blip.fm, Flickr, Foursquare, etc... My main reason for joining social networking sites is the excitement of sharing ideas, thoughts, photos and fun! No matter what our reasons are for joining, we should also be cautiou ...
Now Your Clock Can Tweet Too!

Now Your Clock Can Tweet Too!

Being connected is very important to everyone nowadays. If we forget our mobile phone at home, we even will even go back to get it. There are so many new applications and features built on our mobile devices and other gadgets that let us connect with our online friends, our offline friends and our ...
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