AG Social Media Beat
Deleted Facebook photos can still be accessed
Facebook’s problem persists In 2009, Ars Technica reported that Facebook was not allowing users to permanently delete any photos from the Facebook servers and that they were still being stored. Nearly three years later, the technology blog is reporting that the problem still exists. If a user has a photo URL (just as AGBeat showed you how to obtain in ...
Facebook publicly supports breast feeding photos, privately bans them
Contradiction at Facebook According to the terms of service of Facebook, uploading images of breast-feeding is acceptable so long as there is no “exposed breast,” and a child is actively nursing, however, as photos are being flagged as inappropriate, Facebook employees review flagged images and have been found to be removing photos of breast-feeding regardless of their terms of service. ...
IRS declares they did not email or tweet you
Phishing scams As social networks have gone mainstream, so have the scammers that are attracted to any communication tool, especially tools that allow them anonymity like email, Twitter, and even Facebook. Phishing scams, which are unsolicited messages that appear to be legitimate, ask you to give them personal information nor financial information, allowing them to hack into your bank account ...
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Best Twitter follower manager on the market
Managing Twitter After five years experimenting with Twitter, dozens of public speaking engagements on the topic, and thousands of followers, I have personally tried endless products that aim to help manage my Twitter followers which is necessary given the shady tactics of spam, bots and jerks. What I have stuck with since its launch is ManageFlitter, not because it has ...
Pinterest now drives as much web traffic as Twitter
What is Pinterest, how do businesses use it? We’ve led the conversation about Pinterest, introducing you to the visual bookmarking site last year, offering the ultimate guide for using Pinterest in business, helped you to learn how to earn influence on Pinterest and even named the site in the 60 Genius Brands to watch in 2012list, after watching the invitation-only network boom as we ...
Facebook calls you an active user even if you don’t use the site
Facebook’s dictionary raises eyebrows This week, Facebook filed their long awaited Form S-1 Registration Statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, targeting a $5 billion initial public offering (IPO) under the ticker “FB” as most guessed it would be. The rush to file was quickly spotted with technologist Paul Allen pointing out that investors will be most interested ...
Discover your most valuable Twitter follower
Why you might care who your MVF is Sometimes determining your Twitter influence isn’t solely about the number of followers you have. To be a tad brutally honest, not all Twitter followers are created equal. There are countless spammers and those who haven’t actively used the site for quite a while. And we all know how fickle some Twitter users ...
Why Facebook filed for IPO in the first quarter
Facebook’s $5 billion IPO Yesterday, Facebook filed all of the necessary paperwork to become a publicly traded company which means the company had to be very public about their inner workings ranging from their revenue (which is almost exclusively advertising dollars) to current and future salaries, as well as their growth patterns and major threats such as innovations from Microsoft, ...
Forecast app makes impromptu offline meetings more likely
Combining social networking and real life contact Social networking sites have created a way to establish and maintain relationships without ever actually having to see each other in person. But this has also created a generational belief that the best way to keep in contact with a friend is through virtual methods. Facebook is a way of sharing what you’ve ...
Breakthrough Broker web community by Realtors for Realtors
New real estate community for brokers Founded by Colorado Realtors, Nathan Froelich and Eric Sachs, Breakthrough Broker has launched as a comprehensive online resource center for fellow real estate professionals, seeking to solve any problems real estate professionals may face in their careers. Site visitors can use professionally-designed templates to create customize marketing materials, and the community offers guidebooks filled ...
Facebook files for $5 billion IPO under predictable ticker symbol
Facebook’s IPO As suspected, Facebook today filed their Form S-1 Registration Statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, targeting a $5 billion initial public offering (IPO) under the ticker “FB” as most guessed it would be. Expectations for their IPO was for $10 billion which would have made it the fourth largest IPO in American history, with only ...
Pinterest sneaks in a much needed makeover
Pinterest updates website Late in the day on Tuesday, Pinterest rolled out a much needed makeover, with no mention of updates on their blog and no press releases in sight. We’ve led the conversation about Pinterest, introducing you to the visual bookmarking site last year, offering the ultimate guide for using Pinterest in business, helped you to learn how to ...
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