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Have You Been In A Natural Disaster?

Jennifer Williams — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:59:06 +0000

I think that living in Washington, we are pretty lucky in not dealing with too many natural disasters. So we ask what natural disasters have you been in? Leave your answer in the comments below.

Facebook Tricks and Hacks – Make a Shark or Penguin or Other Fun Pictures in Comments

John Riggs — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:50:31 +0000

Just about everyone is on Facebook, but many still aren’t using all of the fun things you can do with Facebook, especially in the comments box. Surprise your friends by putting in a little picture of a shark or a penguin when you comment on someone’s status update or picture. Here’s how. Make a Penguin [...]

12 Parents Embarrassing Their Kids on Facebook

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:16:24 +0000

There’s a funny thing about parents and technology. That being a majority of moms and dads are pretty tech unsavvy without the help of us internet-obsessed younger folk. And while parental struggles can be frustrating at times, their attempts to get in the techy loop are mostly just hilarious. This is particularly true with Facebook. Many [...]

New Facebook Ad Is Being Seen As Controversial (Video)

Rik Mikals — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:32:06 +0000

The new Facebook ad has been released and is already facing controversy … I get the point of the new Facebook ad — seems pretty simple basic and clever but the internet is swirling about the commercial. Is it really in bad taste or is there no grounds for the dislike of the commercial?

Dad Offers Teen $200 If He Quits Facebook For Five Months

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:12:43 +0000

Yesterday we learned that more and more people are taking long breaks from Facebook. If they’re not getting paid for these social network hiatuses they may be doing it wrong. Rachel Baier is getting the princely sum of $200 for handing her Facebook password over to her father and allowing him to deactivate her account for five months. The terms [...]

'Actual Facebook Graph Searches' Exposes Weird Facebook Habits

Emerald Catron — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:03:41 +0000

Well, this certainly didn’t take long. Only a few days after Facebook unveiled their new search engine Facebook Graph Search, a Tumblr mocking it has been made, and it’s a hit. Aptly named Actual Facebook Graph Searches, the site’s creator, Tom Scott, searches for contradictory sets of data and highlights the fact that such results [...]

Why Can't Rappers Rap About Nice Things?

Reesha — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:33:36 +0000

Here’s what came across my facebook timeline today and I LOVED IT!! It’s called: Why Can’t Rappers Rap About Nice Things? Like… YEAH BABY THAT’S RIGHT IMMA PICK YOU UP AND carry you to your bed cause baby I know you tired. OH GIRL IMA SLAP DAT broom out of your hand because you’ve had a [...]

Let's Change Our Facebook Profile Picture to Feature Our Children

John Riggs — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:13:29 +0000

Because of the tragic news that came to use for the small town of Newtown, CT, we’re all changing our Facebook profile pics to feature our kids. Join us, won’t you? We’ve had our ‘doppelganger week’ a few years ago when we all changed our profile pic to someone we looked like. We also had [...]

Sharing Nolan Daniels Powerball Picture Does Nothing. It's Fake!

John Riggs — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:58:15 +0000

You may have seen this picture show up on your Facebook wall as shared by a friend. Don’t fall for what he’s asking as it’s a hoax. Nolan Daniels shared this picture with the caption: Looks like I won’t be going to work EVER!!!! Share this photo and I will give a random person 1 [...]

Your Facebook Copyright Notice Status Update Is Bogus

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:58:14 +0000

If you've been on Facebook over the last few days, you've probably seen that some of your friends have posted a copyright notice as their status update.

The message suggests that the poster has copyrighted all the material on their Facebook page thanks to the authority of something called the Berner Convention. Here is the full text of the update:

Facebook Releases Social Jobs App

Mike Adams — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:13:38 +0000

Don’t just update your status—update your résumé. Facebook has just released a Social Jobs App that will allow people to search job listings from a multitude of sites like Monster and DirectEmployers. Earlier this week, Facebook launched its new app, as part of the Social Jobs Partnership program in association with the U.S. Department of [...]

Nine-Year-Old's Dying Wish Granted Thanks to Facebook

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:00:15 +0000

There is nothing worse than a story about a nine-year-old dying of cancer. The best we can hope for out of one is something like this — overwhelming humanity from strangers in the face of tragedy. Nine-year-old soccer fan Jens Pascal Schmidt had a brain tumor, and his dying wish was for a gravestone with the [...]

Facebook Launches Couples Pages For Those in Relationship

John Riggs — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:24:45 +0000

Facebook did something pretty cool. It shows you a couples page from the person you’re in a relationship with. Photos you’re both tagged in, events the two of you attended, mutual friends and more. You don’t need to set up a new page or anything, just type in facebook.com/us and everything will already be there [...]

Did You Unfriend Anyone on Facebook Because Of Their Political Statuses? [POLL]

John Riggs — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:56:23 +0000

My Facebook friends come from both sides of the political fence. I have Obama supporters, Romney supporters, conservatives, liberals and all points in between. Someone of them can sound pretty harsh or they’re not at all what you believe in so, simply enough, you can unfriend them on Facebook. My question is, have you unfriended [...]

Parents Embarrass Teen With Hilarious Facebook Pics

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:15:52 +0000

We love our parents; we really do. It's just that during those early years, they can seem like the most embarrassing people on the planet. It's tough enough growing up (kudos to you if you can read the word "puberty" without wincing) without lame-o parents humiliating you, but when it comes to two parents in Wisconsin, we have to admit they've surpassed "embarrassing" and jumped straight to "awesome."

Get a Facebook 'Like' and Tech-Savvy Vest Hugs You

Cameron Simcik — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:00:18 +0000

It was recently revealed that Facebook now has one billion users -- that's 15% of the world’s population. That’s a pretty impressive achievement for Mr. Zuckerburg, if you ask us. There’s no denying the top-notch social network has become integrated into our daily lives, and now there's a way to be physically rewarded by the site -- ‘Like-A-Hug.'

Amazingly, There Are Only 83 Million Fake Accounts on Facebook

Dan Seitz — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:21:23 +0000

While Facebook has no data on how many fake people currently reside on its server (based on our News Feed we’d guess about half of all users), it does know how many fake accounts there are: 83 million. And it’s not who you think, either. Facebook recently broke out how many fake accounts it has [...]

Eminem is First Person to Reach 60 Million "Likes"!!!

Lil' Mikey — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:33:50 +0000

No matter what you call him: Eminem, Slim Shady, Marshall Mathers...B-Rabbit, fact is that people love him. Maybe "really, really, REALLY 'like'" him is a more accurate statement. KFFM Superstar, Eminem, is the first person ever to recieve 60 million 'likes' on Facebook! Even though he's been very quiet this year, he is still on the minds of hip-hop lovers worldwide. Rihanna, who's been extremely busy, is coming up on 60 million at a faster pace than Em.

More Employers Hunting Through Facebook, Twitter and Other Social Media to Recruit New Hires

Mike Adams — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:40:08 +0000

If you didn’t know it by now, employers are using social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as an active part of their recruiting process.

In fact, a new survey suggests that even if you are not providing a recruiter with your social media information, most are still looking at them anyway.

How Many of Us Check Facebook While in the Bathroom?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:51:21 +0000

With the advent of smartphones and WiFi technology, people can update their Facebook and Twitter accounts from almost anywhere. And according to a recent survey, some of them even do it while answering the call of nature.