Today, Facebook dominates social media. The world’s largest social network boasts over 1 billion users, an impressive fraction of the 2.5 billion people who have Internet access worldwide. Google+ has also breached the 1 billion mark, but in terms of logins per day is quite far behind the champion. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
The journey was long and full of baby steps, but we’ve finally reached the destination: Google updated its terms of service on Friday to allow the company to slap your real name and face alongside ads, under an expansion of its “shared endorsements” program. Check it out from PCWorld.com
If you do it right, you could go viral on Twitter. In fact, Twitter is one of the fastest ways you could go viral today. The key? Write compelling tweets that others will want to share. One retweet could reach hundreds or thousands of new people and each new person is another potential retweet. Imagine how quickly that could snowball. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com
With BlackBerry on life support, it’s time to accept the likelihood that there won’t be a BlackBerry a year from now. Your business will be in for a rude awakening if it relies on the once-mighty smartphone for mobile communication and productivity. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
How often do you take screenshots? Check out this great article from MakeUSeOf.com
In a matter of weeks, everyone on Facebook will be searchable by name. But you’ll still have ways to control who sees your content, as long as you can navigate Facebook’s web of privacy controls. Check out here from TechHive.com
Yahoo has been revamping its core offerings ever since Marissa Mayer took over, and usually targetting Google. The new My Yahoo as an iGoogle alternative is a great example of this. Now Yahoo is setting its eyes on a bigger prize: email. For its 16th birthday, Yahoo Mail got a whole new look across platforms, and a few new features too. Check more from this article on MakeUseOf.com