Posts Tagged ‘social media’

How social media is replacing traditional journalism as a news source – Infographic

April 19, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Leverage yourself as an expert by using social media – Infographic

April 17, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

16 ways educators can use Pinterest – Infographic

April 11, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

OnlineUniversities.com have put together the following infographic, which details how teachers can use Pinterest to organize lesson plans, distribute curricula, collaborate with other faculty, and even encourage student participation.

Instagram: from zero to $1 billion in 17 months – Infographic

April 11, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Track Instagram's brief but explosive history, from launch in November 2010 to its $1 billion exit to Facebook in April 2012.

How the internet is running your brain – Infographic

April 10, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Everyone Googles. When you get asked a question and you don’t know the answer – your answer is Google. But is this a good thing or a bad thing? In order to analyze the minds of criminals, it is often a prerequisite to analyze the mind of a normal person. Research has shown that our minds have already changed because of the internet. The studies show that the internet is having a negative impact on the way people think, analyze, and remember things. In fact, studies even say that heavy internet use can affect the brain in the same way

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Are you in control of your social media privacy? Infographic

March 27, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

ZoneAlarm created the below infographic, based on a 2012 study by Pew. The research points to gender-specific privacy practices. For instance, men are nearly twice as likely as women to profess regret for posting online content. On the other hand, men are more likely to maintain public social media presences.

Why is pinterest so addictive? Infographic

March 26, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Column Five created this infographic to examine the Pinterest addiction, check this Pinterest users spend an average 98 minutes on site per month.

How to make your tweets more trustworthy

March 19, 2012 |  by  |  Twitter  |  No Comments

Among the lessons for how to get trustworthy tweets: Gain followers and retweets, include URLs in your posts, have a profile picture, and fill out your bio with information related to topics you tweet about. The researchers surveyed more than 250 Twitter users to determine what factors do and don’t lend tweets credibility. Then they scored that group of factors on a scale of one to five, five being the highest. Here are the top 10 things that make tweets more trustworthy, along with their respective scores: Post was retweeted by someone you trust – 4.08 Author is a subject expert – 4.04 You follow

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Predicting the 2012 president based on Facebook on Twitter – Infographic

February 20, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Four years ago a little known senator, Barack Obama, became the forty-fourth President of the United States of America. Experts suggest that one of the most influential factors for President Obama’s win in the previous election was his engagement on social media channels. Social media marketing is an often misunderstood and underutilized tool for politicians and even businesses. These channels have the ability to reach out to millions of users. It is now another election year and there are plenty of opportunities for the presidential candidates to utilize social media. If we take a look at who has the most Facebook

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Driverless cars and the end of distracted driving – Infographic

February 20, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

In 2009, auto accidents caused by distracted driving left over 5,000 people killed, and 450,000 injured. With smartphone use growing rapidly, along with new developments like Facebook integration with your car’s dashboard, the number of distracted driving accidents, it would seem, has nowhere to go but up. Maybe not… With Nevada passing the nation’s first law sanctioning autonomous vehicles this past June, how close are we to seeing driverless cars in every day life? Could driverless cars be the end of distracted driving as we know it? via

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