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Facebook to Unleash Clickable Hashtags

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:14:02 +0000

Facebook just may be the new Twitter. Everyone’s favorite social network will unveil a new hashtag feature over the next few weeks that will allow users to hashtag a phrase that other people can click on to see what other users who have tagged the same words have posted, much like #NBAFinals in the above [...]

Make Penguins, Sharks and More in Facebook Comments – Facebook Tricks

John Riggs — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:31:11 +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 [...]

How Seriously Do You Take Facebook? A New Study Shows Real Life Consequences

Cefus — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:10:30 +0000

In today's technological world Facebook is part of our normal life. I can remember when I didn't have a Facebook and everyone was telling me to join and use it as a marketing tool. There's no doubt that's where the people are this day and age. Facebook has 1.06 Billion users, yep you read that right over a billion user of Facebook. WOW!

I can see why a lot of people use facebook, it's a great way to

Guess Which Country Star is Also a Farmer? [PHOTO]

Cefus — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:26:56 +0000

Guess who just rolled the dice and put his corn in early…. This guy!!!! That was the quote from Blake Shelton along with this picture on his Facebook page. He posted it yesterday right after he got done planting his corn early. Who would have thought that Country Music’s wild man is also a corn [...]

New Facebook Page Focusing on Cleaning Up the Yakima Valley

Cefus — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:37:07 +0000

You've heard the saying " "You are either part of the solution or part of the problem." There is a new grassroots effort to become part of the solution and they are looking for your help. Yakima Valley Community Clean Up aims to do just that, clean up Yakima. Their mission is simple: To clean up our beautiful valley. We will be setting up dates to pick up trash/debris, paint, pull weeds, and so on.

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 [...]

Survey Reveals Americans Feel the Need to Take a Break from Facebook

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:33:39 +0000

Valentine’s Day may be in the air, but it seems like there isn’t a ton of love for Facebook Why? Because we may have had our fill of the social networking site. According to a new Pew survey, 61% of people have taken a break from the social networking site for several weeks at a [...]

Guess What My New Addiction Is?

Michele Mathews — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:59:50 +0000

In October we had a yard sale, but I was left with a bunch of good stuff that I didn’t want to just give away. I mentioned this to a mom of one of my son’s friends and she told me about this swap Facebook site. She invited me to join and I soon started posting items. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Facebook Game Leads to Life-Saving Kidney Donation

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:39:11 +0000

You can waste a good chunk of your life playing Facebook games such as FarmTown, FarmVille and FarmFarm (okay, we made that last one up). However, in the case of an Idaho woman in need of a new kidney, FarmTown ended up saving her life.Like many folks, Lisa Miller of Gainesville, GA, got hooked on FarmTown. [...]

Facebook Reaches One Billion Users

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:35:07 +0000

You know what’s cool? One billion users. OK, now that that’s out of the way, lets discuss the big Facebook news, which is that the social network recently topped one billion users. This amounts to about 15% of the world’s population. Mark Zuckerberg announced the achievement as a status update on his Facebook page, and thanked users [...]

Prank Turns Boys Bedroom Into Girls Bedroom

John Riggs — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:54:19 +0000

You know how tempting it is when someone leaves their Facebook logged in to go in and change the picture, add hilarious Facebook status and more? Well, it happened to this guy from his younger brother. To get back at him, he decided to prank him back, but not on Facebook. He decided to turn his bedroom into the girliest looking bedroom he could manage.

Would You Get a Root Canal Before You'd Give Up Facebook?

Shauna Wright — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:21:21 +0000

People who love social media really love it — and a new poll shows just what they’d be willing to do before they’d consider giving it up. A Harris Interactive survey of 2,000 US adults conducted for social networking management service MyLife.com discovered that nearly 40 percent of respondents would rather do any number of [...]

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.

See + Meet Taylor Swift At the Country Music Festival in Canada [CONTEST]

92.9 The Bull — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:49:07 +0000

Taylor Swift has only one show on her 2012 tour schedule, and 92.9 The Bull, Taste of Country — along with Big Machine Records — wants to make sure you’re there. Enter below to win a flyaway contest to go see Swift perform at the 2012 Capital Hoedown Country Music Festival in Ottawa, Ontario on Aug. 11, 2012. Oh, and you’ll get to meet her, too.

Study Reveals Lots of Parents Use Facebook to Spy on Their Kids

Danny Gallagher — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:44:40 +0000

Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter may have eroded levels of privacy by giving people a place to post every facet of their lives and the people around them. However, it’s also given parents a way of doing some sneaky snooping into their children’s lives. A new study from Research Now of 4,400 parents [...]

Just One Visit to Facebook Can Completely Derail Your Productivity

Gunner Jackson — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:15:12 +0000

I'd say that EVERY time I sit down to work, I check a few websites as I'm settling in. One of them is Facebook. Just a quick glance. And NOW I know why I never get anything done.

According to a new study published in "Psychology Today", just ONE SINGLE VISIT to Facebook can completely derail your productivity.

The researchers found

How Well Do You Know Facebook?

John Riggs — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:09:20 +0000

Facebook: It’s something most of us are a member of, it’s something we use more than our email at times, but how well do you really know Facebook? Take the quiz and find out.