Is Facebook Still Cool?

Is Facebook Cool or Un-Cool?

In the last few years we’ve seen many social networks appear, only to crash and burn. Think of MySpace, Ping, Friendster—even Google+ (seriously, it’s dead). The one that seems to always stick around is Facebook. With over 1 billion users, it’s definitely the social network that all the cool kids are using these days. But what do kids actually think of Facebook? Is it cool? You might think so, but you could be wrong.

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RIP Hotmail. Hello Outlook!

RIP Hotmail.com

It’s the end of an era. Hotmail is no more. While news of its demise has been known for a long time now, the final nail in the coffin will be hammered in soon. By summertime this year, everyone with @hotmail.com addresses will be the proud owners of new @outlook.com identities!

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No Power? No Smartphone. Now what?!

It looks like Mother nature chose to trick instead of treat this Halloween. Hurricane Sandy’s wrath saw New York, surrounding areas, and as far north as Canada become an apocalyptic disaster zone. It’s a good thing many people have the internet, social media and smartphones to come to the rescue, right? Wrong. When power went out, cell service down and battery life draining, many people were left with one question. Now what?

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More Hype Or More Often?

The internet and social media has spread news faster than anyone could have ever dreamed. A scandal? We know about it. A sale! We know. A natural disaster? Can we about anything else? Are these things all happening more, or is it just hype and awareness?

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Twitter To Take Off With iOS Integration

If you haven’t already heard, Apple is having a little press event on October 4. We’ll learn about the next iPhone and when we can get iOS5! Remember all of those cool features we heard about back in June? One feature that’s going to get some major usage once everyone upgrades is Twitter.

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You Don’t Want To Do This Dutch

Late last week Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar was attacked by a hacker. Over 500 fake Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates were issued affecting Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Microsoft and Google. Even the United States’ CIA and Britain’s MI6 was hit.

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