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By Yfran Garcia, Posted in In the News on May 14, 2012
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Picture this: You're on the board of a multi-billion dollar company. As an internet company, you're facing heavy competition from other industry giants and no matter what strategies you employ, you still seem to get left behind. You come to the...(more)

By Yfran Garcia, Posted in In the News on April 27, 2012
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Before the days of social media, there was the diary and/or friends who would listen to you complain about your parents. We've all been through the "I hate my parents" phase and although we shared those frustrations with our journals or vented about it...(more)

By Adam Smith, Posted in In the News on April 2, 2012
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Most of us either pranked or got pranked yesterday in honor of April Fool's Day. April 1st of every year is a day to expect the unexpected. Companies all across the country enjoy pranking their customers and users and there is no better way than...(more)

By Mary Manzo, Posted in In the News on March 13, 2012
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British marketing agency, BBH Labs, is experiencing serious backlash for their attempt to use the homeless residents of Austin, Texas at South by Southwest Interactive as wireless transmitters or "Homeless Hotspots." BBH Labs, part of Bartle Bogle...(more)

By Rania Eldekki, Posted in In the News on February 17, 2012
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Another Facebook Scam?  The recent death of musical icon, Whitney Houston, has everyone talking. Vast media coverage, flags at half staff and tributes from fans on social networking sites have caused one group of people to start scheming for...(more)

By Yfran Garcia, Posted in In the News on January 20, 2012
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Hacktivist group, Anonymous, has launched a retaliatory cyber-attack in response to an FBI shutdown of Megaupload.com, a file-sharing website that allowed users to upload and download files from a site-generated link. Distributed Denial of Service...(more)

By Mary Manzo, Posted in In the News on January 17, 2012
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Netflix can't seem to catch a break. Investors have filed a class action lawsuit in Northern California claiming that the movie rental and streaming service withheld valuable information from shareholders. These shareholders are claiming that Netflix...(more)

By Rania Eldekki, Posted in In the News on January 17, 2012
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Important Update: SOPA is DEAD! The bill has been pulled "until there is wider agreement on a solution." Read more This Wednesday, January 18th 2012, hundreds of websites will blackout as part of a strike against the proposed anti-piracy...(more)

By Mary Manzo, Posted in In the News on January 11, 2012
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Shortly after Google announced "Search plus Your World," their latest endeavor to incorporate social into traditional search, Twitter took to the Internet world to vent some concerns and criticisms about the search engine powerhouse. Here is Twitter's...(more)

By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in In the News on December 21, 2011
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Every year Google takes its aggregated search queries and creates a compelling video that highlights the year's most searched topics for the entire year that happened both online and offline. Google has appropriately called this annual video "Zeitgeist"...(more)