Tag: social media

  • (UPDATED x2) Please Don’t Steal Content From Global Geek News

    Another Update (5/16/14 9:15am):  Well, the idiot apparently didn’t learn their lesson about stealing content earlier this week and they stole another post this morning which I have again complained about to GoDaddy.  I expect it will be removed soon like the others but this guy really needs to be shut down because he obviously…

  • Social Media Explained Humorously [pic]

    I am often asked many things about social media from why it is important to what you are supposed to do with various services like Twitter, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, and Foursquare (among others) and after a while, I tend to get tired of answering those same questions over and over again.  From now on, when…

  • Awesome Twitter cake [pic]

    A few days ago, Twitter turned 5 years old and apparently somebody created this awesome Twitter cake to celebrate!  As yummy as this Twitter cake looks, I am kind of sad that the Fail Whale doesn’t make an appearance on it.  Even without the Fail Whale, it still looks really tasty!  Whoever made this has…

  • Surprising Facebook Statistics for 2010 [infographic]

    The Czech company Candytech has released a ton of Facebook statistics through its SocialBakers site with this impressive infographic.  The Facebook 2010 infographic is below but here are a couple of highlights that I found most interesting.  Thanks to TechCrunch for the heads up! Nearly 8 people signed up for Facebook every second in 2010.…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #40

    Here are the shownotes for episode #40 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: FTC: Bloggers must disclose paid reviews Obama bans texting while driving for 4.5 million government employees Man arrested at an Apple Store after threatening to shoot his iPhone…

  • E3, the best Electronics Entertainment Expo in years, mostly

    Greetings Readers! As promised, I am here to share my thoughts on this year’s E3.  I’m not going to address every game that was talked about, but more of my thoughts from the main press events, so here we go. Lets start off with Microsoft.  This event was mind blowing!  I found myself sitting in…