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Pinterest Users Help Decide Which is the Most Beautiful Country in the World

by Sidrah Zaheer - on May 2nd 2012 - No Comments
Most Beautiful Country

Pinterest has recently emerged as a very successful social networking site ranking at 48 on Alexa Rank and with around 12 million monthly visitors to the site. The concept of having to share your interesting things through pinning photos of them on the site being caught on positively with everyone, Pinterest has really made its mark real...

Facebook Must Get a Woman on Its Board of Directors or Face Protest by Women’s Rights Activists

by Sidrah Zaheer - on Apr 30th 2012 - No Comments
Women on Facebook

Women’s rights activists and advocates want equality for women in every single field. If a woman is not present on board anywhere, it is a prejudice environment that they sense. Not having a woman on Facebook’s board of directors is something that has not been done deliberately. It just is that way. But for women’s rights activists...

Facebook To Test Promote Button For Small, Midsized Pages

by zain - on Apr 27th 2012 - 1 Comment
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Facebook announced that it will test a promote button, which will allow managers of pages for small and midsized businesses to promote their content by creating sponsored stories or ads. The social network offered two examples, pictured below, of what the promote button may look like. The first is part of its page composer, while the...

Facebook Launches New Antivirus Marketplace

by Admin - on Apr 27th 2012 - No Comments
facebook-security

Facebook today implemented new features to protect its users with the launch of Antivirus Marketplace, a new portal on the social network that will offer free licenses to antivirus software and utilise the URL blacklists from five of the world’s biggest antivirus and Internet security companies. The Marketplace will host solutions from...

Facebook Earns an Average of $1.21 per User per Quarter

by Sidrah Zaheer - on Apr 25th 2012 - No Comments
Facebook user

Facebook has an interesting story, the creators and the social network itself. It is today amongst the top technology companies in the world. But that journey to the top took its due time and course. Facebook generates a lot of revenue and more so its users do the earning for it. more than the ads, Facebook depends on its devoted users...

CIA site downed as Anonymous claims attack

by Admin - on Apr 24th 2012 - No Comments
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The CIA website is now back online following a DDoS attack reportedly perpetrated by the hacktivist group Anonymous. This is the latest attack in a series of assaults carried out against US government websites. Information that the website was down was originally relayed by the OccupyCarlisle account. The UGNazi hacker group has also...

Kaka to Be World’s First Athlete with 10 Million Twitter Followers

by Admin - on Apr 24th 2012 - No Comments
Kaka

Brazilian soccer star Kaka is on the verge of becoming the world’s first athlete to amass 10 million followers on Twitter. The midfielder, who plays for Spain’s Real Madrid club team, was about 30,000 followers short of the milestone as of late Monday afternoon. If Kaka maintains his recent pace, his @KAKA account should hit eight...

U.S. Bill Makes Spying on Citizens in Their Cars One Step Easier

by Sidrah Zaheer - on Apr 23rd 2012 - No Comments
Event Data Recorder

If you thought that the United States was really not doing much to spy on its own citizens and this notion of America turning into a ‘police state’ was merely an anti-American propaganda and part of the conspiracy theories, then think again. America really wants to be the ‘Big Boss’ as if it already is not sufficiently showing...

Top 5 Most Liked Celebrities On Facebook

by Muhammad Usman Butt - on Apr 23rd 2012 - No Comments
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If you think you know the most popular celebrities on the social media site—think again. The majority of popular celebrities on Facebook include … singers. Even more surprising may be the huge names left off the list. Oops, Britney Spears didn’t make the cut. While the singer’s band page may have more than 18 million...

Nicki Minaj deactivated her Twitter account

by Admin - on Apr 23rd 2012 - No Comments
Nicki Minaj

As of Friday afternoon (April 20), Nicki Minaj has been absent from Twitter for five days, keeping the Barbz on a sharp lookout for her return. Minaj deactivated the account in a fit of frustration on Sunday, but during her current press run in the U.K., she admits that she’s still pondering if or when she will get back on the social...

Around 37% of Prospective Employers Search Social Media Profiles of Employees-To-Be

by Sidrah Zaheer - on Apr 19th 2012 - 1 Comment
Facebook Cartoon

Though it might insane and totally unethical, but some employers have come to think that Facebook holds so much importance in their recruitment process that they asked for prospective employees’ passwords. One does understand the point of having to Google search a name of the person you are about to recruit and even make a visit online...

Steal Gas From A Cop Car And Post It On Facebook Leads to Arrest

by Admin - on Apr 19th 2012 - 2 Comments
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It’s probably not a good idea to siphon gas from anyone’s car. Not only is it a crime, but it’s also just a crappy thing to do to somebody. But let’s say you’re going to steal some gas. In that case, it’s probably not a good idea to steal it from a police officer. Ok, I understand if you have to steal it from a cop. But if...