Category Archives: Facebook
I Got Dumped Via Text Message
From Mamiverse May 27, 2012: Recently, I was dumped via text message. But perhaps what’s even more ridiculous is that this is the second time this has happened to me. On both occasions, when I tried to make a phone … Continue reading
Blackberry’s Facebook 2.0 App Emphasizes Photos, Chat and Places
[An Inside Facebook Post] Blackberry’s new Facebook application, Facebook 2.0 in beta, is a big improvement over the previous version, which was cumbersome because it was designed with menu after menu to scroll through to do anything. The new application … Continue reading
Latinos Poised To Be Perfect New Media Consumers
[A News Taco Post] Media will not be consumed on TV or computers we know them in the future. Even now, smartphones and tablets are increasingly peoples’ gateways to the Internet, and by extension, the greater world. I would argue that, … Continue reading
Macs Better Than PCs For Accents, Spanish
[A NewsTaco Post] December 30, 2010 I took the plunge into Macs earlier this year and have to say I’m not disappointed. Although purchasing a MacBook Pro this year was a huge adjustment from the Dell laptop I’d been using for … Continue reading
Latinos Need Net Neutrality
[A NewsTaco post] A good piece on net neutrality ran on The Root this week; although the piece revolved around the importance of net neutrality for the African-American community, similar reasons exist for why this is important for Latinos, too. And … Continue reading
Religious Groups Build Communities on Facebook
[An Inside Facebook post] Religion takes many forms on Facebook. There’s a Page for The Bible, with more than 4.5 million Likes. Religious leaders are gaining lots of fans, for example the Dalai Lama’s 913,200. Places of worship have their … Continue reading
Swedish App Polls for Parliamentary Election Voting Plans
[An Inside Facebook post] Riksdagsvalet 2010 is a new Swedish application that allows people to “vote” in the country’s 2010 parliamentary elections. The app is intended by its creators to be nothing more than an informal poll. It has you give … Continue reading
Facebook Becomes More Important to Red Cross Fundraising, Disaster Relief Efforts
[An Inside Facebook post] Facebook is now at the center of the American Red Cross‘ efforts to keep the public informed about disaster relief, especially after a catastrophic event like the Chile or Haiti earthquakes, says Wendy Harman, the organization’s director of social media. … Continue reading
Facemoods Brings Emoticons to Facebook Chat, Gets Millions of Users
[An Inside Facebook post] Israeli start-up Facemoods only launched in December of last year, offering a browser add-on that enables emoticons for use on Facebook’s chat service, among other web products. So far, it’s been a hit. We’ve watched as it has gained … Continue reading
Levi’s Uses Events Marketing for Sales Promotions
[An Inside Facebook post] Levi’s has begun to use some interesting event marketing on Facebook to promote sales on its web site, as well as its stores via its Facebook Page and profile advertisements. As we’ve noted previously, Levi’s has been particularly … Continue reading