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Force the New Facebook Interface onto Android

Most people don't know it, but there is a slightly modified interface for Facebook for Android floating around.  You could wait for it to reach and Android Market, but, thanks to the folks over at Android Central, there is a hack to get it on your device right now.  This may go down as one of the strangest work-arounds that

New Infographic – The Demographics of Social Media

The website Advertising Age released a cool new infographic comparing various social media - namely Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter.  There are some interesting facts revealed here.  For instance the Social Media space is lead by the 35-54 age group, the leading country for Facebook is the US, but the second is Indonesia, the leading country for LinkedIn is also

National Trust’s MyFarm – Farmville Goes Real

The UK's National Trust is looking for armchair farmers to farm for real with MyFarm. For a £30 annual subscription, 10,000 desktop farmers will take control of the farm on the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, England and work with farm manager Richard Morris to decide how it should be run. The subscription also pays for a family ticket to visit

Like It or Tweet It?

For full disclosure, I am not a user of Twitter.  I have a Twitter account and dabbled in it a year or so ago, but haven't logged on in months.  I am, however, a daily user of Facebook. Eventbrite recently concluded a study of Tweets and facebook posts as connected to event sales showed that facebook "likes" resulted in higher

Day 3 – A week Using Google Chrome OS

I learned today that making usable audio on Chrome OS is impossible. I tried several times to make a short voice recording and each time it came out really noisy. The built in Mic is not of high quality on the CR48. So my next try was to record with my Sony IC Recorder. The recording turned out great, but

How Far Should a Job Background Check Go?

As I am now on the prowl for a new job since I am being laid off from my current one, I'm thinking about all the things that could go wrong.  My credit might not be good enough, and is that speeding ticket I got a couple years ago going to be a problem?  And what about my online presence

Right to Free Speech vs. Right To Work

The Federal Labor Relations Board has settled a lawsuit brought against a Connecticut ambulance company that disciplined an employee for criticizing a boss on Facebook.  The ambulance company had policies in place that included employees not being allowed to talk to others or coworkers about work, coworkers, and working conditions.  This was a pretty blatant suppression of freedom of speech