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Your Secrets Are Safe...in Maryland

  Good luck for everyone with a Facebook and Twitter…in Maryland. Wednesday, Maryland legislators passed a bill that would ban employers from asking job candidates or current employees for their passwords to different social media sites. Governor Martin O’Malley must sign the bill to become a...

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Billion Dollar Idea: Boobstagram

Earlier this week Facebook purchased Instagram for $1billion. In their, what seemed like overnight success, Instagram has a few copycats. The best one, in my mind is Boobstagram.  It's exactly what you think it is. Artfully altered images of boobs. Boobstagram is not...

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BREAKING NEWS: Facebook Buys Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that Facebook will acquire Instagram, the fan-favorite app that allows creative photo-sharing, for $1 billion in cash and shares. Zuckerberg has promised that Instagram would stay an independent company and that such a large purchase will not become a habit for...

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Why It’s Unlikely You’ll Get Work Done On A Saturday

Your week of school ends, Friday night hits, and Saturday morning creeps up on us. We say, “I’m going to get work done today.” You start your laptop, open that blank Microsoft Word document and then proceed to stare at it for two hours. Here are some reasons why, and how you can avoid them: Reason...

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The Four Worst People You'll Meet On Facebook

There are many things Facebook is great for: keeping in touch with friends in other cities, reconnecting with old friends, making Mark Zuckerberg filthy rich, keeping tabs on people you went to high school with but never plan on talking to again, etc. But Facebook also has the keen ability to make...

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Facebook Against Employers Requesting Passwords

Facebook is "going to the mattresses" in order to protect it's young, social media savvy users. For those of you who are unfamiliar with that quote, a direct reference to The Godfather (go watch it), it means going to war.  Apparently, we live in a time of full disclosure and complete...

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Some Employers Asking For Facebook Login Info

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, some companies and government agencies are upping the ante on investigating social media by demanding job applicants' login information for Facebook.  Scanning the pages are not enough for them, asking prospective employees to grant them access...

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Guy Trying to Troll A Troll Gets Trolled

Internet trolls are everywhere.  If there is a site with a community, undoubtedly trolls are nearby and ready to pounce.  They degrade people, bash their looks and opinions, make highly offensive comments, all with no regard for the consequences of their actions.  In lamen's terms,...

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Study Says Facebook Does Matter In Hiring Process

We've all heard it before. Numerous professors, advisers, and parents telling us to clean up our Facebook profiles because pontential employers will be checking up on our status updates and profile pics before they hire us. While not every employer may place heavy emphasis or emphasis at all on...

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The Greatest Facebook Thread You Will Ever See

Relationships can be hard and bitches be crazy. Add a public forum such as Facebook to the mix and you have the recipe for a full-blown disaster. Such as the one that occurred when some girl tattooed her boyfriend (of one week)'s face on her arm and posted it for him and the whole world to see....

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