Brian Womack
Covering social media, search and few other tidbits in the online world.
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TSL Education is an important resource for teachers to share information.
From Newspaper Insert to Social Network: TSL Scores With Teachers
More than a century ago, TSL Education began as a newspaper insert for teachers. Today it’s a digital media company with a a fast-growing social network that helped it make about $120 million in sales last year. TSL Education is adding...
Read more »Pinterest Reaches Out to Businesses With New Service
Pinterest, the popular picture-sharing service, will offer new accounts tailored for businesses to fuel the expansion of its user base ahead of a decision on how to generate income from the website. The accounts will make it easier for companies...
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Like ‘Office Space’? You Might be Facebook User Interested in Romney
It’s safe to say that the politics of those searching Facebook for President Barack Obama likely differ from those looking up Republican challenger Mitt Romney. That difference also extends to preferences in TV, music and movies, according to a new...
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Google is experimenting with glasses that could one day offer features similar to a smartphone.
Google Experiments With Glasses: Could It Replace Your Smartphone?
So many of us live through our smartphones, be it checking messages, taking photos, talking to friends, listening to music or looking up directions as we walk down the street. What if we did all of that through our glasses?...
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Those using tablets and smartphones are more likely to click on search ads than their counterparts on the desktop, says the report.
Tablet, Smartphone Growth Boosts Mobile Search Ads, But at a Price
For a company built on providing information, Google doesn’t disclose much when it comes to sales projections, much less the amount that could come from mobile search ads. But Marin Software, which helps manage about $3.5 billion annually in online...
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A large flock of starlings fly over a park at sunset seaking an area to land for the evening, in Algiers.
#HappyBday2Us: Twitter Turns 6, Has 140 Million Active Users
Twitter, the microblogging service that lets users send out messages up to 140 characters long, now has — you guessed it — more than 140 million active tweeters. That’s up about 40 percent since September, a growth spurt fueled by...
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Facebook and Twitter are mostly an additional way to get news, not a replacement, Pew said.
Facebook, Twitter: Not Hubs for News Traffic, Report Says
While Facebook and Twitter may eat up our social time online, they’re not pushing us to news sites like other services. Just 9 percent of Americans “very often” follow news recommendations from the two online social services, according to Pew Research...
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Ex-Yahoo Director Calls Company’s Facebook Lawsuit ‘Pathetic’
Former Yahoo board member Eric Hippeau didn’t exactly like the lawsuit the company brought against Facebook over patent infringement yesterday. Yahoo’s complaint in federal court asked for an order to bar Facebook from infringement on 10 patents — and for...
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Smartphones Take Over, Pew Says
Still using that old Razr? You’re in the minority now. More U.S. adults own a smartphone than those who have traditional handsets as more folks use mobile devices to surf the Web, check e-mail or edit photos, according to a...
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A Pew report says that more social network users are "unfriending" people and actively managing their accounts.
Friends No More: Social Network Users Get More Aggressive
Don’t take it personal (or, maybe you should), but more users on social networks are “deleting” their friends on sites like Facebook. It’s part of an overall increase in people actively managing their networks, according to a new report. The...
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