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An Inspiring Message from Iraq War Veteran Chris Rutter

Ken Dillon — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:21:31 +0000

In my opinion, we can never say enough “thank you” messages or show enough support for our men and women fighting for our freedom. Chris Rutter is a friend of mine from Clinton, Mo., and I felt compelled to share his Facebook post from earlier today. Seven years ago today, I played a pretty high-stakes [...]

12 Parents Embarrassing Their Kids on Facebook

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:00:24 +0000

There’s a funny thing about parents and technology. That being a majority of moms and dads are pretty techÂ unsavvy without the help of us internet-obsessed younger folk. And while parental struggles can be frustrating at times, their attempts to get in the techy loop are mostly just hilarious. This is particularly true with Facebook. Many [...]

Dad Offers Teen $200 If He Quits Facebook For Five Months

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:30:43 +0000

Yesterday we learned that more and more people are taking long breaks from Facebook. If they’re not getting paid for these social networkÂ hiatuses they may be doing it wrong. Rachel Baier is getting theÂ princelyÂ sum of $200 for handing her Facebook password over to her father and allowing him toÂ deactivateÂ her account for five months. The terms [...]

Survey Reveals Americans Feel the Need to Take a Break from Facebook

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:33:39 +0000

Valentine’s Day may be in the air, but it seems like there isn’t a ton of love for Facebook Why? Because we may have had our fill of the social networking site. According to a new Pew survey, 61% of people have taken a break from the social networking site for several weeks at a [...]

Facebook Game Leads to Life-Saving Kidney Donation

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:00:11 +0000

You can waste a good chunk of your life playing Facebook games such as FarmTown, FarmVille and FarmFarm (okay, we made that last one up). However, in the case of an Idaho woman in need of a new kidney, FarmTown ended up saving her life.Like many folks,Â Lisa Miller of Gainesville, GA, got hooked on FarmTown. [...]

Fired for Facebooking Poll

Sam Schleicher — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:55:13 +0000

A recent National Labor Relations Board hearing found that “overly broad” company policies regarding employees’ social media activity is unlawful, but not protected by federal labor laws. Do you think employees should be able to be fired for what they post on

Can You Be Fired for What You Post on Facebook?

Mike Adams — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:36:51 +0000

Most of us intuitively know that insulting your boss on Facebook is probably not the best idea, but what about other job-related opinions we have? More to the point, can you be fired for posting them?

A recent National Labor Relations Board hearing found that “overly broad” company policies regarding employees' social media activity is unlawful, but not protected by federal labor laws.

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Facebook Reaches One Billion Users

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:35:07 +0000

You know what’s cool? One billion users. OK, now that that’s out of the way, lets discuss the big Facebook news, which is that the social network Â recently topped one billion users. This amounts to about 15% of the world’s population. Mark Zuckerberg announced theÂ achievementÂ as a status update on his Facebook page, and thanked users [...]

Facebook Creates Anti-Stalk Technology, Takes All the Fun Out of Facebook

Marla Rosenthal — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:30:21 +0000

These days, everyone and their grandmother and pet hamster have Facebook. And most people would agree that the best use for the social networking site is passive stalkage of exes, frenemies and coworker crushes. So naturally, those fun killers at Facebook have decided to shut that business down.

Facebook vs. Class Reunions: It's ON!

Bruce — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:37:35 +0000

My 25 year high school class reunion was last weekend. Just like everyone else, I learned of which activities were where on Facebook. Event pages were created and invitations sent. There was to be an informal gathering at a bar on Friday, a family picnic Saturday afternoon and the actual reunion Saturday night. The Friday [...]