Should It Be Called “Subscribe To” or more like “Stalk Me”?

Facebook’s newest feature is in Beta, according to AllFacebook.com, and will allow users to personally opt-in to view every update made to a friend’s profile. At the moment, the News Stream allows you to view your friends’ updates and profile changes in a constant stream. However, quite a few updates do in fact slip through the cracks. By using this new feature, you can personally elect to view all changes made to the pages you selected.

Of course your friends can already view any type of comment, update, addition to your page that has been made (if your settings allow it), but they have to…

How many times have you posted “at the mall with the fam” or “in Cabo for a week” on your favorite social media channel?

I know I’m guilty of it. But have you ever stopped to think who might be seeing that? Even if your account is totally private, what if someone was able to hack into it? What if someone hacked into a friend’s account?

Here are three things you should never post on your Facebook profile … or Twitter … or MySpace (myWhat???)  … you get the idea.

1. Be cautious about posting your current location unless you’ve been very selective in building your network of followers with only those you…
   
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Add this to the “Who would’ve thunk it?” file.

Let’s set the scene:
Last year, while scrolling down my Facebook homepage, I come across an ad featuring a succulent looking piece of sushi with a caption that read, “Save in Tampa Bay.” Intrigued, I clicked and was introduced to the wonder that is Groupon – a website that sends daily deals based on its users’ location. Items up for offer can include: coupons to stores, restaurants, and events.

This sounds to good to be true, right? Of course there is a catch, a certain amount of people have to agree to participate in purchasing this item in order for it to go “live.” Immediately sucked into this…

Next time you’re careening down the highway at 60+ miles per hour or even taking a steady Sunday drive through the country, remember, Tweeting could kill you.

While Twitter isn’t obviously going to take on a Jason caricature and come at you slasher style it can distract you enough while driving to take out you and anyone who’s in your way.

Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to the stars, was killed Tuesday when his jeep went off the Pacific Coast Highway, smashing onto rocks below. He died at the scene. The California Highway Patrol blamed texting (tweeting) as the cause, but is still…

I was actually a bit surprised to see that Tampa has edged out New York/New Jersey in a petition to be one of the cities considered for the World Cup 2018 or 2022 should the United States win the honor.

The channels set up to garner signatures and support are well integrated and shows us just how much power “social” and “sharing” wield at just under 1 million signatures.

If you’d like to add your name to the list visit www.gousabid.com, where you’ll find all kinds of other ways to share the info with your circle.

And to all my Tampa peeps out there, don’t forget to bookmark this post or share it with your friends and let’s…

I admit it.  I was one of the ridiculously hopeful, early adopters, grateful to see the innovation…blah, blah, blah-ers over Google Wave.  And now that they’ve laid to rest the world’s next answer to email as we know it, I’ve seen a ghost.

Use Gmail?  Open up two different browser tabs or windows while signed into your Gmail.  And I’ll be darned if you don’t see your composing message updating in real time as a draft in the secondary tab/window.  Replies, forwards and people joining the chain are all grouped into conversations…and don’t think you’re deleting one portion of a message…

Ah the internet, such a wonderful place. Filling our lives with hours and hours of pointless videos, blogs, funny cat pictures and illegal music since its birth. After a long day of sleeping, what better way to enjoy the rest of your evening than hitting up lolcats and YouTube for a few chuckles. But wait, what’s that you see? The Old Spice Guy answering fan mail? You have to click on the video by the laws of youtube. An hour later after watching every single old spice video, you find yourself at Wal-Mart buying some old spice deodorant. And this leads us to our first gem of the day.

Old Spice’s social media…

JetBlue Flight Attendent Takes Off by Sliding Down Emergency Chute

The Back Story

In case you’ve been under a rock the past week, you might have missed the JetBlue flight attendant who made a fashionable exit from his plane and his job.

Excerpt From People Magazine Online
“Steven Slater developed an instant cult following when he abruptly quit his job as a JetBlue flight attendant Monday, cursed over the loudspeaker, grabbed some beers, then bolted via the emergency chute.”

From Disgruntled JetBlue Employee to Overnight Media Sensation / Cult Hero – Steven Slater Is Your The Man

From a Facebook fan page, “Free Steven Slater to a blog…