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50 Things We Don’t Do Anymore – Due To Technology

By John McKay February 21, 2013

How times have changed. Perhaps if you're old enough, you recall some of these.

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Category: Newsletter, social media, Technology Tags: computers, history, social media

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Newstalk Talks to Facebook ‘Pot Farm’ Game Creators – Part II

By John McKay February 21, 2013

Here's part II of our interview with the creators of the fast-growing, and some say controversial, game 'Pot Farm' on Facebook.

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Category: Newsletter, social media, Weird News Tags: facebook, games, pot farm, social media

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Do YOU Play Pot Farm on Facebook? 100,000 Others Do!

By John McKay February 13, 2013

Move over Farmville, say hello to (cough!) Pot Farm!

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Category: National News, Newsletter, social media, Weird News Tags: facebook, games, pot farm, pot fram, social media, weird

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

By Drew Weisholtz February 5, 2013

Valentine's Day may be in the air, but it seems like there isn't a ton of love for Facebook

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Category: News, Newsletter, social media Tags: break, facebook, social media

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Magazine Tweets Fake Picture of Obama Skeet Shooting – Then Deletes It!

By John McKay January 29, 2013

Egg on the face of the New Republic magazine:

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Category: Newsletter, Photos, Politics Tags: face picture, obama, skeet shooting, social media, twitter

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Tommy Tutone’s One Hit Wonder ’867-5309′ Now REALLY Is for a Good Time!

By John McKay January 29, 2013

You remember the 1982 one-hit-wonder from Tommy Tutone, "867-5309." A girl named Jenny is the person to call for a good time. Her name and number was written on a bathroom wall.

The song, which hit th

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Category: Newsletter, Politics Tags: 867-5309, adult, music, social media, tommy tutone

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Facebook Message CEO Mark Zuckerberg for Just $100

By The Brad January 11, 2013

Time and time again the rumors about Facebook charging its users for service come up on my news feed. These have been outed as false each time, but that doesn't mean Facebook isn't looking at other revenue streams to cash in on it' social media platform.

Last year, Facebook began 'Facebook Gifts' where you can buy real world gifts for your online friends and also began allowing businesses and users to pay to promote a post for it to be more visibile to others. Now, they are testing out a new pay to message feature. The first test subjects are the Corporate Facebook team, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Category: Technology Tags: facebook, mark zuckerberg, social media

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Technology 2012 Winners and Losers Include Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and More

By John McKay December 4, 2012

As we get ready to ring in the new year, we look back at who won, and lost big-time in 2012. Where did Facebook land? Groupon? Ever heard of LinkedIn? You will.

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Category: Newsletter, Science, social media, Technology Tags: 2012, Apple, facebook, losers, social media, technology, twitter, windows, winners

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Facebook Reaches One Billion Users-WOW!

By Jeremy Taylor October 4, 2012 | TheFW

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 recently topped one billion users. This amounts to about 15% of the world's population.

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Category: National News, Newsletter Tags: facebook, internet, one billion, social media