By Kelsey Kistle, Posted in In the News

Twitter is not just a social media for people and businesses to communicate to the world, but apparently for bad weather, as well! Hurricane Sandy is teaming up with a wintery mix to pay a visit to the east coast of the United States. Many people have heard the news that the hurricane is coming for next week and are using search engines to find more information. Different Medias have been calling this team the "Midwest Frankenstorm", which, quickly became a well known name and took to Twitter. &nbs... read more.

• October 28, 2012
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By Jason Tezgerevski, Posted in In the News

Current rumors sugges that Apple may be looking to compete with Pandora. Apple is currently said to working out deals with a few music labels in preperation of launching their radio service. It can be easily predicited that Apple's internet radio service could outshine existing competitors since most users already use their devices on a regular basis and have an iTunes account. Apple radio will most likely be a mix of Spotify and Pandora, but better. A short coming of Pandora is that it doe... read more.

• October 26, 2012
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By Jason Tezgerevski, Posted in In the News

Features Apple has announced their latest gadget: the iPad mini. The new and smaller tablet is 7.9 inches. iPad mini will be avaialble to order in both black and white. Apple may have created the iPad mini to compete with other tablet models which also have smaller screens than the original iPad. While the iPad mini is more portable than previous models, it features the same resolution as the iPad 2 (1024 x 768.) It is also just as fast as the iPad 2 which runs on an A5 chip. The iPad mini fea... read more.

• October 25, 2012
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By Natalie Contreras, Posted in Pure Opinion

The foulest stench is in the airThe funk of forty thousand yearsAnd grizzly ghouls from every tombAre closing in to seal your doom-Thriller I love fall - especially October! From football season, to Halloween there are many events to celebrate this month. October brings out the best in us as it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we all pitch in to find the cure in our own way. I can't forget to mention college homecomings and reuniting with old friends. This October is extra special for us since nex... read more.

• October 24, 2012
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By Rania Eldekki, Posted in In the News

UPDATE: Police have confirmed that two Clayton teenage boys, ages 15 and 17, have been arrested and charged with the strangling death of Autumn Pasquale.    The disappearance of 12 year old Autumn Pasquale has been all over the news this week. I was heart-broken to find out this morning that a body found in a recycling container in her hometown of Clayton, has been confirmed to be Autumn's. Pasquale was last seen riding her BMX bike away from her Clayton home on Saturday afternoon, and the rest... read more.

• October 23, 2012
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By Jason Tezgerevski, Posted in In the News

Pop star, Taylor Swift released her fourth album Red this morning, and it quickly rose to number one on the iTunes Top Albums chart. While the singer makes scheduled media appearances to promote her new album, she has decided to allow an army of her social media followers to follow her in real life today. The lucky chosen fans will travel alongside Taylor in New York City to launch her week-long TV blitz that starts on Good Morning America. Throughout the day, fans following swift will be posting live upd... read more.

• October 22, 2012
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By Natalie Contreras, Posted in Social Networking Websites

Instagram is the most popular mobile social media platform to date. And with popularity comes competition and imitation. Apps such as Instamessage and Cinemagram play off Instagram's popular name but have different uses; one to connect with others, and the other to make GIFs straight from your phone. Instamessage allows you to message others from Instagram privately. You don't have to be following them but if your profile is private users won't be able to see who you are or your username. Insta... read more.

• October 19, 2012
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By Kelsey Kistle, Posted in Twitter

Twitter has done something for the first time: blocked an account acting on a policy known as "country-withheld content". This security feature was put into effect in January 2012 and never used until now. In Berlin, a German neo-Nazi group joined the Twitter bandwagon, creating their own Twitter account. The group then started tweeting about government suppression and the influences of financial institutions like Goldman Sachs. The country-withheld content was meant to balance freedom of expression thro... read more.

• October 18, 2012
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By Jason Tezgerevski, Posted in In the News

If you are a regular user of social media, chances are that you have more than likely seen a number of statuses, tweets, questions, and polls regarding the upcoming 2012 Presidential Election. Can the influence of social media affect an individual’s final vote? Market research firm, Lab42 surveyed 500 U.S. social media users. In the survey, respondents were asked who they planned to vote for, and also who they will be voting against. What I found interesting about the survey was that it also measure... read more.

• October 18, 2012
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By Jason Tezgerevski, Posted in Power of Social Media

The month of October is National Bullying Awareness Month. The PACER Center is an organization that has raised a high awareness for those who have been bullied both in school and online. Many communities have supported the cause and chose to get involved by utilizing the resources made by PACER. National Bullying Awareness Month was created in 2006, so it is not a new trend that has been recently started. Originally the cause was only a week long, and thanks to all of the communities who got inv... read more.

• October 15, 2012
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