Articles Tagged - newyorktimes

By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Facebook News

JC Trumps Bieber Justin Bieber, who annoyingly sits on top of trending topics and Facebook pages has competition when it comes to social media's biggest buzz. Jesus Christ, (remember him?), as reported by AllFacebook.com, has surpassed the teenybopper as Facebook's most engaged fan page for the past 18 weeks. Jesus Daily, a fan page dedicated to helping Christians around the world connect, pray and spread the Gospel of Christ was started in 2009 by Dr. Aaron Tabor as a "labor of love." Tabor, the son of... read more.

• September 13, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Online Education on the Rise Online education is an enterprise that offers accredited programs for students of all kinds. For the student who wants to "earn while you learn," (hattos.com) online degree programs are beneficial and convenient. The New York Times explains in the article entitled "Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path to a College Degree." "As Wikipedia upended the encyclopedia industry and iTunes changes the music business, these businesses have the potential to change higher education." ... read more.

• August 26, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Facebook

It was almost one year ago that Zuckerberg unveiled Facebook's Open Graph Protocol. The Open Graph is a virtual lasso that combines the dynamic social interaction of Facebook with the content of websites, a combination that is truly bringing out the best of Web 2.0. Since the F8 conference back in April 2010, Facebook's development has transformed websites into social sites, where businesses, online publications and local review sites are able to enhance their brand by offering a direct social connection... read more.

• March 01, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Search Engine Optimization

Last week, David Segal, writer for The New York Times shared an in-depth story about how one popular department store ambitiously leveraged "black hat" optimization practices in order to continuously rank high on Google's SERP's. Interestingly enough, the company was J.C Penney and the time period for this frowned upon practice was during the holiday season. "There are links to JCPenney.com's dresses page on sites about diseases, cameras, cars, dogs, aluminum sheets, travel, snoring, diamond drills, bath... read more.

• February 16, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in The Future of the Internet

The Internet has helped establish an instantaneous global communication that is further enhanced by the various online platforms of social media. Through YouTube videos, blogs, and social networking sites, people around the world are able to deliver a specific message, no matter what their race or religion may be, through this technology freedom. Unfortunately, with the good comes the bad. As people all over the world turn to the Internet for a quicker and easier way to communicate, violent and oppressi... read more.

• January 31, 2011
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By Rania Eldekki, Posted in Facebook News

Earlier this week, Facebook officially beat out Google as the most visited site of 2010. Now, the social networking giant is officially worth $50 billion dollars, thanks to a deal facebook made with Goldman Sachs. Yesterday, it was announced that Goldman Sachs invested $450 million dollars into the Facebook conglomerate, in an attempt to delay facebook from becoming public (which conveniently also delays government regulation as well as Wall Street's unpredictable stock market). This deal now ensures that F... read more.

• January 04, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Gadgets and Technology

Internet ready televisions and smart phones are among the best-selling gifts for the 2010 holiday season, but are these trendy new gadgets designed to keep your information secure?  According to the New York Times, researchers at Mocana, a security technology company in San Francisco, tested out one of the best-selling Internet-ready TV’s and quickly found a hole in the web’s security that many hackers would easily be able to find.  The testing on the TV revealed tha... read more.

• December 27, 2010
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in In the News

Jumo is here! I've been following the anticipation behind Facebook's co-founder, Chris Hughes, as he attempts to set up a non-profit social community. Finally, Jumo, a social network designed to connect people with charities, non-profits and volunteer opportunities, is launched in its public beta version. I find the concept interesting and commend Mr. Hughes on his noble mission, but like some people are saying, I question the potential behind Jumo's future as ANOTHER social networking website. If anyon... read more.

• November 30, 2010
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in The Future of the Internet

Online shopping is becoming increasingly popular as the years progress. There was a time when online shopping was not as safe and there were financial risks in providing private credit card and other personal information on the web; however, those times are over and online shopping is not only safe and secure, but it's illustrating its power through recent statistics with notorious shopping days such as Black Friday. According to the New York Times, last year consumers spent $318 million on Thanksgiving o... read more.

• November 23, 2010
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Gadgets and Technology

If you're trying to keep up with the latest technology it seems you'll need Mark Zuckerberg's bank account along with a phone that sends you daily alerts of all the latest technology gadgets. Although becoming a billionaire overnight is impossible, (well for the most part) obtaining a phone that is capable of providing daily updates is far more in your reach. Recently highlighted in an article for the New York Times, cell phones have taken over as #1 gadget for Americans. Following cell phones, are des... read more.

• October 19, 2010
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