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Purdue's 'Hotseat' Brings Twitter to the College Classroom
Schools have been surprisingly quick to embrace new online tools to enhance education and encourage participation both in and out of the classroom. Professor Dave Parry, from the University of Texas at Dallas, has taken his class to Twitter, The ... Read more →
New Facebook Page Promotes World Peace
11 days ago on SwitchedNow that Facebook has effectively taken over the world, Mark Zuckerberg & Co. have put on their stewardship caps and decided to try and make it a better place, too. With the launch of a new hub called Peace on Facebook, the social networking ...
Fake Facebook 'Password Reset' E-Mails Hiding Malware
12 days ago on SwitchedFacebook's good name is being leveraged for yet another brutal round of malware dispersal. The trojan, Bredolab, is being distributed via e-mails with the subject line "Facebook Password Reset Confirmation". The message generally reads: Hey ...
How to 'Memorialize' the Facebook Pages of the Recently Deceased
12 days ago on Switcheddigg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/10/27/memorialize-the-facebook-pages-of-friends-who-pass-away/'; Dealing with the death of a friend or relative is never easy. But in the era of social networking, many are taking to the Internet, grieving ...
Mark Zuckerberg 'Hates' the New Facebook, Too
13 days ago on SwitchedWhen details emerged about the redesign of Facebook's homepage, we braced ourselves for the deluge of status updates railing against the change. Well, the new version, which features a real-time News Feed, went live Friday. So, what do folks think? ...
Google 'Social Search' Results Include Your Friends
13 days ago on SwitchedLast week, both Microsoft and Google announced deals with Twitter that allowed them to index and search the micro-blogging site's public content. But while Microsoft immediately offered its Twitter search abilities, Google only made vague ...
How to Get the 'Old' Facebook Back, Kinda
13 days ago on SwitchedLast week, Facebook made some changes to its homepage news feed, and the Internet masses are up in arms (as they always are when anything changes). The new homepage moved the focus from live status updates, which can get overwhelming if you have a ...
University Adds Twitter to Curriculum
16 days ago on SwitchedGo to pretty much any college campus in the world, and you'll stumble upon Socrates, ponder over Plato, or fling a frisbee during a game of Ultimate. One university in Australia, though, is adding a dash of online social networking to their course ...
Berlin Twitter Wall Commemorates 20th Anniversary of the Fall
17 days ago on SwitchedAlthough the Berlin Wall came tumbling down nearly 20 years ago, the memories are still as real as the concrete that formed the dividing line between East and West Germany. To honor the memories of the wall's fall, and to offer hope for a future ...
More People Updating Their Status Than Ever, Study Finds
17 days ago on SwitchedThe human obsession with "status" is almost as old as human history itself. Though the word has a historically hierarchical connotation, contemporary usage of "status" often has a different, more Twitter-ized meaning. Yet the fascination remains ...
Relatious.com Brings Sexy to Social Networking
17 days ago on SwitchedThe world of social networking just got a little kinkier. The Huffington Post reports that the new site, Relatious.com, is allowing its users to spill their guts about romantic stories, trials, or tribulations, all while simultaneously peering into ...
Details of Facebook's New Homepage Design Revealed
19 days ago on SwitchedFacebook changes are sure to garner both cheers and jeers from the social networking crowd. When news broke that the site would soon test a new homepage design, speculation ran wild but details were scarce. Now, some leaked information meant for ...
Five Billionth Tweet Sent, World Rolls Eyes
19 days ago on SwitchedA mere 11 months after Twitter saw the one billionth Tweet, the five billionth tweet has surfaced. An application called Gigatweet, which tracks the total number of tweets sent, singled out as Number Five Billion this epic message from Robin Sloan ...
Judge Disciplined Over Facebook Addiction?
20 days ago on SwitchedWe've heard plenty of stories about people losing jobs due to inappropriate posts on Facebook, but this is the first time we've heard it suggested that a person was disciplined for Facebook addiction. Sources have suggested to the Staten Island ...
Hollywood Cracking Down on Celebs on Twitter
20 days ago on SwitchedThe latest to implement institutional or industry-wide crackdowns on Twitter, movie industry heavyweights are trying to plug the news leaks that often spring from Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites. The Hollywood Reporter ...
10 Tips for 'Retrosexing' on Facebook
20 days ago on SwitchedIt's another Saturday night and you ain't got nobody. But, wait. Here comes a friend request from that shy one you used to French kiss in the back of the bus in junior high. The former wallflower is a doctor now. A hot doctor. A single, hot doctor. ...


