Social Media Archive
20 Mar 2015
How to Get Breaking News on Twitter
How to Get Breaking News on Twitter Twitter is arguably the fastest way to get the latest breaking news, but it requires a little know-how to take full advantage of this tool. However, if you’re willing to spend a little time building your own customized list of news sources, you’ll be able to stay on
20 Mar 2015
How to Use Social Media Dashboards
How to Use Social Media Dashboards An assortment of useful reports are available through Hootsuite’s free version, including Facebook Insights, which shows Likes by demographic, for example; and Twitter Engagement, which shows Twitter mentions and retweets. Some more elaborate reports require a subscription upgrade to $9.99 per month, while others mean purchasing analytics credits. Social
20 Mar 2015
How to Use Twitter’s New Crisis Alerts
How to Use Twitter’s New Crisis Alerts Among numerous new features rolled out by Twitter in recent months, two of the most useful are crisis alerts and the ability to preschedule your tweets ahead of time. The latter, for instance, lets you schedule tweets for posting in the future rather than tweeting a bunch of
20 Mar 2015
Apple’s TV Plans Come Into Focus
Apple’s TV Plans Come Into Focus It looks as though Apple is solidifying its plans to deliver a streaming-TV service, which may have cable-TV providers quaking in their boots. Whether Apple has come up with the right formula to attract cord-cutters is a big unknown, however, as is the potential profitability of such a venture.
18 Mar 2015
New build of Windows 10 shows Cortana, unified app store, ability to buy Xbox One games on PC
New build of Windows 10 shows Cortana, unified app store, ability to buy Xbox One games on PC An upcoming version of the Windows 10 Technical Preview has leaked, and it has some really, really big changes. Where the first few builds of Windows 10 have been very teasing, only showing small tweaks and upgrades,
17 Mar 2015
Google launches revised Chromebook Pixel — nicer, still not for mainstream buyers
Google launches revised Chromebook Pixel — nicer, still not for mainstream buyers The rumored, then-Google-confirmed Chromebook Pixel 2 is now finally here — and it’s just called the Pixel, again. Because Google, Apple, and everyone else likes to confuse the living heck out of us. It looks like a beauty, though, and this time around, the
17 Mar 2015
USB-C vs. USB 3.1: What’s the difference?
USB-C vs. USB 3.1: What’s the difference? With the launch of the Apple MacBook and Google’s Chromebook Pixel, USB-C (also called USB Type-C) and the accompanying USB 3.1 standard are both hitting market somewhat earlier than we initially expected. If you’re curious about the two standards and how they interact, we’ve dusted off and updated our
17 Mar 2015
Google WHOIS error reveals hundreds of thousands of owners’ personal info
Google WHOIS error reveals hundreds of thousands of owners’ personal info A researcher at Cisco’s Talos security group recently discovered a bug that caused some Google Apps customers to have their personal information leaked via WHOIS domain listings for more than a year. Google Apps is a popular service these days, so in this case “some”
17 Mar 2015
10 security startups to watch in 2015
10 security startups to watch in 2015 With IT spending on security on the increase, here are 10 security newcomers hoping to be worthy of corporate customers A wealth of young security companies is trying to capitalize on businesses moving toward security platforms that help them respond more quickly when they suffer successful cyber attacks
17 Mar 2015
Google courts Firefox users with new dump-Yahoo appeal
Google courts Firefox users with new dump-Yahoo appeal Google continues to implore Firefox users to drop Yahoo as the browser’s default search provider. Credit: Screenshot/Google Google ups the ante in the browser wars by embedding a switch plea in Mozilla browser’s search results Google has upped the ante in its appeal to Firefox users to