How do you know a given technology has arrived? When the scammers start to show up. Â Since the introduction of Bitcoin in 2009, nearly $11 million has been stolen in numerous bitcoin scams. Despite having been prominent in the news, many people are still not familiar with digital currencies and can’t recognize common Bitcoin scams […]
Modern lives center around cell phones, so it only makes sense that our financial lives should as well. But how can you decide which financial apps are best for you? Here is a list of the ten best personal finance apps available. Best Free Personal Finance Apps Stash Invest Stash offers a simplified approach to […]
Frugal living blogs are all over the internet, making it difficult to keep up with every single one. But how do you choose which blogs to follow? Check out this list of the ten best frugal living blogs and what makes them so great. 1. WiseBread WiseBread has been around for a while, and age […]
Everyone is constantly looking for ways to save money. There are plenty of ways to do it, and some are right underneath your nose every day. In fact, there are plenty of ways to save money by using social media. Offers and Giveaways Sometimes it seems as if social media is everywhere. With so many […]
People who live in Turkey are confused about daylight saving. Usually the country âfalls backâ like many others in the Eastern European time zone (EET) on the last Sunday of October. The country planned to change its clocks on Sunday, Oct. 25, but the Turkish government decided to postpone the changing of the clocks until […]
To encourage publishers to use Facebook to distribute their content online, Facebook is allowing publishers to “keep all the revenue from certain advertisements,” as reported by The Wall Street Journal. As well, Facebook hopes to bring this content to audiences faster using its newest development, Instant Articles. Currently, it take approximately 8 seconds for links opened […]
Social media defines the many types of computer-mediated tools that enable billions of people to “create, share or exchange” ideas, pictures, videos or information in virtual communities. According to Wikipedia, social media is radically different from traditional media in part because of its widespread reach, frequency, usability and permanence — essentially translating anyone into an […]
In a blog post published in 2011, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote, “I’m the first to admit that we’ve made a bunch of mistakes…I also understand that many people are just naturally skeptical of what it means for hundreds of millions of people to share so much personal information online, especially using any one service.” […]
It’s something we hear all the time now, “Based on information from social media.” And we know that everyone from Google to cell phone companies are mining our surfing and social media information to try and make direct advertising effective. Facebook has even come under scrutiny for their practices in mining our social media habits. […]
Would you be willing to let Twitter know all the apps you download onto your mobile phone? Twitter recently disclosed its plan to monitor mobile app-downloading activity among its users. The social media company is trying to devise new marketing plans through collecting data on what other apps Twitter users are using. Twitter says their […]
