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INFOGRAPHIC: The Popularity Of Geotagging, Location-based Check-ins In The Social Media Space
Many of us don’t think twice when we check-in to our favorite location-based service -- but how much of ourselves are we really giving away? While it’s not totally necessary to tell our friends we hit up the local pub for lunch or that we are currently tweeting from the Big Apple, there are a lot of us who do it anyway. This infographic by Visible outlines the... Read more » STUDY: Student Support For First Amendment Rights Grows Alongside Social Media Usage
As social media and social networking services have grown in size and stature, they have given people a platform from which they can say pretty much anything they want to a large audience. Some, such as Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall and country music star Blake Shelton, have discovered that saying something that is perhaps controversial on... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: Why Do We Play Angry Birds?
Angry Birds is exceedingly popular and just about everyone is familiar with the trademark characters. Rovio, the game’s publishers, have been expanding and recently location-based features were added to the game and a version launched on Google+. With Angry Birds available on a myriad of platforms and new, addictive features consistently being developed, just how... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How The Internet Has Evolved From 1996-2011
In the last 15 years, a lot has changed. The landscape of the world has changed dramatically, but one of the things that has evolved the most since 1996 is the Internet. Social networking services have become increasingly prominent as technology has become more ubiquitous, but the face of the Internet, the World Wide Web (as it was more commonly known in 1996), has... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How Effective Is Social Media Marketing?
More businesses are embracing social media than ever. With all of the jobs that social media has created and all of the resources companies are devoting to this new medium, some companies are wondering: is it really worth it? According to this infographic by MDG Advertising, 76 percent of businesses are using social networking for business objectives and 64... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: Who Engages In Video Chats The Most And Why?
Video chatting has emerged as an important tool for people to stay in touch who can't physically be together. With Microsoft's acquisition of the video-calling service Skype, we've seen more and more social networks including video chatting features and more and more people relying on similar services to communicate. According to an infographic published by... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: Celebrating The Workforce On Labor Day
Held on the first Monday in September each year, Labor Day celebrates the work of the average person and their contributions to both the country and the economy. The holiday was created in 1882, when the first official Labor Day was organized by the Central Labor Union and held in New York City. An infographic published by CreditDonkey explains the origins of the... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: The Popularity Of Social Networking In India
The use of social media in India has been expanding and an average of 45,000 new users join social networking sites in India every day. According to an infographic by Techonzo, India has more than 100 million Internet users and nearly 8.5 percent of the total population have an online presence -- but which social networks are they utilizing? Facebook can attribute... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: The Most Popular In-flight Social Networks
Remember how amazing it was when some airlines began to include TVs on the back of chairs during long flights? What about those phones that were also attached to the back of the seat? At the time, those things seemed really high tech, but now all we need is our smartphone to watch movies on YouTube, chat up our friends on Facebook and keep ourselves entertained until... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How Social Media Has Grown Over The Years
Social media is an enormously growing medium with new users adopting new platforms every day. It's easy to think that one day, the Internet won't be ruled by Facebook, Twitter and the like. Someday a new technology trend that hasn't even been invented yet might keep us more connected than we thought was possible and we'll abandon some of the social networks we've... Read more » 
