Description: Facebook has become a conglomerate. As the world’s largest social network Facebook doesn’t need any of these companies. As Facebook Inc. they are invaluable. Source: Forbes Date: April 3, 2014 As the dust settles on Facebook’s $2BN purchase of virtual reality headset maker Oculus Rift last week, WHY?! remains the question on everyone’s lips. What’s more it… Read more »
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Feeling Down? Facebook Improves Self-Esteem
Description: A new psychological study has found that time spent on Facebook is actually benefiting users by feeding their ego and giving them self-assurance. Source: Mashable Date: March 22nd, 2013 If you’re feeling down in the dumps and looking for a pick me up, you may want to check your Facebook profile. That advice follows from new research showing that… Read more »
Facebook Confirms It Will Acquire Atlas Advertiser Suite
Description: Facebook announced that they will be purchasing Atlas Advertiser Suite, a back-end scaling and measurement to help advertisers “close the loop” and understand how their spend earns them money. Source: TechCrunch Date: February 28th, 2013 After weeks of speculation and leaks, Facebook today announced it will buy the Atlas Advertiser Suite away from Microsoft. The Seattle-based Atlas team will stay… Read more »
Understanding Unicorn: A dive into Facebook’s Graph Search
Description: An inside look at the details of Facebook Graph Search, the new search tool that allows Facebook users to search people, places, and things and the connections between them more easily. Source: CNet Date: February 21st, 2013 MENLO PARK, Calif.–On the surface, Facebook’s new Graph Search is touted as a new method to enable more connections… Read more »
Social Media Etiquette: Do You Kiss and Tell?
Description: A recent survey conducted on Zoosk, Facebook’s dating service, has revealed some interesting statistics about romantic technology use. Despite the risk of public romance, many users are still updating their Facebook profiles with romantic posts. Who are these users and why do they do it? Source: Huffingtonpost.com Date: September 18th, 2012 Posting your… Read more »
How Your Social Media Profile Could Make Or Break Your Next Job Opportunity
Description: The idea that your social media profile is being observed and analyzed by future employers has existed as long as social media itself. However, a recent survey by Eurocom Worldwide has confirmed that nearly 20% of tech industry companies admit to turning down prospective employees because of their social media profiles. Source: Forbes.com Date:… Read more »
The Billion Dollar Mind Trick
Description: The most successful social media platforms serve a distinct purpose but also form addictive habits within their users. Instagram is the latest social media platform to exhibit this incredibly powerful tendency. Source: Techcrunch.com Date: April 22 2012 Yin asked not to be identified by her real name. A young addict in her mid-twenties, she… Read more »
High school cracks down on students on Facebook
Description: An Orthodox Jewish girls school in New York orders students to cancel Facebook accounts or be expelled Source: cnn .com Date: March 30, 2012 Questions for discussion: Do you feel that schools should have this right to keep students off of social media? What possible reasons would the schools have in taking this action… Read more »
Social media bears witness in Syria
Description: Two CNN assignment editors discuss how important the activist network is for us to cover the story in Syria. Source: cnn .com Date: March 15, 2012 Questions for discussion: Has social media been a positive force in what is going on in Syria? Why? Or Why Not? Is there anyway in which the government… Read more »
What Employers Are Thinking When They Look At Your Facebook Page
Description: Why interview when you can Facebook stalk? Yesterday, I told you about a study suggesting that employers can judge candidates’ future work performance by spending five to ten minutes lurking on their Facebook pages. Source: Forbes .com Date: March 6, 2012 Some readers were outraged by this. “I truly wish employers would stop using… Read more »
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Introduction to Information Systems, 3rd Canadian Binder Ready Version Update Edition
R. Kelly Rainer, Casey G. Cegielski, Ingrid Splettstoesser-Hogeterp, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez
ISBN: 978-1-119-13385-8
August 2015, © 2016
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