Tag: social media

Everything You Need to Know About Social Network Ello

You’ve probably seen it pop up in your Facebook feed. Or maybe someone on Twitter linked to their account. The entire internet is alive with talk of Ello, the anti-Facebook social network. An anti-Facebook sounds pretty cool right? But what exactly does that mean? And is it worth your time and effort to start using yet another social network. Remember when we all thought Path was going to be the next big thing? Let me break it down for you. No Ads and No Data Mining “Ello is a simple, beautiful, and ad-free social network created by a small group of artists and designers,” is how the creators from graphic design studio Berger & Föhr describe the network. It sounds …

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Everything You Need to Know About Social Network Ello

How the NSA Targets Tor Users | Motherboard

In the latest NSA leak, published on the German site Tagesschau yesterday, we’re able to glean more about how one of the intelligence agency’s surveillance systems actually works. The “XKeyscore” system, first revealed by the Guardian in July 2013, allows NSA analysts an overview of millions of people’s data: emails, browsing history and social media activity, all stored in databases and accessible without prior authorisation. Conceptually, that’s a very powerful tool. Now an investigation led by Jacob Appelbaum, a security researcher and a member of the team behind the anonymous Tor browser, looks at portions of the source code that dictate what else the system is capable of. The full details, published on German site Das Erste, are dense and well worth …

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How the NSA Targets Tor Users | Motherboard

Publish WordPress Posts to LinkedIn Automatically: 5 Plugins

June 25th in WordPress Plugins by WordPress Jedi .

LinkedIn is truly an under-appreciated social network. With Google+, Twitter, and Facebook getting all the attention these days, smart marketers can’t afford not to focus on LinkedIn marketing. You need a real content marketing strategy to succeed on that site. Sharing your best articles to LinkedIn is not a bad idea either. These 5 LinkedIn auto-poster plugins can do the job: WP Pipes: allows you to auto post to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can create as many pipes as you like. NextScripts: automatically publishes your posts from your blog to your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social profiles. The pro version offers scheduled and delayed posting. Microblog Poster: another plugin that lets you update your …

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Publish WordPress Posts to LinkedIn Automatically: 5 Plugins


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Facebook Just Fired A Huge Shot At Cisco

Facebook Wedge network switch See Also Google’s Famous Security Guru Found An Embarrassing Hole In Microsoft’s Products Some HP Employees Were Busted For This Hilariously Awful Attack Against Competitor, Splunk Why Arista Networks’ Billionaire Co-Founder Quit The Company And Filed A Lawsuit Facebook has announced a new product that should have Cisco shaking in its boots (and we’re not talking about its Snapchat-killer Slingshot). On Wednesday, Facebook introduced Wedge, making good on its promise from last year to push into the $23 billion Ethernet switch market, currently dominated by Cisco. Wedge is part of the Open Compute Project (OCP), one of the most important tech projects Facebook has ever created. OCP began in 2012 as a radically new way to build and buy computer hardware. It…

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Facebook Just Fired A Huge Shot At Cisco


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52 Percent Of Social Users Say It’s Different Platforms For Different Interests

107 million us adults belong to at least 2 social media networks. Of those people, 73% belong to 3 networks, 56% belong to 4 and 23% have accounts with 7 or more social networks. (I’ll bet most of you can’t even name more than 7 social networks in 30 seconds!) Why so many accounts? 72% of users say it’s because certain platforms are simply better suited to different interests. Because of that, 60% connect with different types of people and brands on different networks. You’ll find this data in a new whitepaper from IPG Media Labs and 140 Proof called “A Network for Every Interest: How People Actively Manage Their Social Profiles Across Multiple Platforms.” Since I spend so much time on the internet for work and play…

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52 Percent Of Social Users Say It’s Different Platforms For Different Interests


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