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Teens Use YouTube, Gmail More than Social Networks 10/31/2016

Despite the huge popularity of social networking among teens, more respondents reported using Gmail than Snapchat or Facebook, June 2016 research uncovered. The only site used more than Gmail was YouTube, which is not surprising given the plethora of content and influencers available on the video-sharing site. complete article

Facebook will show bigger vertical videos in your News Feed 10/29/2016

Facebooks News Feed for mobile will become much friendlier to vertical videos in the near future, according to Marketing Land. It will not exactly be optimized for the orientation the way Snapchat is, but it will apparently stop cropping and showing them as tiny squares. The publication says when the update rolls out for Android and iOS, you'll start seeing vertical videos with a 2:3 aspect ratio (as opposed to 1:1) on your News Feed without having to expand them. complete article

How to Conduct a Podcast Interview 10/27/2016

Conducting a successful podcast interview can be a tricky proposition for a podcaster starting out. Once you have determined individuals that will appeal to your target audience contact potential interviewees and arrange a time to conduct the interview. Following this guide will insure that the interview goes off without a hitch. How to Conduct a Podcast Interview

Facebook tests auto-playing News Feed videos with sound 10/25/2016

According to Mashable, some affected users see an icon on videos that you can tap to toggle sounds or or off. That sounds manageable, and we can imagine people liking the feature. However, other testers are reporting that sounds automatically start up when videos play on their News Feed, so long as their devices aren't on silent mode. complete article

How to Subscribe to RSS Feeds in Safari 10/23/2016

RSS, also known as Really Simple Syndication, provides a great way to keep up with your favorite websites and skim through the headlines to find the articles. Safari makes it really simple to subscribe to a website's RSS feed in just a few clicks. complete article

5 Ways to Make Social Media Work for the B2B Sales Industry 10/21/2016

If you want to generate more B2B leads you need to look into how you’re going to make social media work for you. This guide is going to introduce you to how your B2B firm can use social media to its advantage. complete article

Is Twitter Toxic? Can Social Media Be Tamed? 10/19/2016

Reddit, YouTube, and Twitter have all been the target of passionate groups of users claiming that the sites have embraced censorship. complete article

How To Use Social Media To Improve Crisis Communications 10/17/2016

It is absolutely crucial for brands to keep a crisis management plan handy. Ideally, this plan gives an idea of who internally should lead the response and what stance they should take. An effective crisis management plan (or lack thereof) can have a substantial impact on your business. complete article

Legal Marketing: Get Thee on Social Media Now! 10/15/2016

The results of an interesting survey by FindLaw came out recently that should have all lawyers paying attention. According to the survey, the majority of consumers, at least 54 percent, say they are more likely to hire an attorney who has an active presence on social media than a lawyer who isn’t. This is especially true for consumers between the ages of 18 and 44 – at least 69 percent said they would hire a lawyer who is active on social media. complete article

When Social Networking Is Not Enough 10/13/2016

Social networking is pretty marvelous, but it isn’t the end-all-be-all for making business connections. There are actually times when you’d do better to look elsewhere. complete article

Science Email Alerts and RSS Feeds 10/11/2016

You can keep up-to-date with the content posted on Science Journals by subscribing to their E-mail alerts and RSS feeds. complete article

Amazons Alexa can tell you what's trending on Twitter 10/09/2016

A report yesterday revealed that Amazon might open up its Alexa ecosystem to allow push notifications, so that it could interrupt to warn you about a traffic jam, for instance. complete article

The Smallest Unit of Code 10/07/2016

This question was put to me by Motherboard Editor-in-Chief Derek Mead and I can not stop thinking about it: What is the smallest code? complete article

How to Get Ideas for RSS Feeds 10/05/2016

The best blogs and feeds are those that contain unique, fresh, compelling, content. So where do these prolific posters get their ideas? I talked to a handful of bloggers to determine where their inspiration originated for their content. Not surprisingly, ideas for blog posts or RSS feed items originate or are influenced by other web content. The following are venues for finding your online muse: How to Get Ideas for RSS Feeds

The History of RSS Feeds 10/03/2016

RSS was first invented by Netscape. They wanted to use an XML format to distribute news, stories and information. Netscape refined the version of rss and then dropped it. Userland Software to control of the specficiation and continued to develop it releasing a newer version. A non-commercial group picked up RSS at the same time and based on their interpretation of the Netscapes original concept of RSS they too released a new version. UserLand was not happy with the non-commercial version and continued development of their own version of RSS (Really Simple Syndication), eventually UserLand released RSS v2. The History of RSS

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