social networking

I found an interesting study on CareerBuilder about how social media posting affect a managers decision to hire a prospective employee. According to CareerBuilder 43% of manager decided not to hire a job candidate  because of something the found on a social media profile, and 39% of companies use social networking sites to research social networking sites to research job candidates. Here are more

With social networks like Facebook, 4Chan, Twitter, and Reddit, news can spread ithin minutes. Late Wednesday night, a post was made on 4Chan.org stating that a student was going to take their father's sub machine gun (supposedly pictured in the post) and "open fire on people in the commons until i am either taken down by our school's police officer or run out of mags.'" Needless to say,

Due to social networking, and people willing to share anything and everything through Instagram, every 20 year old alive will be unelectable for president. Things have even gotten so bad that Democrats are searching for people with no online presence and the Republican Party has already begun grooming an illiterate man from Appalachia for the 2036 candidacy.

Earlier this week, Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward released a lengthy statement saying he would not be participating in a Black Sabbath reunion due to contract disagreements. Black Sabbath's response? Remove all photos of Ward from the homepage collage and gallery section on the bands official website. I bet they unfriended him on Facebook too.

Even though Twitter and social networks across the internet were going crazy about Bon Jovi being dead, it turns out he is alive...but maybe not well. A group of Canadian Terrorists calling themselves "Oh Geeze, You Like Bad Medicine, Eh!?" have taken the musician hostage.

As Pee-wee Herman can attest, having your bike stolen is very unpleasant indeed. The same was true of Matt O’Rourke, a man who had his prized ride stolen. Luckily, thanks to the intervention of some concerned citizens (including Pee-wee himself), the story has a happy ending.

It was only a matter of time before beer lovers developed useful smart phone apps.

Members of notorious hacker clique Anonymous have their sights set on taking down Facebook — and they even set a date: November 5.

A Netherlands woman has taken her friendship -- and social media -- to a whole new level after she tattooed 152 of her Facebook friends onto her arm. The tattoos cover her entire right arm, from armpit to wrist, and have since been dubbed by the woman as both her "MySpace wall" and "social tattoo."