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Launched in February 2004, Facebook, today has over 1 billion active users; that is about 3 times the population of the United States! Even after 8 years, its popularity is still very much on the rise, and it has definitely passed the stage where it can be shrugged off as mass hysteria.

The site has constantly adapted, and even reinvented itself in many ways according to the needs, and often the greed of its users. Such has been its impact that people would much rather communicate with each other on Facebook than through emails, or at times even meeting in person! Here are some things that make it such a hit among people across all age groups and social backgrounds.

Registering on the site is an extremely smooth process.

You would feel right at home with the uncluttered UI of the site.

It transcends all physical boundaries, and lets you connect with long-lost friends and distant family.

If you choose to do so, you could share your thoughts and even post photographs of events in your daily life.

The site offers you the freedom to choose whom you would like to share your 'updates' with.

You can stay updated with all the current affairs of the world.

You can be well informed about what goes on in the lives of the people who are close to you, but are separated by physical boundaries.

You can interact with people with similar thoughts and ideas across the globe. You can even choose to be a part of groups with people who have a common cause or concern, or merely just a similar interest.

The site provides you with a virtual time-line of your life through your Facebook updates over the years.

The site gives you an opportunity to express yourself, and be heard.

Facebook also serves as an excellent platform to message and even video chat with your friends.

The many online games that are a part of the website, let you unwind and even promote social interaction with their many multiplayer functions.

You can watch and share your favorite videos and photographs.

You can 'promote' your product or even your updates if you choose to do so with other users. You can even choose your target audience, based on their interests, genders, age, geographic region, and even the kind of device they use to log on to the site.

You can even organize events, and gather people for them rather effortlessly with the events application on FB.

While this may sound like stating the obvious, the biggest pro for Facebook is the fact that it offers all these features for free (apart from the apps on sale at the FB Marketplace).

Although a lot has been done to improve the site's security, it still has a lot of loopholes. Privacy is a major concern for most Facebook users, and you need to take care to see who you share your social feeds with.

You can be bombarded with updates about things that don't really interest you or are of your concern; these could be updates about your acquaintances or even about the pages that people in your friends list may randomly like.

Often there seems to be very little that separates your personal life from your social life.

The freedom of expression on 'FB' is often misused and many a time abused by people who seem to be virtually living on the site.

There is always the possibility of identity theft on the site.

There are loads of fake and bogus accounts on the site, with people looking to steal your personal information.

The games and the site itself can be very addictive.

In spite of the many security settings in place, your images can still be misused.

There have also been several instances of online stalkers.

You might often need to be the witness to unnecessary dramatization of even the pettiest of things in people's lives.

The frequent updates, although meant to improve the overall user experience, also means that you need to update your security settings often to keep up with the changes.

Of late there has been a rise in the number of commercial adverts on the website, which can be quite annoying, and hampers the overall user experience.

Having said all this, I would still state that Facebook undoubtedly is a fantastic invention, which has brought the world closer together. At the same time though, we've never been further apart from each other. At the end of the day, let us remember that it is our lives that govern our interests and not the other way round.

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Ask the modern-age kid what the alphabet 'F' stands for, and it would be no surprise if he / she said, Facebook! Love it, hate it, there is absolutely no getting away from it. Here's a look at some of the many ways in which this experimental project of 5 Harvard University students affects our lives in some good, and some not-so-good ways.

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YouTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion.[4] YouTube now operates as a Google subsidiary.[5] The site allows users to upload, view, and share videos, and it makes use of Adobe Flash Video and HTML5 technology to display a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media video. Available content includes video clips, TV clips, music videos, and other content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos.

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Total number of Netflix subscribers

81,500,000

Total annual Netflix revenue

$5,504,000,000

Number of hours spent by Netflix members watching streamed video on hi-speed internet

2 billion hours

Total number of Netflix viewers who watch live stream via video game console

50%

Percentage of all U.S. internet traffic during peak hours that use Netflix

30%

Percentage that Netflix Snail-Mail will make up of all disc-rental spending

35%

Total percent of Netflix members who watch both Television shows and Movies

36%

Total percentage of Netflix subscribers who use service via cell phone

6%

Total number of Netflix distribution centers

58

Total percentage of Netflix subscribers who use their computers to stream and watch

42%

Total percentage of Netflix subscribers who watch by connecting their computer to their T. V.

14%

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Craigslist's Adult Services section may be gone after pressure from 17 state attorneys general, but was the site's apparent decision to self-censor a good idea? The 17 state attorneys general and their supporters probably think so. In an open letter to Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster the state lawyers said that illegal ads on Craigslist created a " virtual certainty that someone will be victimized." But others say the end of Craigslist's Adult Services section is a blow to free speech, and is unlikely to stop illegal activity on Craigslist or anywhere else online.

Here's a quick look at who's saying what about Craigslist's Adult Services section.

Craigslist's Red Light District?

In recent months, Craigslist's Adult Services section gained a reputation for being a haven for illegal activity such as human trafficking and prostitution. In July, newspaper advertisements contained an open letter from two girls named AK and MC to Craigslist founder Craig Newmark. The letter alleged that the girls had been sold for sex through Craigslist.

Craigslist responded to the ads expressing concern about the potential misuse of its site. The company also challenged the view that Craigslist was a haven for criminal activity, arguing the site was " virtually alone among advertising venues in vigorously combating exploitation and trafficking."

Craigslist's Adult Services section was designed as a centralized place where ads could be posted for services such as private massages and escorts. Craigslist originally created the section under the name Erotic Services to stop adult-themed ads from being placed in other sections of the site.

No more sketchy ads on Craigslist

The open letter from the attorneys general argues that Craigslist should shut down Adult Services to "end the misery for the women and children who may be exploited and victimized by these ads."

Presumably, the officials believe that the end of Craigslist's Adult Services section would mean the end of the facilitation of illegal activity through Craigslist.

The attorneys general certainly have a long list of crimes allegedly connected to Craigslist ads to draw from. The most famous Craigslist-related criminal is probably Philip Markoff, the so-called Craigslist Killer. Markoff was accused of kidnapping and assaulting one woman and murdering another. He had met both women through Craigslist's Erotic Services section, the forerunner to Adult Services. Markoff committed suicide in prison in August while awaiting trial.

Other parts of the site have also been caught up in controversy. In 2009, radio reporter George Weber was murdered in his Brooklyn home, reportedly as a result of soliciting rough sex through Craigslist's Casual Encounters section. Weber's accused murderer, John Katehis, claims he acted in self-defense, according to Edge Boston.

A Wyoming man in January reportedly used Craigslist to convince another man to rape his former girlfriend, according to the Los Angeles Times. Both men were arrested and sentenced to 60 years in prison, according to the Casper Star-Tribune.

Ads could migrate

However, just because the Adult Services section disappears doesn't mean the ads will. In fact, the action may just end up dispersing the ads to other less regulated parts of the site. "It is not as though we would be getting rid of the ads - we would be dispersing them to other parts of the site," Buckmaster recently told The Wall Street Journal. It's worth noting that Craigslist says it created the Erotic Services section (now Adult Services) to contain these ads in one part of the site.

Craigslist can't police its site

Craigslist says it manually monitors Adult Services ads, with every ad requiring human approval. The site says it uses lawyers trained in U.S. law to make decisions about ads and denied more than 700,000 ads in the first year of its manual screening program from May 2009 to May 2010.

But these efforts were not good enough, according to the attorneys general who said in their open letter that Craigslist "cannot, or will not, adequately screen these ads."

Blow to free speech

The Technology Liberation Front, a technology policy blog and advocacy group, recently said Craigslist was " another victim to unwarranted political intimidation by state attorneys general." The group argues that Craigslist's Adult Services section is protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects service providers from responsibility for content posted by its users. "Section 230, has been crucial to the growth of the Internet as we know it," the group says.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation made similar arguments in 2009 when Craigslist was under scrutiny for its Erotic Services section.

No more stealth tracking

One advantage to Craigslist's Adult Services section was that it made it easier for law enforcement to track illegal activity. "The visibility of illicit activities online makes it much easier to get at, and help, those who are being victimized," argues Danah Boyd, a senior researcher at Microsoft and a public advocate for ending violence against women and children. "Craigslist is not a pimp, but a public perch from which law enforcement can watch without being seen," Boyd says.

Craigslist has yet to release any public statements explaining why it decided to pull the Adult Services section from its site.

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Trivia Crack (free, iOS| Android) is the latest game to sit atop both the free and paid rankings in both the Android and iOS App Stores. It's reminiscent of a quiz game you'd go to your neighborhood sports bar to compete in, and it has more than a passing resemblance to the gameplay from the classic board game, Trivial Pursuit.

Trivia Crack is definitely fun, but like so many apps these days, the in-app purchase system is disappointing. Fortunately, there's no fee to start playing, but getting rid of the ads might be worth shelling out the $2.99, £2.29, AU$3.79 for the ad-free version ( iOS| Android). Either way, in-app purchases will probably put some people off and unfortunately, those willing to spend will get to have wrong answers eliminated and other cheats.

Initial setup

The first time you launch the app you're immediately asked to connect the app to your Facebook account. It's worthwhile because it's the best way to discover which of your friends are also playing. Trivia Crack promises to never post anything to Facebook on your behalf without your prior consent, though it obsessively requests your consent to share after each of your accomplishments.

Alternatively, you can use an email address to create a Trivia Crack account for syncing game progress across devices.

After creating an account, you'll get a brief overview of how the app works. You'll see arrows pointing to buttons with a text overlay explaining what they're used for just like many other apps.

How to start playing

Whether you start a game with a friend or get a random match, each player takes turns attempting to answer questions from six different categories. The categories are art, geography, entertainment, sports, science and history. In Trivia Crack, there are two different modes of gameplay: Classic and Challenge.

Classic is a turn based game, where each player has a chance to answer as many questions correctly in a row as he or she can. At the beginning of every turn, you spin a wheel and wait for it to land on a category. You are then given the option to spin again (extra spins are earned or gained through in-app purchases) or accept the category.

The next screen reveals your question with four possible answers. In the upper corner of the screen is a countdown timer that starts at 30 seconds. Tap on one of the options to submit your answer before the 30 seconds is up.

Answer correctly and you get to spin the wheel again. An incorrect answer ends your turn, sending an alert to the other participant. After three correct answers (or if your wheel stops on the crown icon), you're asked to pick a category for yet another question. But if you guess correctly on a "crown question" you earn the respective character for that category.

The best way to think of Trivia Crack is like Trivial Pursuit without the board and pieces. When you spin the wheel and land on a color you'll have to answer the question to get another turn. But if you spin and land on a crown, it's the same as landing on a pie wedge in Trivial Pursuit. The crown questions are the ones that matter most because if you collect all six characters you win the game. If neither contestant has collected all six characters after 25 rounds, the game ends and the person with the most characters wins.

Challenge mode puts you up against a long list of random players, and asks you thirteen random questions. Whoever answers the most questions correctly in the shortest amount of time wins.

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Trivia Crack (free, iOS| Android) is the latest game to sit atop both the free and paid rankings in both the Android and iOS App Stores. It's reminiscent of a quiz game you'd go to your neighborhood sports bar to compete in, and it has more than a passing resemblance to the gameplay from the classic board game, Trivial Pursuit.

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Initially when I finally felt comfortable selling my junk online I went with the big name at the time which was eBay and back in the 90's and early 00's it all worked out well. Then craigslist came on the scene and a new way of selling items opened up. Both have their good points and both have some bad points.

eBay Pros and Cons
+ People fight over your stuff, making the price go up
+ There is a time limit to the sale
+ Quick payments possible and easy shipping
+ Sell nationwide or worldwide
+ You set the price you are willing to pay

- Fees on the listing and the sold item
- Feedback (only buyers can leave negative feedback)
- Some people are not as they appear online (fraud)
- Hard to sell large items

Craigslist Pros and Cons
+ You set the timetable for the sale
+ You can sell large items for pickup
+ You usually take cash only
+ Face to Face transactions
+ No fees to Craigslist
+ Find bargains and be able to barter down in price

- Sell only locally in most cases
- People email but don't show - pushing the timetable to later
- Going to some unknown persons home
- People are looking for a bargain/bartering
- Many people don't cancel their ad once sold
- May need a truck to transport

Through both websites you will get a better response by taking a picture of your item, so having access to a camera is best. Also I put bartering in the pro and con for craigslist since it can be great if you are comfortable with it or be scary to deal with and you sell it for lower than you wanted.

Overall I have had both good and bad experiences as a seller and a buyer via Craigslist and eBay.

Ebay Experiences -
- As a seller I have had a bad check sent to me; now I call the bank to see if funds are in the account before mailing off the item. I have also had buyers say they didn't receive what they bought. Sometimes I call their bluff and they don't fight me, other times I file insurance claims and give them a portion refund.
- The best part is finding a hard to find item (older, out of stock) that isn't available at any garage sale.

Craigslist Experiences -
- As a buyer it has been frustrating to contact people who sold an item and didn't remove their listing or who list an item but don't give a picture or price unless you email them, it's an extra step that I don't care to make.
- As a seller the most common issue are people not showing or calling at the last minute and wanting me to hold and item for another day when I have 12 other contacts.
- I have met some wonderful people in the process of selling and buying, none have made me feel uneasy and the transaction went smoothly.

Ultimately, I find eBay is useful for small items, name brand clothes, new in package items and collectibles and Craigslist is useful for furniture, housewares, exercise equipment and other used items. What doesn't work after a few weeks on this sites is given away free via freecycle or ReUseIt.

What are your experiences with eBay and Craigslist - both Good and Bad?

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THOSE who have resisted the urge to join Facebook will surely feel vindicated when they read the latest research. A study just published by the Public Library of Science, conducted by Ethan Kross of the University of Michigan and Philippe Verduyn of Leuven University in Belgium, has shown that the more someone uses Facebook, the less satisfied he is with life.

Past investigations have found that using Facebook is associated with jealousy, social tension, isolation and depression. But these studies have all been "cross-sectional"-in other words, snapshots in time. As such, they risk confusing correlation with causation: perhaps those who spend more time on social media are more prone to negative emotions in the first place. The study conducted by Dr Kross and Dr Verduyn is the first to follow Facebook users for an extended period, to track how their emotions change.
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The researchers recruited 82 Facebookers for their study. These volunteers, in their late teens or early 20s, agreed to have their Facebook activity observed for two weeks and to report, five times a day, on their state of mind and their direct social contacts (phone calls and meetings in person with other people). These reports were prompted by text messages, sent between 10am and midnight, asking them to complete a short questionnaire.

When the researchers analysed the results, they found that the more a volunteer used Facebook in the period between two questionnaires, the worse he reported feeling the next time he filled in a questionnaire. Volunteers were also asked to rate their satisfaction with life at the start and the end of the study. Those who used Facebook a lot were more likely to report a decline in satisfaction than those who visited the site infrequently. In contrast, there was a positive association between the amount of direct social contact a volunteer had and how positive he felt. In other words, the more volunteers socialised in the real world, the more positive they reported feeling the next time they filled in the questionnaire.

A volunteer's sex had no influence on these findings; nor did the size of his (or her) social network, his stated motivation for using Facebook, his level of loneliness or depression or his self-esteem. Dr Kross and Dr Verduyn therefore conclude that, rather than enhancing well-being, Facebook undermines it.

Their study does not tease out why socialising on Facebook has a different effect from socialising in person. But an earlier investigation, conducted by social scientists at Humboldt University and Darmstadt's Technical University, both in Germany, may have found the root cause. These researchers, who presented their findings at a conference in Leipzig in February, surveyed 584 users of Facebook aged mostly in their 20s. They found that the most common emotion aroused by using Facebook is envy. Endlessly comparing themselves with peers who have doctored their photographs, amplified their achievements and plagiarised their bons mots can leave Facebook's users more than a little green-eyed. Real-life encounters, by contrast, are more WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

What neither study proves is whether all this is true only for younger users of Facebook. Older ones may be more mellow, and thus less begrudging of their friends' successes, counterfeit or real. Maybe.

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The Apple iPhone 5s is the upgraded version of the original iPhone 5 that comes with a lot of new features. While some are very innovative and useful, others are simply needless or not good enough. When you are planning to purchase a smartphone for over 600 bucks, you might want to try it yourself or scrutinize its features before making a decision.

Since every mobile company releases a groundbreaking invention each year, it would not be wise to waste so much money just upgrading your smartphone as if all previous versions have been rendered obsolete. Some 'upgrades' are nothing but money spinners designed with sleek and fancy exteriors that are commercialized with a lot of flashy advertisements.

If you are considering buying an iPhone 5s, here is an overview of some of its pros and cons for an average smartphone user:

PROS

Fingerprint sensor

This feature, also called 'Touch ID', takes the form of a thin circle around the phone's home button. It is a convenient and secure way to unlock the phone using your finger as a key, removing the need to enter passwords. You can also authenticate purchases, making it more convenient to buy apps, movies, mp3 and books from the iTunes and App store. Fingerprints can be saved of multiple people of your choice, such as family members, so they may use your phone too, without them having to know your passcode.

The Touch ID can read fingerprints regardless of the phone's orientation. Since it is quite a revolutionary method to unlock a phone that will be pretty hard to fool, it will deter thieves from nicking them. Phone thefts already make up around half of all crimes in major cities of the US.

Motion processor

By measuring motion data from the accelerometer, compass and gyroscope, the M7 coprocessor will give rise to a new generation of health and fitness apps. It makes the iPhone a lot smarter and can tell when you are walking, running, or even driving.

Also, it will know when and where you park and exit the car, helping you track it back if the need arises. In order to save battery, the M7 will stop auto-searching for Wi-Fi networks when you are driving, and if your phone is stationary for a while, such as when you are sleeping, it will reduce network pinging.

CONS

A7 chip

The new A7 chip, according to Apple, is the first 64-bit chip in a smartphone, which gives a CPU and graphics performance twice as fast as the A6 chip. This might be true, but it does not necessarily indicate that it can outclass the quad-core processors in Android phones in terms of speed.

Although it might be a lot faster than the previous iPhone, with the Touch ID, camera app and the M7 motion processor requiring a 64-bit chip, there will be little use otherwise of the A7 processor, and apps requiring this fast a processor might not appear for over a year.

Gold skin

Being one of the three coloring options for the iPhone 5s, other than silver and gray, the only apparent purpose of this feature is to let everyone know there is a new iPhone in the market. Apparently the awesome new color should be enough to convince all iPhone 5 owners to switch to the latest beaut out there.

However, seeing that the more tech savvy users will not be moved by this ostentatious design and will go for the performance and other worthy features of this phone, the layman can easily fall for the looks and long to purchase it. In short, this seems to be just an effective marketing strategy.

iSight Camera

The iPhone 5s has a new 8 megapixel iSight camera with a large sensor and pixels to collect light, making it work better in dim lighting. According to Apple, it has a 33 percent increased light sensitivity than the original iPhone 5. It also comes with True Tone flash which uses a white and amber LED. The phone determines the right amount of white and amber light needed to capture a natural photo or video.

However, iPhone appears to be slow in catching up on camera technology. Nokia's Lumia 1020 has a 41 megapixel camera and works best in low-light conditions, while Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia and HTC One also have quite impressive camera features. The iSight camera does have a burst mode for capturing shots faster, which is not going to be of much use to most people.

iOS 7

The iOS 7 is quite advanced and much better than its predecessor. It gives easy access to key settings, e.g. swiping up from the bottom of the screen allows you to control Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane Mode and screen brightness, and there is also quick access to tools like calculator, clock, flashlight and camera.

But since iPhone 4 can also be upgraded to iOS7, it does not exclusively count as an advancement in the iPhone 5s. Most of its features, such as better multitasking, control center menu and folder support have been in Android devices for years, which makes Apple lag behind there.

Conclusion

Considering all this, one can conclude that while there should be some additional praiseworthy features in a smartphone as costly as an iPhone 5s, you may rest assured that enhancements are being made in Apple devices with each release. Keeping in mind that there is no difference in the screen size, and that the slightly newer software and hardware upgrades do not seem to justify another costly purchase, an iPhone 5 user would have little need to switch to 5s.

However, a new Apple fan might want to buy it because of its slightly cooler features. The fingerprint sensor is definitely a convenience that could be taken up by other phone models. The gold coloring, on the other hand, would be great to make a show of your phone in your workplace or in front of your friends, if for nothing other than a few laughs.

This post is written by Katrin Deres. A passionate blogger who writes mainly about cell phone tracking software for mSpy. For more information visit https://twitter.com/mSpycom.

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I'm a bit late to jump on the Tumblr bandwagon because I already have Twitter and my own blog. From an outsider it seems slightly more robust than Twitter but way more slimmed down than Blogger. I haven't seen a need for me to join Tumblr but I've been itching to know why the hell it has been so popular lately. I don't knock on anything until I try it so last month I finally decided to jump on the bandwagon.

So what the hell is Tumblr and is its purpose? It's a hybrid of Twitter x Reddit x Blogger. Tumblr has the easy microblogging capabilities of Twitter with the community of tastemakers like Reddit and the personalization of Blogger. Some people use Tumblr as their blog, some use it as a Twitpic alternative, and most use it to reblog interesting tid bits they find online. Content on Tumblr is meant to be quickly published and consumed. Interesting pictures, funny videos, and little tid bits are generate the most responses from the Tumblr community. With Tumblr you don't have to write a long post to generate hits, reblogs, and comments.

Community: The best thing about Tumblr is its built in community. With most standard blogging platforms you have to build your own following before you start receiving feedback from readers. With Tumblr you can post one picture, and if it's interesting enough you will instantly receive feedback from the community. For Example I posted a funny picture of Justin Bieber and within 24hrs I received 25 notes(tumblr feedback).

Customization and Asthetics: You have the freedom to customize your tumblr however you want. If you're a web designer you can design your own theme or you can choose from the endless number of free and paid themes out. Customizing your theme is also VERY easy and takes less than 5 minutes. Many of the free pre-made themes are very well designed and look better than the cheap tacky Myspace designs from 4 years ago.

Visual Media: Tumblr is great for artists, designers, and photographers who do not need words to describe their work. On Tumblr you can just post a picture, tag it with the proper keywords, and gain tons of feedback without the need of a long form article. The fashion community has really embraced Tumblr as its virtual runway. Just about every big name in fashion such as GQ, Vogue, Jcrew, H&M and many others have a presence on Tumblr.

Very Young Community: There are many teens on Tumblr that makes the social network reminiscent of Myspace. I assume that Tumblrs easy customization and no boundaries approach attracts teens to use it as their personal website.

Finding People to Follow: Like Twitter you follow friends and people that interest you, but it's really hard to find people to follow. There's no directory nor does every Tumblr page show who a person follows like on Twitter. I found interesting people to follow by doing a couple of Google searches outside Tumblr and exploring tags. I assume Tumblr does this to focus more on the actual content than being a game of who can gain the most followers. As you become more involved in Tumblr, finding people

Long Form Posts: Tumblr's content is meant to be quickly published and consumed. Pictures, short videos, and interesting little tidbits make up most of the Tumblr community content. If you're a writer that writes long form posts, I would highly discourage using Tumblr as your sole blogging platform. Posts that might take you days to draft and write up will be quickly buried after publishing by pictures, reblogs, and little tid bits. For my own blog I promote my posts on Tumblr by inserting a picture from my blog post and linking the pic back to my site. This way I promote to the Tumblr community but convert them into visitors on my own blog.

Tumblr is an easy and more personal way to share things that interest you. I enjoy it more than social bookmarking sites such as Digg and Reddit because it's faster to consume content and its easy customization lets users inject their personality into their Tumblr pages. Even though many people use their Tumblr as their sole online presence I would not choose Tumblr as my personal website. If you're serious about developing your name or brand on the internet, leverage the Tumblr community to bring potential readers to your own blog. The young Myspace like community makes me believe it can possibly be a passing fad like Xanga and Live Journal. Since I like to consider myself a funny man, I personally use Tumblr to post pictures and mock them with my own funny captions. Jokes don't need paragraphs so Tumblr is a great space for me to crack quick jokes online aside from Twitter. I always make sure to link back all my posts to this blog, I have since seen about a 10% increase in traffic from Tumblr. You can check out my own Tumblr here.
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An In Depth Review of Tumblr: The Pros and Cons

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I'm a bit late to jump on the Tumblr bandwagon because I already have Twitter and my own blog. From an outsider it seems slightly more robust than Twitter but way more slimmed down than Blogger. I haven't seen a need for me to join Tumblr but I've been itching to know why the hell it has been so popular lately.

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http://m.mic.com/articles/7869/is-youtube-a-good-or-bad-influence-on-society

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A free sandwich, a simple camera, and 20 "I can do better than you" shots later, Dude Perfect was born. Obviously when that first ball swished, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into, but we believe that nothing happens by accident, that God's given us this platform for a reason, and that we have an opportunity to make an impact on the lives of countless others all around the globe. Above all else, our ultimate goal is to glorify Jesus Christ in everything that we do. We want to use this platform for something much bigger than us.

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"If I make this shot, you owe me lunch" ...Swish A free sandwich, a simple camera, and 20 "I can do better than you" shots later, Dude Perfect was born. Obviously when that first ball swished, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into, but we believe that nothing happens by accident, that ...

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News about Twitter. Commentary and archival information about Twitter from The New York Times.

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It is time to unbuckle my seatbelt after an exhilarating week at the 2016 Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. My attendance at the seminar can only be described through a litany of superlative accolades on how intellectually stimulating and educationally beneficial...

I would like to take a moment to talk about antiquarian book fairs: what they are; who attends them; where they have been and where they are going; why they are important; and how I as a bookseller fit into...

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It is time to unbuckle my seatbelt after an exhilarating week at the 2016 Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. My attendance at the seminar can only be described through a litany of superlative accolades on how intellectually stimulating and educationally beneficial...