Less than a week remains before the release of “The Social Network”, the movie depicting the creation and rapid growth of Facebook, not to mention the now very wealthy people behind its creation. But as if to highlight some strange irony, or perhaps to intrigue the media, or maybe even just someone’s own twisted humor,...
The Facebook Empire has seen a growth unmatched by any other human interaction or company in all of history. Facebook announced that this week it expects to reach the 500 million user milestone. That is half a billion users in the companies short life span of six years. The Washington Post reports that “the population...
In 2002 social media, compared to what we have now, was non-existent. Some would argue that the word “social media” had not yet been coined. In 2006, there was no such thing as Twitter. Now, another four years into the future and we are dominated by a world full of social media outlets. In 2002...
It is a common misunderstanding that social media networks like Facebook and Twitter are only accessed by the technology savvy millennium generations. In fact, a look at the data shows this is simply not true. Facebook, the mega-giant juggernaut of the social media world, is actually one of the most demographically diverse of all social...