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Technology has made things a whole lot easier for child predators and pornography sites. It turns out they’re getting much of their material straight from kids’ online accounts. A new study found that 88% of sexual or suggestive images — taken and uploaded to social networks by children and young people themselves — are ending Continue Reading →

Miley Cyrus seems to think so. As does Ashley Tisdale, David Guetta, Paris Hilton, Chris Brown, and thousands of others who have joined the site in a matter of days. So what is Pheed? In short, think of it as Twitter, with a business plan. We always hear of “the-next-greatest-idea” social network that thinks it Continue Reading →

When it comes to weddings, there’s a lot of stuff to plan. You have to check out locations for the big day, meet with caterers, taste their food, look at flowers and dresses and hotels and so much more. You’d think more people would elope. Hearing innovative ideas such “save-the-date videos” and QR-coded invitations gives Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121017_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Have you ever been out to dinner with someone, and before they do anything else, they just HAVE to take a picture of their food and upload it to Instagram? We all know those people. Whether you love the idea or whether it drives you crazy, one Continue Reading →

A new restaurant in New York City has implemented what it’s calling an Instagram menu, directing patrons to pictures of food posted on the popular photo-sharing site to help them decide what to order. When three-week old Latin-American restaurant Comodo — located in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood — noticed guests were repeatedly snapping pictures of their Continue Reading →

Two years ago, photo-sharing application Instagram came onto the scene and quickly took the entire Internet by storm. Within its short existence, the service has made some major updates, been gobbled up by Facebook for $300 million in cash and 23 million shares of stock, and now has over 100 million registered users with over Continue Reading →

As expected, Instagram today updated its native Android app to match the iOS update released earlier this week. You can download the latest version now from the official Google Play store. If you forget your Instagram password or username, all you have to do is tap the “Forgot Password?” link on the sign-in page, which Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120928_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally has something to be happy about. In August, for the first time ever, the Facebook-owned Instagram had more active mobile users than Twitter. In fact, Instagram’s daily user count has increased by about 6.5 million in six months. That’s good news for Continue Reading →

Mark Zuckerberg must be smiling right now. Instagram passed Twitter in daily active users on mobile in August for the first time, according to new comScore data provided to Mashable. Instagram had 7.3 million daily mobile users for the month, while Twitter had 6.9 million. In fact, comScore’s data shows that Instagram’s daily active user Continue Reading →

Whether it will be able to withstand the intense rivalry of the likes of Instagram, Viddy and SocialCam – plus a plethora of other media sharing apps – remains to be seen, but photo and video sharing platform startup Mobli has picked up $22 million in fresh funding to give it a shot. Mobli, which Continue Reading →