October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Infographics
INFOGRAPHIC: The History Of Facebook Photos, Journey To 100 Billion Photos
Facebook is home to one of the largest photo-sharing services in the world. In fact, the number of photos on Facebook is likely to reach 100 billion by the end of this summer. To showcase just how big Facebook Photos has become, Pixable has published a new infographic. The infographic highlights several key points in the history of Facebook Photos, such as the... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: The Evolution Of Social Business Platforms
Several social business services exist that allow businesses to connect with their communities, publish content to the Web and promote their products through social commerce. Other social business platforms allow employees to collaborate with each other throughout the workday without having to resort to email. A new infographic published by Get Satisfaction takes... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How Facebook Chat, Google+ Hangouts, TinyChat And Rounds Measure Up
With big players making a splash in the video chat space in the form of Facebook (with its Skype-powered chat feature) and Google (with the Hangouts feature of Google+), it might not be easy to determine which service is the best for your needs. To solve that problem, rival video chat service Rounds has published an infographic that pits the features of video chat... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: What Is The Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary?
The tech job market in Silicon Valley, Calif. is constantly expanding. We're seeing even more jobs at Internet companies than during the dot com boom in the '90s, and unemployment is down considerably from 11 percent in 2010 to 8.5 percent in 2011. There's a lot of money being tossed around with venture capital funding, but how much of that do employees at tech... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: What Kind Of High School Student Stereotype Is Your Favorite Social Network?
If social networks were high school students, what kind of kids would they have been? Who would have been voted most popular, most artistic and most likely to succeed? Would Skype and Facebook have been voted class couple? Earlier in April we brought you the Social Media Class of 2011 yearbook, but now Google+ has moved to town and shaken up Social Media High.... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: Which Tech Companies Help Spawn The Most Successful Startups
Tech companies are constantly battling to secure the highest level of talent, but once the talent is there, it doesn't mean it's secure. Star employees from some of the top tech companies like Google and Microsoft often jump ship to start their own endeavors. Out of this, many new and innovative companies are born. With all of the startups that have launched from... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How Blekko Established Itself As A Social Search Engine
Blekko, the social search engine that has real people curating results, has taken a different approach than engines like Yahoo or Google which rely on algorithms to choose which content is shown in the results. In order to compete with well-established search engines, Blekko had to separate itself. Since November of 2010, the search engine has been working to... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How Phishing Attacks Hook Social Networking Users
Here at Scribbal, we try to keep you informed when a scam is spreading through social networking services. Most of these scams emerge on Facebook and often attempt to trick you into handing over your personal information in a phishing attack. This information could then be used against you and put you at risk for identity theft. ZoneAlarm has published a new... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How The Travel Industry Utilizes Social Networking
Airlines have been using Twitter since 2007, but they're not the only branch of the travel industry that has adopted social media platforms. Social networking has influenced just about every part of travel -- from hotels and air travel to the people who are doing the traveling. This infographic published by Tripl outlines the various ways social media has... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How To Configure Privacy Settings On Google+
One of the big focuses of Google+ is privacy. Sharing selectively with specific Circles means that you can easily let certain people see your posts, while keeping certain posts hidden from other users. However, scammers and cybercriminals will undoubtedly soon be targeting users of Google+, particularly those who have not taken steps to eliminate privacy... Read more » 
