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Evolution of Social Media

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  With a raise of hands, how many people know what Google is? I know, I know silly questions right! Most of us use Google every day. Whether is for looking up fun facts or maybe looking for things to purchase. For the most part Google is one of the largest search engines there is. Even with their competition like Bing in Microsoft, Google is still number. But what if I told you that Google create a social network website, would you believe me?   The Birth of Orkut             In 2004, Google launched a social networking site called Orkut. I know many may wonder, what on earth is Orkut, because that is exactly what I thought. Well, the reason we never heard of it before is because it was mostly popular is the Brazilian market, with 90% of page views. And with most of those views came from with students and technology workers.               As a user you c...
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Weixin: The One Stop Shop of your Social Media Apps

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  Weixin: The One Stop Shop of your Social Media Apps             Raise your hand, how many people have an iPhone or an Android that has a million apps on their device? Now the same people that raised their hands, how many have social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp or any other social media networking app? Now what if I told you that there is an all-in-one platform app that combine all your social media networking into one. Weixin (pronounced “way-shin”) is a popular social media app that is taking over China. Within this app you could send photos, get news updates, send texts messages to your friends and much more. It’s very similar to WhatsApp in the United States but with more options to choose from, which is very convenient because you would not have to open multiple apps, just like a one stop shop. With this one stop shop they are becoming very popular with 300 million active users and is worth more than $...
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How can you Create Awareness Through social media?

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Pink! Pink! Pink! Is what the month of October represent. Have you ever wondered why so many people wear so much pink in the month of October. Well, if you did not know, October is known nationally as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. People utilize Facebook or any other social media network to help spread awareness. People are willing to be part of the cause even if it do not pertain to them individually. This give people hope if they are still fighting the battle or if they beat it. Now a days people are starting to utilize social media more spread awareness. When you are using social media, you can spread the word faster than, the tradition door to door to ask for donations. People can create story’s, create groups, or even share events. Do you have a Facebook page where your friends send you group events that you can join? Do you join those groups, or do you ignore them? When people are sharing events to your page like this, they are sharing the event through cyberactivism. Thi...
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The Beauty of Online Purchase

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Living most of my life with glass, I pretty sure a lot of people could understand the process of purchasing glasses or contacts, but kudos to all the individuals who do not have to wear them. Whether you wear them for seeing thing or just for a fashion statement, the process of getting them are not always rainbows and unicorns. Just image you work five days a week and you must schedule an eye doctor appointment on your day off and a lot of times you can’t walk in because eye doctors require you to make an advance appointment. Then when you do go in for your appointment you must try on many pair of glasses because you can’t find that right frame to fit your face, which add more time to your appointment, and you haven't even got to the exam part yet. Just going to the eye doctor is a major hassle. Wouldn’t you agree? Warby make the process of purchasing eyeglasses so simple and easy, that it actual beats going to see an eye doctor. You can use their mobile app or website to s...
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