The technologically-savvy Pope Benedict XVI has already encouraged priests to blog and helmed the launch of the Vatican’s YouTube channel and Pope2You mobile and Facebook apps. So it’s really no surprise that as part of his newly-launched news portal, the pontiff sent his first tweet recently — from the papal iPad.
You can follow the Vatican on Twitter at @news_va_en.
If your grandmother has recently friended you on Facebook or followed you on Twitter, you’re not alone.
The website myvouchercodes.co.uk recently conducted a survey in which it asked people over 60 about their social media habits. It yielded some interesting results.
June 10, 2011 Thanks to our sister station 106.3 Cowboy Country in Cheyenne Wyoming for finding and sharing this with us.
For those of us who haven't grown up on social media — that is, everyone old enough to drink, really — the social interactions on Facebook can seem a bit strange. What's all this talk about liking and poking? There is often some disagreement over the meaning of FTW, for example. ("F the world" or "For the win"?)
Well, if you think you're alone in finding these newfangled rules of engagement hard to follow, read on, remembering a timeless piece of advice: If you're not confused, you have most likely been misinformed.
What a difference a decade can make. Ten years ago, when the world was just learning to find out about the terrorist attacks on the U.S., people learned what was going on through TV, radio — or cell phones.
