Facebook’s acquisition of photo sharing social network Instagram serves as further evidence that the medium of imagery is increasing in importance, according to PR, search and social media agency Punch Communications. Imagery has become far more prevalent across social media over the past 12 months. Instagram alone boasted over 32 million users prior to its [...]

Pinterest is now the third most-popular social network in the U.S., behind Facebook and Twitter, according to a new report from Experian. Experian’s 2012 Digital Marketer: Benchmark and Trend Report, released Thursday, says that traffic to Pinterest increased nearly 50 percent from January to February. The site received nearly 21.5 million visits during a one [...]

ALBANY, N.Y. – “Pink slime” just went from a simmer to a boil. In less than a week this month, the stomach-turning epithet for ammonia-treated ground beef filler suddenly became a potent rallying cry by activists fighting to ban the product from supermarket shelves and school lunch trays. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is set [...]

Geotagging might be a convenient way for social media users to let their friends know where they are, but it poses a security risk to soldiers and their families when they use Facebook and other online services that use the feature, the Army is warning. Geotagging uses GPS technology to identify a person’s location, often [...]

Jessica Watson has a Facebook friend who seems unusually interested in advising her how to eat healthy, loves to post things like the “Best 50 Workout Songs of the Year,” and occasionally throws out inspirations like this one from a few weeks ago: “Dream and give yourself permission to envision a YOU that you choose [...]