Social networking sites like Facebook have changed the way people socialize – allowing friends to share photos, messages, and gossip in one convenient online spot. Facebook was created in 2004 by a college student, for college students, with great success. Since then, Facebook has grown tremendously, with more than 80 million active users today. The concept of social networking is so popular, in fact, that it’s even turned the word “friend” into a verb (I “friend” you when I ...

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With the overwhelming number of web applications available to help keep people organized, deciding which one is most suitable for oneself can be difficult. Some of the most sought after and simple to use are online dashboards, which essentially combine many methods of organization and planning into one.
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Aiming to answer the question, “what are you doing?”, Twitter provides a method to broadcast your thoughts via the Internet using bite-sized, 140 character messages.  Think of Twitter as a miniature online journal (blog) which displays your messages in a historical time line format.
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Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an unfortunate name for such a useful technology.  RSS is a standard employed by the majority of web sites to essentially “feed” updates to those who are interested without requiring the reader to actually visit their web site.
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A little more than a few years ago, contemplating the idea of publishing your own book would have seemed far-fetched, at best.  Now with the breadth of the Internet and more accessible printing technologies, high-quality book production is not only realistic, it’s actually quite easy.
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When it comes to answering questions, the Internet can be a powerful, if not overwhelming, resource.  Today’s search engines are fast and amazingly accurate but still have one flaw – the majority of results are completely automated.
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