NORTHLAND'S FAVORITE HITS » facebook

What Do All of The Red Equal Signs on Facebook and Twitter Profiles Mean? Find Out Why They're Popping Up on Social Media

Nick Cooper — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:15:05 +0000

If you’ve been on Facebook or Twitter today, you’ve undoubtedly noticed several people changing their profile picture to a red equal sign that is spreading rapidly around the web. What is this supposed to signify? The emergence of these symbols is a social media effort to show support for equal human rights as the U.S. Supreme Court [...]

Dad Offers Teen $200 If He Quits Facebook For Five Months

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:12:43 +0000

Yesterday we learned that more and more people are taking long breaks from Facebook. If they’re not getting paid for these social network hiatuses they may be doing it wrong. Rachel Baier is getting the princely sum of $200 for handing her Facebook password over to her father and allowing him to deactivate her account for five months. The terms [...]

Teacher In Hot Water After Facebook Photo Surfaces of Students With Mouths Duct-Taped Shut

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:36:02 +0000

It’s a Facebook photo middle school math teacher Melissa Cairns wished she never posted. The snap, which has since been removed from her page, showed several of her students with duct tape over their mouth. ”Finally found a way to get them to be quiet!!!,” read the caption. It was meant to be a joke. What [...]

New Facebook App Helps You Find Out Who Gave You the Flu

Cameron Simcik — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:44:14 +0000

We're not big fans of winter. The only good part of this season is that it's socially acceptable to grow a burly bush of upper lip hair to keep us warm, but other than that it's just cold, dreary and it's also the season of the flu. Just thinking about the chills, the aching, and the fevers makes us want to curl up and cry for our mommy-- it's awful.

Facebook Reunites Sisters After 72 Years

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:50:41 +0000

Back when Facebook was just about college students and the recently graduated it was great for getting back in touch with high school friends that you had lost contact with for a few years. But now that everybody and their grandmother is on the social network, the reunions Facebook enables have started to become really impressive.

Teen Arrested After Making Facebook Threats

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:35:15 +0000

Eric Rizley of Portage, Indiana was having a bad day. So the 19-year-old got on Facebook and started issuing threats. Unfortunately for him, that was actually a very, very bad idea. Now he faces criminal charges “Watch out portage people might be dying soon,” Rizley wrote on his account at about 4 AM Thursday morning. As if [...]

Feeling Stressed? Blame Your Many Facebook Friends

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:47:09 +0000

The counter located prominently on everyone’s Facebook page has created a bit of a friends arms race. According to new research, it’s a race you may be better off losing. A study from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland of 300 Facebook users has found the more social network friends a person has, the higher their stress [...]

Restaurant Industry Battles Cell Phone Use by Customers

Steve Tanko — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:44:33 +0000

I think we’ve all been there. You go to a nice restaurant for a relaxing meal – and the person at the table next to you is talking on their cell phone. Or texting. Or snapping pictures and updating their Facebook account. Although not quite a united front, restaurant owners have been responding to complaints [...]

Do You Want a Facebook 'Want' Button?

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:57:54 +0000

Thanks to Facebook, we can now “like” just about anything on the internet. But what if you more than “like” something you see on the Web? What if you “want” it too? Soon there may be a special button for that. Facebook is currently working with retailers such as Pottery Barn and Victoria’s Secret to [...]

Posting Political Rants on Facebook Might Get You Defriended

Mike Adams — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:09:31 +0000

You may have strong political opinions, but new research finds that those hardcore rants you’ve been posting on Facebook lately just might be losing you some friends in your social media circle. Joseph Burns, a professor of communication at Southeastern Louisiana University recently conducted a study where he asked 24 of his friends (half Democrats [...]

Facebook Reaches One Billion Users

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:45:07 +0000

You know what’s cool? One billion users. OK, now that that’s out of the way, lets discuss the big Facebook news, which is that the social network recently topped one billion users. This amounts to about 15% of the world’s population. Mark Zuckerberg announced the achievement as a status update on his Facebook page, and thanked users [...]

Grey Poupon's Facebook Page: Many Apply Few Cut The Mustard

Steve Tanko — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:46:07 +0000

Do YOU have refined-enough tastes to be a friend of Grey Poupon on Facebook? Unlike most products and businesses on Facebook – where a friend request is an “automatic”, Grey Poupon actually looks through your profile to see if you qualify and meet their high standards. Only 20% of all friend requests actually get accepted! [...]

Vikings vs. 49ers – Social Huddle

Tony Hart — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:20:58 +0000

The Minnesota Vikings face their biggest challenge of the young season when the San Francisco 49ers visit Mall of America Field for a NFC match-up that has the potential to have a lot of Viking fans speaking their minds on social media, and you'll be able to catch all the action right here.

Facebook Just Gave You a Facebook Email Address – Here's How to Change It

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:26:22 +0000

You probably don’t check out the “about” section of your Facebook page a whole lot, being that you already know everything there is to know about yourself. But if you happened to do so today, you would have noticed something different — your listed email address has been changed to one with your Facebook profile name and then @facebook.com. Yes, Facebook gave you a Facebook email address without your permission.

The Rolling Stones Hit The Ten Million Fan Mark On Facebook

Dave Swanson — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:22:15 +0000

While it may not define eternal “satisfaction,” the Rolling Stones have hit a high mark when it comes to the world of Facebook. They recently hit the ten million “like” mark. To acknowledge the milestone, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood all got together to record a thank you message to their fans.

100 Foods To Try Before You Die; Where Do You Stand?

Steve Tanko — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:25:55 +0000

Facebook’s been hot with this poll the last couple of weeks and I’ve been reticent to allow the app to “use my confidential information” – so I keep passing on taking the test. But as a foodie, something told me that I needed to take the test – just to see where I would end [...]

What Facebook Tells The Police About You

Steve Tanko — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:03:08 +0000

It's no secret that there are NO secrets on the internet. And, if you're like most law-abiding citizens, you'll never have to worry about things like this. But have you ever wondered what information the police can subpoena from your Facebook account?

It turns out that police can get a complete transcript of your every move on Facebook - from the things you write and post to the pictures and profiles you view

See What Facebook Would've Looked Like in the '90s

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:50:13 +0000

Ever wonder what Facebook would’ve looked like back in the early days of the internet? Well, wonder no more. The fine folks at SquirrelMonkey.com have unearthed this (fake) VHS tape from the 20th century TV show ‘Wonders of the World Wide Web,’ which discusses a new destination called “The Facebook.”

Tom Petty Hosts One Million Facebook Fans Giveaway

Karen 'Gilly' Laney — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:10:25 +0000

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are so elated to have hit the one million-fans mark on their Facebook page that they’re giving away 28 pairs of concert tickets! The giveaway takes place over the next seven days and you can enter here.

Facebook ID Card Lets You Carry Your Likes and Relationship Status In Your Wallet

Shauna Wright — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:59:40 +0000

Many employers these days readily admit to scoping out the social media profiles of potential hires during the interview process. But what if all that Googling could be replaced with a single ID scan from a card you carry in your wallet? For Facebook in particular, the new official-sounding FB Bureau is here to “help.” [...]