Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. Everyone has heard about MTV's Jersey Shore. It caused a huge uproar with famous Italian-American celebrities, like Alyssa Milano, for their stereotypical portrayal of Italians living in the United States, and constantly saying the word "guido," a derogatory slang term. A few months ago, Alyssa Milano even did a parody of the show. - Despite the upheaval that was stirred due to the show, the cast is in talks with MTV ...
Feb 27 2010
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Facebook Gets News Feed Patent Granted
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. This week, Facebook was granted a patent for their “news feed” that was submitted in 2006. The news feed is the first thing that you see when you log into the popular social networking site. It is a way for you to keep up with what is the latest and greatest with your Facebook friends. The abstract for the patent states: "A method for displaying a news feed in a social ...
Jan 24 2010
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Journalists To Only Twitter & Facebook In Farmhouse
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. This is a True Story of Five Journalists Picked to Twitter and Facebook Everyone knows the popular words that always start a Real World episode, “This is the true story... of five strangers... picked to live in a house...work together and have their lives taped... to find out what happens... when people stop being polite... and start getting real...The Real World." It seems like something out of MTV’s “Real World.” The Public Broadcasters Association ...
Jan 16 2010
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FTC Still Unsure About Blogging Disclosure Guidelines
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. Remember last year when the FTC caused a huge uproar in the blogosphere when it announced that it was going to start requiring bloggers to disclose all products and services received in exchange for a blog post? It’s 2010 and the FTC is still unsure on how to handle this. According to the FTC Northeast Regional Director Leonard Cohen, the FTC is still trying to define the disclosure guidelines for bloggers. He ...
Jan 8 2010
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Facebook Kills Social Media Suicide Service
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. Tired of spending all of your time online, catching up with your RSS feeds, and maintaining your online identities? Web 2.0 Suicide Machine is a service that will help liberate you from social media obsession and take you back to reality. It will kill your Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Facebook accounts. You enter your login information, and it uses a flash plugin to show you the entire deletion process of your online ...
Jan 3 2010
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Top Five Flowcharts We Saw in 2009
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. Flowcharts are what we usually use in the workplace to make quick and consistent decisions. Sometimes we use them to decide on the little things in life, such as the appropriate time to use a smartphone, the religion to follow and tonight's dinner venue. The flowcharts might seem silly at first but when you take a closer look, they are logical and also funny. Try going through them. It's weekend anyway! 1. Holiday Flowchart: Inappropriate ...
Dec 25 2009
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Yahoo! Considering Pulling the Plug on MyBlogLog
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. Rumors started circulating around the webosphere that Yahoo! was going to turn the plug on MyBlogLog in January. MyBlogLog is a blog communities service that Yahoo! acquired in 2007 for $10 million. The acquisition allowed users to log in to MyBlog using their Yahoo login information, but it didn’t change much of the interface. It was one of the services that allowed bloggers to connect with other bloggers, and put faces to ...
Dec 18 2009
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LiveFyre, The Better Twitter?
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. After checking out new photos of Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” I decided to tweet it to my followers. I received a reply right away from @LiveFyre, letting me know about a conversation that was occurring on the film. I clicked on the link that took me to a new site called LiveFyre. LiveFyre allows users to discuss whatever topic of their choice, and connect with people with the same interests. You ...
Dec 10 2009
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Facebook Rolls Out New Privacy Settings
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. Facebook has added a new dimension to their privacy settings. They call these new privacy features a "simplified" way for users to modify their privacy settings. The most interesting part is the ability to control who can see individual status updates. When you log on to Facebook, you are able to review the new privacy policy and modify your privacy settings. You can decide to adopt the new default Facebook privacy ...
Dec 4 2009
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The Yahoo-Facebook, Google-Twitter, OpenID Competition
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. Yahoo announced that it has signed a five-year agreement with Facebook to allow its users to share content on its site using their Facebook account. Yahoo users will start seeing the Facebook integration in early 2010. According to the agreement, users will be able to use their Facebook login information to send any comments they leave on Yahoo sites. Being that Flickr is one of Yahoo's site, users will also ...
Dec 4 2009
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Google Offers Free Holiday Snail Mail To Your Special Someone
Shevonne authors at ChicWriter.com and wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr, a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. Google has gone back to the good, old days when people actually used snail mail. During the holidays, Google is offering the chance for users to send one special person a postcard on its account. There are six designs to choose from, and you can write up to 255 words. To create your free Google holiday card, go here. I love that Google is doing this. Getting something in the mail is so much ...
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