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I honked at guy yesterday that had a bumper sticker reading: “If you are not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”  That pretty much sums out the last week.  I dedicate this Who’s on Crack to everyone fighting the man!  “The Man” has been hard at work this week, here’s what… Continue Reading »

Netflix just doesn’t sit still, does it?  The latest news from Netflix is you are now able to share your movie ratings on Facebook using Facebook Connect.  The whole procedure is simply going to a specific site and logging into Facebook Connect.  If you don’t want your account hooked into… Continue Reading »

They have been telling us to watch for it, and today it finally launches.  Well, for some users anyway.  Facebook rolled out their new homepage today for some (it should be there for everyone soon), and the features may look rather familiar to you if you use Twitter. Rather Twitter-esque…the… Continue Reading »

Hulu is celebrating its one-year anniversary.  Has it been that long already?  Hulu has put together something for its users with its “Fan Appreciation” days starting today.  Every weekday up to March 20th, Hulu will be unveiling new features and/or content. Today, Hulu has set up something called “Hulu Friends.” … Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Walk through of Hulu Friends

Joost was one of the pioneers in online video.  First they started off as a software download that allowed you to watch all kinds of content.  They reinvented themselves by becoming a web app and dropping the software download requirement.  Now, Joost is working with a social network to give… Continue Reading »

Facebook has long been the bane of those who value their own privacy over anything else, even if their friends would be the only ones who would see anything.  There’s been a misconception among some of those people that people on Facebook don’t value their privacy or the ownership of… Continue Reading »

This is a real low.  Jack in the Box’s fictional character Jack Box is on Twitter and has more followers than I do.  The fast food company began a new marketing campaign featured on Twitter alerting followers that Jack was hit by a bus on Sunday.  The company ran a… Continue Reading »

Facebook has been quickly gaining on MySpace as the top social networking website.  However, MySpace has better luck capitalizing on site traffic while Facebook has struggled to make money through advertising.  As a way to reverse their fortunes, Facebook plans to start selling users’ personal information to market researchers. With… Continue Reading »

Social networking isn’t all poking people and sending gifts.  This is demonstrated perfectly in the case of an unnamed 14 year old boy from Canada who used Facebook to start a group with evil ends involving redheads. Inspired by a South Park episode the boy (who we will call “John”… Continue Reading »

Microsoft just announced that they are giving Windows Live a major face lift.  They plan to debut a whole bunch of new beta Windows Live features to help users combine all parts of their online life.  These features are not going to just be Microsoft services either.  But they will… Continue Reading »