Girl Power at Eighteen
“Have you seen my post yet, Mom?” It was unusual to actually hear her voice, live. Most of the time since she left for college we’ve been reduced to communicating by text. I miss her. “No….” I respond...
View ArticleWhy Web Giants like Microsoft Are Betting Big on the Gaming Industry
With games come built-in communities of players that are as big as any other in the entertainment industry - the exact audience pools that the Microsofts, Amazons and Facebooks of the world are eager...
View ArticleFacebook: A Suprising Life Ring in a Mother’s Ocean of Grief
When Facebook stops becoming annoying and becomes a life ring of support for a mother struggling with the sudden loss of her son.
View ArticleToon’s Tunes is on Facebook!
Have you "liked" Toon's Tunes on Facebook, yet? Another way to keep in touch and up-to-date!
View ArticleBring It In for a Hug and Homecoming Advice
Amazing response from Facebook for a call to help and answers for teens to their Homecoming questions.
View ArticleFacebook crosses line by deleting drag queen accounts
Facebook has been shutting down the profiles of drag queens and other performers who use stage names as their account name and not their birth names.
View ArticleAre you on Facebook? ‘Course you are. Come on over and show us some love.
"Like" Toon's Tunes on Facebook for things that don't appear here!
View ArticleTechnology committee explains do’s and don’ts of social media
Sac State’s Academic Information Technology Committee encourages the use of social media, with a few guidelines.
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‘Say Thanks’ to Friends, Family with Videos from Facebook
Facebook announced “Say Thanks” videos, a way for users to create personalized videos to celebrate friendships. The videos will include the user’s photos and posts in a slideshow that features...
View ArticleFacebook Looks to Bring Social Networking into the Office
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has apparently made it his goal to change the way in which firms get their data and communicate.
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Friends, Acquaintances and Everyone We Know
Recently T-Wizzle and I were talking about the word “friend” and how it’s changed so much in the age of social media. On Facebook, once you connect with someone on their personal profile, they become...
View ArticleThe Best of Momservations 2014
A look back at 2014 and the most popular Momservations blogs
View ArticleFacebook to Post Amber Alerts on Users’ News Feeds
Facebook’s move, the latest technological advancement for the alert, won plaudits from law enforcement.
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Too Much Facebook Leads to Envy and Depression
PALO ALTO (CNN)- Constantly checking Facebook to see what your friends are doing could lead to some serious depression. A recent study conducted by researchers at Nanyang Technological University,...
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Facebook: Here’s Exactly What We Mean by ‘Nudity’
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Facebook has updated its “community standards” for its 1.4 billion users, getting super-specific about what is and isn’t allowed on the social network. For instance, Facebook...
View ArticleOculus Rising: Facebook Outlines Virtual Reality Plans
As Facebook wrapped up its annual F8 conference Thursday, Chief Technical Officer Mike Schroepfer explained to developers why the company snapped up the virtual reality startup Oculus last year for $2...
View ArticleFacebook Unveils Plans to Expand in Menlo Park
Facebook would demolish nine buildings on the TE Connectivity site to make way for the new buildings, one of which would include space for events that can hold as many as 2,000 people.
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Mom Receives Angry Letter from Friends Fed Up with Constant Facebook Posts...
An Australian mother claims she received an angry letter from a group of friends who apparently asked her to stop with the constant updates and “baby spamming” on social media about her 6-month-old...
View ArticleNew Program Helps to Improve Tech Literacy for Sacramento Seniors
At the speed technology is advancing, it can be hard to keep up, especially for older citizens who weren’t born into a world with laptops and smartphones. To help them, an initiative by the City of...
View ArticleBeing Different Is Being Beautiful: Speaking Out About Caitlyn Jenner
The photo jumped out of my Facebook feed during my lunch break today. The beautiful woman, not the headline, caught my eye; she looked like someone famous, but I couldn’t quite place her. Then I...
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Three new aloes from Facebook
Did you know that you can buy plants on Facebook? While there aren’t any traditional online stores, there are many groups dedicated to buying, selling and trading. Succulents seem to be particularly...
View ArticleSac State athletes recognize responsibility using social media
In today’s world where everyone is always connected through social media, it has become useful for athletes to promote themselves through these networks.
View ArticleMy “Do Something That Makes You Happy Today” List
I’m a HUGE list maker. I’m a planner. I come by it naturally – teaching forces me to know what’s going to happen (or at least have some sort of starting idea) every minute from 8:00 to 3:15. My days...
View ArticleThings I Should Be Doing Instead of Updating My Status on Facebook
Procrastination has a new BFF and that b**ch can waste some time.
View ArticleNevada City’s Stonehouse to become culinary arts destination under new owner
Jonathan Rowe, founder and CEO of event venue The Village and video production company Madrone Studios in San Francisco, has bought the historic Stonehouse building in Nevada City, he told our...
View Article4 Sad Ways Social Media Has Made High Schoolers Less Social
Why today's teens are going to look back on high school with regret.
View ArticleNational Geographic and Facebook plan first presidential virtual reality...
“President Obama will become the first sitting President to participate in a virtual reality video experience,” the White House press pool reported this weekend. “The virtual reality video will feature...
View ArticleHow about a Ken-doll cake at Sacramento’s Farm-to-Fork Festival?
The local news is getting weird these days. Take, for example, a story about my neighborhood bakery. How could the beloved Freeport Bakery, the provider of so much sweet pleasure for the residents of...
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