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webmasterb@nationalvoicesite.com Facebook acquires young online firm San Francisco – Facebook has made an acquisition of an Internet startup that allows users to check-in with their friends using smartphones. As reported by AFP, the social networking site has purchased Hot Potato, which announced the takeover last week. Facebook is quoted in the report as stating of the acquisition, “We’re excited to confirm that we recently acquired Hot Potato, a service that helps people socialize around live events and share what they’re doing with friends… We’ve admired for some time how Hot Potato is tackling this space and look forward to working with them to bring Hot Potato innovations to Facebook.” As noted by the AFP, launched its mobile check-in service eight months ago. Hot Potato, which is based in New York, is quoted in the report as stating of its service in a blog post, “Since going live last November, we’ve been inspired and energized by your reaction to the service and people’s appetite for socializing around activities and live events.” Major Garrett Returns to Print Journalism Leaves FOX News September 3rd NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FOX News’ Chief White House correspondent Major Garrett announced today that he will leave the network effective September 3rd to return to his roots in print journalism. White House correspondents Wendell Goler and Mike Emanuel will assume joint coverage of the beat. “There are reporters and then there are truly tenacious reporters who come along every so often. Major Garrett is a fact-finding machine, and wherever he goes he will continue to serve an audience that is thirsting for genuine reporting and balance. We wish him the best as he turns this page.” In making the announcement, Garrett said, "Slightly more than eight years ago, [FOX News Chairman & CEO] Roger Ailes, [former FOX News Executive Vice President] John Moody and [former FOX News Washington Managing Editor and current Senior Political Analyst] Brit Hume created a full-time reporting position for me in the Washington bureau. Our new Senior Vice President of News, Michael Clemente, has continued that support. Since August of 2002, the network and its top executives have given me every opportunity a journalist could hope for. I thank the network for giving me the chance to grow as a reporter and broadcaster.” He continued, "Throughout my television career, I've known with certainty I would someday return to my roots in print journalism. That day has come. I will soon announce an exciting new phase of my career — one made possible in no small part by FOX News’ consistent support. It would take a lot - something near perfection - to lure me away from the best job I've ever had. Details to come." Garrett further remarked, "I will miss many dear FOX News journalists, colleagues and friends. I wish all of them success. I look forward to discussing my future work on FOX News - keeping in touch with an audience I've come to know and cherish. Before I leave FOX News, I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to each and every viewer who extended to me their generous good wishes, support and encouragement." Michael Clemente, Senior Vice President of News Editorial for FOX News added, “There are reporters and then there are truly tenacious reporters who come along every so often. Major Garrett is a fact-finding machine, and wherever he goes he will continue to serve an audience that is thirsting for genuine reporting and balance. We wish him the best as he turns this page.” Joining FOX News from CNN in 2002, Garrett served as the network’s chief White House correspondent since January 2009. Prior to that, he held the position of congressional correspondent reporting on House and Senate races and providing extensive coverage of the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections. Before embarking on a television career, Garrett spent seven years at the Washington Times as its congressional reporter and later a deputy national editor. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour general news service covering breaking news as well as political, business and entertainment news. For over 100 consecutive months, FNC has been the most-watched cable news channel in the country. Owned by News Corp., FNC is available in more than 90 million homes. Twitter to launch Tweet Button counter WiredPRNews.com TiffNews10 U.S. – Twitter is reportedly set to launch an official Tweet Button. As reported by Masahble, the button will facilitate the counting of retweets and articles shared on websites. The Tweet Button reportedly can be included on any website, and will be available in three different versions as well as multiple customization settings. Twitter is a popular social networking and microblogging service that allows users to share messages in 140 characters or less. The text based posts, are referred to as tweets, and users are able to “retweet” or share posts of other users. Twitter has a reported 100 million users across the globe. A report early this year from the Daily Telegraph stated users of the social networking site were sending approximately 50 million tweets on average daily. Twitter feature aids in user networking 2010-08-11 03:50:41 (GMT) WiredPRNews.com TiffNews10 Washington – Twitter has introduced a new feature that assists users with building their network. As reported by AFP, the micro-blogging service now provides users with access to account suggestions they may be interested in including in their network via its “Suggestions for You” feature. Twitter is quoted in the report as stating of the feature on its official blog Friday, “With more than a hundred million users on Twitter, there are sure to be at least dozens of accounts out there that will reflect your interests. The trouble is finding all of them… Today we’re beginning to roll out a simple, but powerful new feature to help address that.” Twitter allows users to post and receive messages to those in their network in 140 characters or less. Woman finds husband’s wedding photos with mistress on Facebook Cleveland 2010-08-06 05:28:43 (GMT) WiredPRNews.com – A Cleveland woman received an unwelcome surprise after viewing the Facebook page of her husband’s purported mistress. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Lynn France learned of her husband’s marriage to another woman via photos posted on the woman’s Facebook page. France is quoted by the AP as stating of the discovery, “I was numb with shock, to tell you the truth… There was like an album of 200 pictures on there. Their whole wedding.” The husband has purportedly claimed that his marriage to France had never been validated, and she had prior knowledge about the second marriage. Andrew Zashin, a child custody expert providing representation for France, is further quoted as stating of the increasing incidents of spouses finding evidence of marital indiscretions online and via other modern communication mediums, “People who engage in these sorts of behaviors now have the option of trying to keep things private or turning it into a spectacle and becoming their own reality show… In this case, it seems, the spouse may have crossed the line and gotten married while he was still married.” Study shows social media withdrawal can occur
A recent study suggests individuals may go through withdrawal symptoms from abstaining from social media for long periods. Toronto (WiredPRNews.com) 2010-05-18 17:58:58 (GMT) – A recent study suggests social media withdrawal symptoms may occur if an individual abstains from use for long periods of time. As reported by the Toronto Sun, University of Maryland researchers found that some people go through similar symptoms of withdrawal that may be linked to drug and alcohol addiction even after not using social media for as few as 24 hours. Dr. Stuart Fischoff, a professor in media psychology at California State University in L.A, is quoted in the report as stating of the matter, “Everyone is a potential addict – they’re just waiting for their drug of choice to come along, whether heroin, running, junk food or social media. All those substances can be streetcars of desire…” Fischoff further notes that “technology is a way to express our obsessions that are waiting in the wings to be expressed.” Social media is a whole new culture that has the power to validate us, provide a frenzy of friendships, followers and connections, so we feel important.”
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