Why Parents Should Not “Friend” Their Kids On Facebook

With Facebook open to essentially anyone who wants to sign up, many kids around the world have already signed up for accounts on the popular social networking site. And with kids signing up, so have the parents.

It’s inevitable: when a kid signs up for something online, it’s likely that the parent wants to know what their kid is up to. Naturally—on Facebook and other social networking sites—parents end up friending their kids.

After reading an interesting (and hilarious) post about this very issue, I felt the need to chime in.

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Sorry, I’m Late: Should You Apologize For Absences From Social Networks?

"I wanted to take some time to apologize for not being on social networks lately." I'm sure you've seen status updates through Twitter or Facebook with a message like the one above. People send out updates when they've been away ...

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5 Tips For Making A New Twitter Friend

Whether you’ve been on Twitter for years or are brand new to the platform, many people wonder exactly how to go about interacting with people. One of the best parts about being on Twitter is that all users have the chance to interact and befriend people they would not normally be able to meet in real life.

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5 Tips For A More Healthful Twitter Experience

If you are a Twitterholic and do much of your updating from your computer, it’s easy to get sucked into sending and reading updates and letting other things slip by the wayside. Your health, believe it or not, can be one of them.

Here are five tips to help you have a more healthful Twitter experience.

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Stunning iPad Sales Beg You To Jump On Apple’s Bandwagon

2 million iPads. Without a doubt, that is a massive number.

And who would have thought? Critics of the iPad were rampant before and after the release of Apple’s greatest tablet invention. With the recent news reports reported by more than 500 outlets, it is confirmed that Apple has reached this incredible plateau. The iPads are still selling!

Regardless, it’s important to take a step back.

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With The Followers Count, We Are Still Obsessed.

Despite the countless number of posts telling us that the followers count doesn’t matter, if any single timeframe could prove that wrong, it happened today. People really cared that their followers were gone.

So indeed, the followers count still does matter. But to who?

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Why You Should Support The Unread Blog

There is something magical about a good blog. The content draws you in, inspires you, informs you. It engages you so much that you ponder a post well after you read it, or are drawn to comment without a call to action.

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