You Might Be Addicted to Twitter If…

I admit it – I’m addicted to Twitter. In fact, I can not imagine my world with out it. Apparently, I’m not alone. Celebrities have tried to kick the habit, yet failed. College students have copped to social media addiction. Research has shown that people may have a harder time resisting Twitter than alcohol, sleep and sex.

How to Train Your Employees to Handle Social Media

Social media consultants can be an expensive addition to your business. But in this day and age, no company can operate without a sound social plan. Despite the swanky pitches you may receive from pros, your best social media team might actually be your current workforce. But how can you find your company’s natural social media rockstars and get your entire team on board with your goals?

Guinness vs. Beer: Which Is Healthiest?

Whether you enjoy the dark stuff, or lean towards lager, the results show that a pint of one, or the other, can have positive effects on various areas of the body. Through painstaking research, GoIreland has worked out how many individual peanuts each drink is the equivalent to eating, how long it would take to burn off those calories and taken a look at some of the strongest beers known to mankind in the following infographic.

How Social Ads Will Win the Election Ad Wars

Advertising in the social ecosystem offers presidential candidates bigger results than tweeting and Facebooking alone. Mainstream media is already asking: how big a role will social ads play in the 2012 presidential election? 140 Proof reviewed data from the 2004 and 2008 elections as well as recent reporting from AdAge, Adweek, and eMarketer in order to create this infographic about the 2012 landscape for political advertising.

Mad About March Madness

March Madness is about hardcore hoop playing by collegiate super-athletes, but the real madness of America’s favorite tournament is actually in the revenue it generates. Exclusive TV deals, colossal coach salaries and heavy betting have turned the most celebrated tradition in college sports into a numbers game. CouponCabin takes a look at that revenue and how Americans fit into the equation.

Instant America: Slow Websites Send Visitors Scurrying

Today’s world of web browsing is facilitated by lighting-speed data connectivity as well as speedy computer processing all of which allows people to gain access to information in milliseconds, that is until a slow web site brings the process to a grinding halt. And because of our impatience, a slow-loading web site often has us using the back button to escape and move on somewhere else.

Electric Cars vs Gas Cars

The following infographic compares everything from emissions to gas consumption of electric-powered cars vs gas-powered cars. There are a lot of great facts and informative stats that may even help you decide on your next auto purchase.

Kids: How Things Have Changed from 1982 to 2012

You may currently be the parent of a teenager and wondering what the hell you’ve gotten yourself into. But do you have it worse than parents of the past? We all know that kids will be kids, but how much do they change over the course of a generation? This fun infographic compares kids as they are today to how they were 30 years ago.

Current State of Email Spam

Those of us who live and die by our email inboxes hate spam. And if you are like me, you are always seeking effective ways to combat email spam – BoxTrapper, filters, recycling email addresses and the like. But what about the average Joe? Email security experts Vircom ran an online survey asking their visitors what they think about Spam and email security. Their findings are below in infographic format.

Navigating Political Terminology in an Election Year

Political terms are constantly being thrown around in media, and it can be a challenge to keep up with the language. Terms such as “bailout,” “caucus,” “filibuster” and others leaver those listening scrambling for a dictionary or googling the term to find out what it means. This infographic from Rasmussen College that will help you successfully navigate the political sphere.