The Rise of The Silver Surfers

The over-50 crowd of today is nothing like previous generations. Retirees and boomers right now are far more active, more involved, and better with technology than their parents or grandparents were and business and service providers are moving to keep up with them. If your idea of a pensioner is a grey-haired woman sitting in a rocking chair, you need an update. She and her friends are getting involved in all types of activities and they have interests that would surprise you.

12 Unusual Social Networking Sites

Twitter and Facebook have huge audiences, but smaller social networking sites for niche audiences from mustache lovers to knitters are picking up steam, with new ones popping up all the time. MyLife.com tracked down 12 unique sites for specific interest groups you might want to join or share with your cat-loving friend.

Star Safari: Spotting Celebs with Social Media

It’s common to be on the lookout for celebrities in the concrete jungles of New York and L.A. but you can hunt for famous “game” in less common “habitats” using social media as your guide. If you’ve got some social media savvy and a little bit of luck, you might just bag some face time with your favorite superstar, without resorting to creepy stalking. ForRent.com explores this further in the following infographic.

Social Behavior: The BIG GAME

How is social affecting search?  The point of conducting this study was to examine the behavior of online users and see if they align with the preexisting notions of search, mobile and social behavior. While many of our ideas were confirmed, we were also greatly surprised by many data points.

Web Hosting Simplified

What is web hosting? Simply put, web hosting is a service providing the availability of space on a server connected to the Internet. Ostensibly, this server space is used for hosting websites, although there are potentially numerous other reasons that one may want to employ the services of a web host. Hostgator simplifies the explanation of what web hosting ins in the following infographic.

How Much Does Google Know About You?

While Google has become a world standard when searching for just about anything, it was created and exists to make money. One way they do this is by selling all of the information they collect on us to advertisers to help them market better to us as consumers. Keep in mind that everything you do on Google and its other sites is tracked and logged. Some might view this as an invasion of privacy but Google collecting and using this type of information is able to provide customized results, advertisements, and services.