Social Media and Social Good

How Technology Has Empowered the Mass If pen is mightier than the sword then the internet is a nuclear weapon. Words travels fast even in less than 140 characters. Bloggers, especially those who have established loyal readership could publish their review of a place, a service and even talk about a person and influence the thoughts and even buying decisions of those who within their readership reach. Bloggers and online…

Social Media Usage in the Philippines As the population of the Philippines grows, the number of Filipinos using the internet and social media is also increasing. Below is an infographic which has some interesting figures of the social media usage in the country. Key takeaways: – 73.9% uses Facebook, 18.1% uses YouTube, 6.1% uses Twitter and 3.8% blogs – Philippines holds the 8th largest number of Facebook users with 27.7%…

KONY 2012, a documentary produced by non-profit Invisible Children, has all the necessary elements to become quickly viral as it has been receiving millions of views on YouTube and Vimeo. Almost everyone I know posted links on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites to show their support of the said cause. Even Rihanna has announced that she will be helping to “fight the cause” by supporting the organization and…

Fake YouTube Email Spam It’s been a couple of days in a row that I’m getting these messages email that poses as  being from YouTube. It looks pretty legit because the sender’s address is From: YouTube Service <[email protected]> with the Subject: YouTube Service sent you a message: Your video has been approved but when you hover on the link where you will be directed, it forward somewhere else. The links contained in the…