Companies often hire a social media specialist for the wrong reasons Social media is the latest fad in marketing. Every business owner and manager I know is asking about social media. Unfortunately, they are asking the wrong questions. I am hearing questions such as should I be on Facebook? Or should I use Twitter and [...]
Detectives arrest for human trafficking, prostitution; girls lured by internet predators Beacon Staff Reporter The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) Vice Section called upon parents to be more vigilant in monitoring their children’s internet habits due to young girls being lured into prostitution by teens of their own age. In one recent case, it is alleged [...]
New tool from Bitdefender to protect kids on IMs, social networks and mobile phones Beacon Staff Reporter Bitdefender, a computer antivirus design company, has launched a Parental Control to serve as a digital bodyguard for children and teens, helping fend off bullies, predators and unwanted exposure, and helping safeguard their reputations on social networks. As kids [...]
The quest for a software platform to support content curation has been a little hit and miss Troy Media – by Doug Lacombe I write a lot about social media for external communications, but what about social media for work teams? Turns out there’s a lot of potential for internal communications, but it’s still a [...]
