When we think about what happened in social media in 2009, there are relatively small stories -- like Miley Cyrus giving up on Twitter. And then there are the big...
365 days told by 365 different people. That's how self-professed Chicago geeks Len Kendall and Daniel Honigman describe the 3six5project. The goal, they said, is to have a different person...
Decembers in the Windy City can be pretty unforgiving. With wind chills around minus 20 degrees Thursday morning, parking meters weren't the only things freezing. CTA SIGNALS A possibly weather-related...
A polling company recently surveyed 4,000 people in Britain and asked them what smells make them most happy. RedEye wanted to supplement the list with Chicagoans' favorite smells, so we...
Last week, the Global Language Monitor named Twitter its top word for 2009. I agree. 2009 was definitely the year of the tweet. But there are other words from the...
Dear Facebook, Really, Facebook? Again? We're still getting used to the changes after the redesign of the redesign of the previous redesign and now you're redesigning again? In case you...
I remember the first time celebrities started popping up on Twitter. We read each tweet carefully, savoring that special look inside their private world 140 characters at a time. Fast...
Looks like tweeting is the new cigarette. A recent study by retrevo.com, a consumer electronics shopping site, found that 36 percent of people under the age of 35 like to...
Last week, some Facebook users were going out of their mind with frustration and boredom after being unable to log in to their accounts for several days. What's worse is...