fishbat, an Online Marketing Firm, Reacts to Starbucks Use of Social Media to Attract Job Applicants
With a push for continued expansion, social media agency reacts to coffee giant Starbucks as it turns to places like Facebook to appeal to job candidates and partners. On November 24, social media agency fishbat comments on an article published by the

Social media sites blocked, employees conniving to stay connected
NEW YORK: For young Wall Street employees who live their lives through social media, working at a big bank can feel as if the plug has been pulled. Most financial firms ban Facebook, Twitter and Gmail, and block most music and video streaming sites.

Social media play bigger role in shopping
Black Friday and Cyber Monday, meet "Camo Thursday." Gander Mountain, the St. Paul-based outdoor-goods retailer, came up with the social media-driven holiday promotion as it vies with thousands of other U.S. merchants to lure smartphone-carrying

Social media helps connect organ donors to recipients
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- About 6,000 people died waiting for an organ transplant last year, and tens of thousands more are currently on the waiting list. How far would you go to help a friend? What about a stranger? Thanks to social media, those in need are

Young people and social media: Docs examine pitfalls
(CNN)-- They're called "Generation M2": highly tech-savvy children ages 8 to 18, whose lives are immersed in electronic media. Now, the nation's top pediatric organization is mobilizing efforts around their well-being. "As pediatricians who are

Obama’s social media machine focused on fiscal cliff
In an interview earlier this week, former Obama campaign operative Jim Messina talked about Narwhal, part of the president’s Chicago-based social media and e-mail operation, and how it could be used to enlist popular support for Obama’s key points in

Can Facebook drive you crazy – literally? Researchers find a link between social media and psychotic episodes.
New research from Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Shalvata Mental Health Care Center has found a link between social media and psychotic episodes. According to the paper's author, Dr. Uri Nitzan, social media's ability to connect

Uganda: Social Media Fuelling Uganda's HIV/Aids Prevalence
Until World Aids Day on December 1, New Vision will publish HIV-related stories daily. Today, George Wabweyo explores how the media is fuelling reckless sex and the spread of HIV Scary! There is this group on Facebook. It is called No Strings Attached (NSA

Social Media Helps NJ Sandy Victims Find Lost Mementoes
New Jersey residents devastated by Superstorm Sandy are being reunited with lost photographs and objects through social media. There are at least four Facebook pages targeted to New Jersey residents that help connect them with their possessions. People who

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