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Learn How To Keep Your Online Reputation Pristine
Remember when Miss New Jersey's racy Facebook pics spread like wildfire across the Internet?! And in-turn, I posted a story about how to reclaim your name online, just in case this had happened to you?
Well there's now a book called Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online by Andy Beal and Judy Strauss which outlines ten tactics to help individuals and companies cope with the consequences of people talking about them online.
Advice On Cleaning Up Your Internet Act
Have you ever tried Googling yourself to see what results show up? Were you surprised or shocked at what showed up? Unfortunately when it comes to the internet, we can run but it is ridiculously hard to hide.
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Jessica Simpson Might Jump Into the Online Dating Pool
It hasn't really been Jessica Simpson's year. We all felt for her after her surprise breakup with Tony Romo, then her dog Daisy was snatched up by a coyote! Despite the drama, Jessica is hopeful that she'll find love again, and this time may even let her fingers do the talking online.
Microsoft Wants You to Creep Out Regular People, Not Just Celebrities
Want to take your crush on John Krasinski creepily far? One day, you may be able to upload his face to your dating website of choice when you're looking for love and find the regular Joe who most closely resembles your celebrity crush. This is what Microsoft's new patent, called Image-Based Face Search will do — instead of entering age/religion/location, just browse for that Clooney pic you keep on your desktop and bam!
USPS's Virtual Box Simulator: A Bit Tricky, Yet Kinda Amazing
So I guess someone (ahem, the United States Postal Service) was reading my tweets last week when I complained about the complicated post office experience. OK, so maybe they were already trying to simplify the entire shipping process before my rant, but whatever the case, I'm just glad they whipped up this handy online tool! Now if you want to figure out what size of shipping box you need for a parcel or package, you can use the USPS Virtual Box Simulator!
Geek Out: Do You Ever Suffer Social Networking Anxiety?
I'm more hilarious than my tweets. My life is more fascinating than my Facebook updates. My Internet activity is more diverse than my Delicious account might suggest.
How to Take a Good Profile Picture
Say cheese! I remember lining up for school photos and thinking, "I have to look good this year! I just have to!"
Geek Out: What's Your Office's Policy on Blogging?
An internal document reveals that employees of J. Crew are not allowed to blog at work, but wait — their definition of blogging is not just limited to keeping a personal online diary, it's also "any other form of posting information on the Internet, such as postings on a personal web site, business networking, social networking or affinity web site, on a bulletin board, or in a chat room."
I assume that means Facebook and Twitter, which employees are further instructed to not mention J.
Start Your Shopping Engines: ShopStyle Mobile App Launches
Tech-savvy fashionistas have known for a while that the destination to search for new clothes and home accessories is ShopStyle. Well now the incredible search functions and tools have gone mobile — say hello to the new (totally free) ShopStyle Mobile app!
You can hunt and browse from your iPhone on the go — making it your best comparison shopping tool.
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