Happy Birthday Google: Celebrate With All the Anniversary Doodles [PICS] →
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This month marks Google’s 13th anniversary. The exact date Google celebrates this occasion has changed over the years, according to the company, “depending on when people feel like having cake.” However, in recent years Sept. 27 is the day the celebratory Google Doodle appears; since 2002 Goo…
A Brief History of the Emoticon →

Did you know the emoticon is almost 30 years old? Twenty-nine years ago, Scott Fahlman, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, first proposed a colon, hyphen and bracket as a way of conveying emotional meaning via plain text. Fast-forward and the simple smiley has evolved — some …
A Visual History of Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC] →
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The Social Media Infographics Series is supported by Vocus’ Social Media Strategy Tool, a free, six-step online tool that lets you build a custom social media framework tailored to your organization’s goals. Since its launch in the summer of 2006, Twitter has become the leader in microbloggi…
10 Facebook Timeline Designs That Will Blow You Away [PICS] →
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Facebook’s new Timeline design gives users a large “cover photo” space at the top of the page. We think this revamp is a great opportunity to get creative with your profile presentation. We recently asked the Mashable readership to share how they’ve played with the new design. Here are 10 exam…



