Facebook Acquires Instagram for 1$ Billion

News broke early Monday morning that Facebook had acquired Instagram for 1$ Billion. Here's what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to say about the purchase.

Do people have no idea what a hobby is anymore?

It seems very clear to me that all people care about nowadays is smoking, having sessions, drinking and playing beer pong, or partying and Facebook. When was the last time you spent a weekend with your family besides holidays? Or when was the last time you had an innocent sleep over with your friends and had a movie night? What ever happened to innocent fun? Read a book, take a nice relaxing drive with a friend some place, and I am not saying Vegas!

Privacy (along with chivalry) is dead

People constantly complain that chivalry is dead, but I think the real issue here is privacy.  The spread of gossip and lies has reached another level thanks to the piece of technology we turn to almost every second of the day: social media.

People constantly post status', wall posts, and pictures to Facebook.  People like to say their lives are on Facebook.  In a way, this is true.  People can see who you're friends with, what you did last weekend, and who you're talking to in a matter of seconds.  However, it's easy to get the wrong idea on Facebook, too.  Each individual wall post or status is just a tidbit of information that can easily be taken out of context.  All too often, this is where rumors and lies get started.

Facebook Review

Meet someone, remember their name, go home, pull up Facebook, and search them.. The classic Facebook review is now underway.

 The next thing you do is check to see if you can search their photos without asking permission by adding them as a friend. And, if they don’t have the privacy lock, then the next five minutes its occupied by you investigating all 1,428 photos just so you can reevaluate your vision/perception of that person.

You may have seen something that turned your vision of them around 180 degrees for better or for worse. You could have sabotaged your own good time with the way you spent that five minutes, especially if you’ve previously been enjoying that person's company or conversation, either in person or over text. All it takes is two unflattering photos back-to-back and you could be totally turned off. Don’t do this to your self. You're ruining your own good time. Because of you, people like me have to have their Facebook scientifically ready for such events. Tagged photos are locked. Only ten profile pictures. Nothing too exciting, so when it's Facebook reviewed, you leave with the most neutral of feelings and knowing the same thing about the person that you already knew. Facebook review for good not evil. Similar to Facebook stalking. Have at it.(op 6/11/11)

Facebook stop changing!

You will have to pay to use Facebook

"FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH FOR GOLD MEMBER SERVICES, $6.99 PER MONTH FOR SILVER MEMBER SERVICES, $3.99 PER MONTH FOR BRONZE MEMBER SERVICES, FREE IF YOU COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHEN YOU SIGN ON TOMORROW MORNING YOU WILL BE…… PROMPTED FOR PAYMENT INFO...IT IS OFFICIAL IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY !!!"

Can it be true?

Like a model day!

Her name is Stasiya Maria and she's relatively new to L.A. and how things get down. Here she is a couple weeks ago at the beach with a conservative blue and yellow bikini on. More photos from this day and others like it available on her page.

"Like" her on Facebook. What do you have better to do? It's Monday.

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Online dating safety net

Raquel Brown (@Dakinigirl)
Dating scene has changed so much throughout the years, I feel like I don't know how to date anymore.

You have all these dating sites, where you can pretty much custom order what you are looking for, hoping somehow to perfectly match your profile. Speed dating, speed dating? really? how much can you find out about someone in 5 minutes or less? Then, you have blind dates, do they ever work? *Shrugs*I don't know (sigh).

Evernote

The simplest way to describe what Evernote is, is that it's your life. No, I'm not sensationalizing. Evernote is a site that can actually contain your entire life. You can take pictures of recipes, business cards, someone's contact info, a receipt, or anything else you can photograph, and Evernote will categorize and store it. You can take notes in class, write reminders to yourself, and save your favorite websites in Evernote. You can then share the things you've saved on Evernote on Facebook, integrating your friends, families, and loved ones with Evernote as well. Pretty much, anything you want to do with Evernote, you can. Download the Evernote App on your laptop, iPad, or iPhone to start categorizing your life.

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Fighting the double standard

Men are so reckless nowadays. As a result of their careless behavior, a serious modification in the way that women behave today has occurred as well. It’s like women are trying to keep up with their indiscretions. What other choice do we have? No woman with pride wants to sit in a house mourning over a man, especially while he’s out doing God knows what! Now that it’s desirable to be independent and pay our own bills, why not get a few licks off while we’re at it? Especially, after a hard day’s work. We want in on the action too! Men are like dogs. When they give you crap, you have to stick their nose in it in order to teach them a lesson. The thing that sucks for women, is that we can’t get away with as much as men can without your man despising you. I know you’re all asking, “What if he deserves it?“ Ladies we still can’t do it. MEN CANNOT HANDLE IT!

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Future Expectations From the 1950's

Here are some past-future-predictions of the age we live in today!