Girls rule and boys drool. A Rebtel survey released this week reports that women are more likely to use social media to connect with friends, family and colleagues more than men. The survey, which polled 2,361 U.S. adults over age 18, showed that 68% of women use social media to stay in touch with friends compared to 54% of men.
Interested in attending a social-media savvy university? The website Student Advisor reports that Johns Hopkins, Harvard and Notre Dame are the top-ranking social media schools in the U.S. The schools were rated on the number of tweets sent from their official Twitter account each day, how quickly the school responds to student requests made via their official Facebook page, and more. Visit Student Advisor for the full list.
Our favorite inter-office chat service, Skype, announced this week that it aims to connect one million classrooms to enhance the educational process through its Skype in the Classroom program. To date, they’ve signed up 16,000+ teachers and educators.
We would have guessed it was status updates, but Roost reported this week that photos are the most-liked content on Facebook. Small businesses, are you listening?
Remember Google+? Now it’s open to everyone!
Facebook’s recently introduced subscribe button seems to have been a big success. According to Digg’s co-founder, the subscribe button produced more traffic on a certain link than Twitter or Google Plus. All Facebook has more.
Tired of slow Internet? Plan a visit to South Korea, where KBps shared surpasses 2,200. Rouding out the top five countries with fastest Internet speeds are Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Latvia. America averages 616 KBps. And of course, there’s an infographic to share on the subject.
Would you prefer to text someone rather than speak to them on the phone? You’re not alone. Almost one-third of U.S. adults said they would rather receive a text message than a phone call.
And you know by now we love to share infographics? Luckily, the infographic fad isn’t going anywhere soon. In a blog post last week, Richard Edelman (CEO of his namesake PR firm) encouraged public relations professionals to “make greater use of information visualization.” Need ammunition for creating an infographic? Read his full blog post.