By Andrea Eldridge, Nerd Chick for GALTime By now, you've probably at least heard of Google+ and you may be wondering what all the fuss is about? Is it really the new Facebook? The answer is a bit "yes, no, maybe so" While Google+ isn't Facebook, it has definitely built some attractive features that may tempt Facebook users to transfer some of their online social interactions.
With the assorted private groups on Facebook, I started thinking about the ways we can still have privacy on the web, or if I’m just dreaming. If I post in one of the private groups I belong to, no one is supposed to see that post except the people in the group, but can I tag someone in a photo or video who isn’t part of the group. Then they see that post, right? Not so private, if that’s doable.
If you lie on your online dating profile, are you setting up your future relationship for failure? Is there a difference between a white lie and a boldface one? YourTango Experts and dating coaches Nicole Johnson and Ross Felix duke it out on the internet dating issue. Get the scoop on when to fib and when to keep it honest. Online Dating Is 50 Years Old: The Humble Beginnings
The YourTango staff recently attended the first-ever Single In Stilettos conference — an event that helped single women learn about the latest dating trends and learn tips from the experts — where Krissy Dolor of eflirtexpert.com gave us tips for finding love online. With these SEO secrets, you can show up more often in men's searches — and in their dreams.
In archaic forms of dating, you would catch the eyes of a man from across the room, he would ask for your number, and then you would meet for coffee. But online dating is a horse of a very different color. How can you make the transition from old-fashioned matchmaking to dating in cyberspace? 10 Reasons to Give Online Dating a Try
How well do you communicate in your relationship? Who is more romantic, you or your partner? Would you rather grow old with someone you've settled for, or be alone when you're older because you didn't find true love? New website theicebreak asks you (and your partner) all these questions and more.
If you're divorced and ready to look for love again, there's a hot new dating site waiting online for you. The newly launched site The Post Divorce Dating Club was designed with divorced singles in mind. It's meant to be a safe space for those who want to venture back into the dating water and would much rather meet someone with similar experiences in their past.
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Amy Pugh, 38, from Michigan initially used Facebook to gather her former classmates for their high school reunion. Only 10 days after the event, Pugh's husband abandoned her and their two young children for an affair with over Facebook. When Pugh revealed her situation to concerned classmates, nearly 250 of them teamed up to offer Pugh financial and material support. Take a guess at which website they used to organize their efforts.
Kate Middleton may have waited nine years for her dream wedding, but Emma Collins had to wait that, and then some. But thanks to Facebook, she is now happily married to her fiance of 14 years, Shaun Parsons.
Apple's newest endeavor is Ping: a social network for iTunes. Jobs himself described it as, "Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes ... but it's not Facebook, it's not Twitter. It's a social network all about music." Users will have the chance to create a Ping page where it lists the music they listen to and love, giving them the opportunity to follow the music tastes of their friends and the artists themselves.
