Rockland USA – Internet Marketing & Media

We read excerpts from a fake BP public relations Twitter account. Chinese iPod factory workers killing themselves. U.S. wants laws governing pre-paid phones. Cell bill shock at all time high. Last time we talk about American Idol.
iTunes Link:

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Continue Reading

As if we didn’t need anything else to ruin our day. A website called In20Years.com has found a way to take the little bit of ego and self worth that you may have and shove it down the garbage disposal.

Go ahead and give it a shot and use the option to upload your photo to Facebook or Twitter so everyone an unfriend you. Glad we could help ruin your day.

Continue Reading

One in 10 in the 25 and under age group who took a recent ‘gadget census’ survey stated that they would answer a text during sex! 22% would text during a meeting, 49% while eating, and 24% would text while on the toilet!

The age 25 plus group appears to be half as tolerant to tech gadget interruptions as compared to those under 25. 6% could be bothered during sex, 17% during a meeting, 27% while dining, and only 12% while in the bathroom.

Continue Reading

Twitter is huge. With that there are many who have varied approaches on who they will and will not follow. There is a great number of those who refuse to follow anyone unless the know them – similar to Facebook. Others have signed up for one of those pesky follower-generating tools or websites that will allow you to amass thousands of followers (NOTE: most of these sites have been shut down or disabled) …

Continue Reading

On this edition of the new experimental podcast titled Tech Radio on Rockand USA we try to figure out why Facebook users take wall posts and comments way too seriously. Jen tells us about the best narcissistic tech gift you can give someone. Cristy wants to know what Frog Tape is. We talk about which companies are best at social media interaction. Plus, we play a short game show with the girls. All this and more! All this and more on this episode of Tech Radio.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Continue Reading

Recently, a school principal in New Jersey sent a letter to their middle school parents asking them to remove their children from all social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. He also requested that parents keep close tabs on their text messaging. The principal, Anthony Orsini of Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, NJ, sent a long email to parents saying that their kids should “not allowed to be a member of any social networking site.”

Continue Reading

Topics include Apple turns militant against Gizmodo, Facebook could care less about your privacy, YouTube removes Hitler parody vidoes, Twitter mass add/remove follower sites got shut down and more. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or copy this URL into your favorite RSS reader.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Continue Reading

With the new year a number of new blogs are created partly as a result of a resolution. New bloggers put a number of hours into their site only to be frustrated by the lack of readership and/or traffic. Your blog may start out as a great passion, but that can quickly drain if you don’t get some sort of recognition through comments, tweets, Facebook re-posts, or just the sheer number of visitor numbers.

Continue Reading

Justin.TV, a leading video chat/show social networking site, announced some new features and upgrades to their service.

First, they upgraded the process of signing into Twitter even more secure utilizing Twitter’s latest and greatest authentication system. This appears to have made the Twitter chat much more reliable, fluent, and easier to use.

Second, they added a pretty handy new Twitter feature for broadcasters. You can now set a hashtag (#whateveryouwant) for your broadcast channel. Anytime a chatter is using Twitter chat and has opted-in to update their status, your hashtag will be added to the tweet. This will make it easier to follow and connect with fellow Justin.tv users on Twitter as well as make it possible for your broadcast to trend on Twitter.

Continue Reading