Social spume

• Teacher Resigns Via YouTube Over Standardized Testing
  Standardized testing has long been a hot-button topic among educational circles. But a veteran teacher is now taking a very open position against the concept by resigning from her job — and telling everyone about it on YouTube The video, which was posted on Tuesday under the account I Quit You Can't Fire Me, is quickly going viral. Her resignation claim […]
  Neha Prakash
• Ashton Kutcher: Facebook Is The ‘New Religion’
  While teenagers may not be enthusiastic about Facebook, the company has a fan in Ashton Kutcher. The actor and angel investor, who is set to play Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs, recently spoke at the CTIA Conference in Las Vegas, saying that Twitter is too crowded and that Facebook has actually effectively placed its advertisements. continued… New Career Opport […]
  Justin Lafferty
• Morgan Freeman Has a Hilarious Excuse for Dozing During Interview
  Morgan Freeman set the Internet atwitter this week when he briefly fell asleep during a live TV interview alongside Michael Caine in support of their new film Now You See Me. But, as it turns out, there's a perfectly logical — and awesome — explanation for Freeman's doze-off. Here's what the actor had to say in a Facebook post late Thursday ni […]
  Sam Laird
• Online Campaigns Aim to Help Kai the Hitchhiker Beat Murder Rap
  The never-dull story of Kai the Hitchhiker took a dark turn last week when the viral hero was unexpectedly arrested on murder charges. Since then, a small handful of online campaigns have tried to drum up support for the man who famously referred to himself as "homefree" — not homeless — and set him back on his untethered way Kai, less frequently k […]
  Sam Laird
• Report: 4 Companies Place Bids for Hulu
  On the heels of Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, Hulu is suddenly snapping up bids left and right. According to The Los Angeles Times and Reuters, both the Chernin Group, in partnership with Providence Equity, as well as Guggenheim Digital Media, have placed bids for the streaming video service. The Chernin Group is run by former News Corp. e […]
  Lauren Indvik
• Social Media Jobs: Tango, Tradeshift, Brightroll
  This week, Tango is hiring a senior software engineer client, and Tradeshift needs an enterprise sales engineer. Meanwhile, Brightroll is seeking an account manager, a marketing manager, and an associate manager of publisher development. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro. Senior Software Engineer Clie […]
  Nadine Cheung
• No, Instagram Isn't Randomly Deleting Accounts
  A glitch Thursday night prompted rumors that Instagram was randomly deleting accounts. However, the company says although some people lost access to their accounts for a short time, there was no mass purge. Nevertheless, during the height of the rumors Thursday night, the hashtag #Dontdeletemyaccount made the rounds on Instagram (where more than 500,000 phot […]
  Todd Wasserman