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City Life

Signs of the Apocalypse: The Peeple App Launches

I’m approaching that age where it’s time to decide if I want to bring children into this world. Most days, the answer is yes. I […]

City Life

Social Media Threat Closed Tacony Academy Charter School in Wissinoming Today

UPDATE: Tacony Academy Charter School in Wissinoming is open today, according to a message from the school’s CEO and principal. “We are putting additional security […]

Business

5 Reasons Your Business Should Be On Snapchat

The year of Snapchat is upon us. The social media platform is growing at an unbelievably rapid rate and doesn’t show signs of slowing down. In fact, the […]

Business

Comcast Explains Epic Facebook Fail

Comcast tried to smack talk one of its competitors on social media, but it backfired in a big way. On its Xfinity Facebook page, Comcast took […]

City Life

10 High-Quality Tweets About the Pope Francis Visit

Follow Philadelphia magazine’s live coverage of Pope Francis’s historic visit all weekend long. Apparently the Pope will be in town for a thing this weekend […]

City Life

Meet the Local Hospital Worker Who Posts Autopsy Photos on Instagram

When you go into the hospital, you probably don’t expect that your tumor, gangrened leg or, God forbid, dead body will wind up on Instagram. […]

Citified

Behind the Scenes With Jim Kenney’s Twitter Brain Trust

Depending on your point of view, Stephanie Waters either has the best or worst job in Philadelphia politics. She’s the digital director for Jim Kenney, the […]

Citified

18 Great Tweets from Tuesday’s Election

The race is over. Jim Kenney won in a landslide, taking more than 55 percent of the vote in the six-way Democratic primary. City Council […]

City Life

4 Biggest Mother’s Day Social Media Missteps

As far as holidays go, Mother’s Day is traditionally in the minor leagues. It’s an important one, yes, but it barely takes up an entire […]

City Life

Trevor Noah and the Never-Ending Cycle of Twitter Shame

The thing about people is that they’re fallible; they do bad things, both intentionally and unintentionally. As we were all taught as children, people make […]

City Life

Mo’ne Davis Just Wrote the Book on Twitter Trolls

By now, I’m used to Mo’ne Davis making me feel bad about myself. At 13, she throws a 70 miles-per-hour fastball, has been on the […]

Foobooz

St. Patrick’s Day in Philadelphia

Philadelphia-based startup Everything Clicks helps businesses and brands connect with their customers and fans via social media. And for Saint Patrick’s Day as well as the […]

City

31 Best Philadelphia Tweets of 2014

Last year, I named my top 10 Philadelphia tweets of 2013. In 2014, I planned to keep track of my favorite tweets week by week. […]

City

CB West Counselor Won’t Be Charged for Facebook Post

https://twitter.com/mg_thereporter/status/547793694825652225 While saying her posts to Facebook were inappropriate and ill advised,” Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said today Marykate Blankenburg would not […]

City

Firefighters, Paramedics Reminded of Social Media Policy Thanks to That One Dude

Philadelphia firefighters and paramedics received an email yesterday reminding them to review the departments’ social media policy. It was a standard reminder coming in response […]