Rob Riches

Rob Riches is the Social Media Journalist Intern for Bad Rhino, as well as a senior at Cabrini College. At Cabrini, Rob serves as the Operations Manager for the school's radio station, 89.1 WYBF-FM (where he hosts a weekly show), and also as a Resident Assistant. In his spare time, Rob enjoys watching the Philadelphia sports teams and hanging out with friends and family.

#AmazonCart: Amazon Allows Shopping Cart Additions Via Twitter

Amazon and Twitter unveiled a joint new feature that allows users to add products to their Amazon shopping cart through a tweet. As long as one has their Amazon and Twitter accounts synced, they can reply with #AmazonCart to any tweet that features a link to a product from the online retailer. “Add it now, […]

Snapchat Adds Chat Function

Snapchat released a new function allowing users to alternatively chat with each other via text – or as the blog post announcing the release said, “putting the Chat into Snapchat.” Swiping to the right on a friend’s name in the app allows chats to happen. One caveat, however, is that messages will be deleted once […]

Twitter Unrolls Substantial Design Rivaling Facebook, G+

The new design that Twitter was testing in February has been unrolled to user profiles starting Tuesday, according to Mashable. The new design boats a plethora of new features, and is similar in appearance to rivals Facebook and Google Plus. User profile and header photos are expanded, with the profile being relocated to the top […]

Facebook Tests New Profile Picture Feature

Facebook is testing a new “Make Profile Picture” button to a select group of users, according to a report by AllFacebook.com’s David Cohen. The button would appear above and along with the “Tag Photo,” “Add Location” and “Edit” buttons on users’ photos. Clicking would automatically open the profile picture cropping tool, and would allow the […]

Twitter Announces Photo Tagging Update for Mobile Devices

Twitter announced a major update Wednesday, as the social network will now allow both tagging of photos and including up to four photos in a single tweet. “We’re rolling out two new mobile features that make photos on Twitter more social,” software engineer Cesar Puerta said in a blog post announcing the update. Up to […]

Twitter Testing New "Fave People" Timeline

Something that comes with the territory of following a plethora of Twitter users is how easy it is to miss tweets from accounts that you enjoy and care about most. But now, the social media giant is testing a “Fave People” timeline, grouping all users that one designates into one timeline. The “Fave People” timeline […]

Facebook Continues Maintenance With Pages Update

Following last week’s News Feed update, Facebook is continuing maintenance through an update for Pages. The company is updating Pages through three updates – an updated timeline design, easier access to administrative tools and the addition of “Pages to Watch.” “This week, we’ll begin rolling out a streamlined look for Pages on desktop that will […]

Facebook Unveils Updated News Feed

Almost a year after Facebook announced a design overhaul of their News Feed, the social media giant finally started unrolling the new  design to users on Monday. In the months that followed the initial announcement, new designs were tested on users and were universally panned before being rejected altogether. Photos were made huge, the News […]

Facebook Improves Post Visibility Via Tagging

Last month, Facebook introduced Trending to its News Feed, allowing users to see top stories in pop culture, sports, politics, news and more. Now, a new feature has been introduced that can supplement Trending in connecting users with what’s going on in the world. When one page tags another page, that post will now be […]