Call me late to the game but it wasn't until last night that I came across The Last Exorcism's viral video (the movie itself opened Aug. 27 and has so far grossed $24,772,384, according to BoxOfficeMojo) on Today's Big Thing. If you haven't seen it, it's worth clicking here.

The video was put onto Chatroulette, the website that randomly connects strangers through their webcams (98.7 percent of the strangers are naked adolescent boys looking for naked adolescent girls; the other 1.3 percent are the staff of To Catch a Predator, according to a recent study completely made up by me).

Wanting to get adolescent boys' butts into theater seats for the movie (hopefully, while they're clothed), Lionsgate produced a video that shows a girl getting ready to take off her top before she turns into a possessed-by-the-devil girl. The best reactions were put on YouTube on Aug. 17, where it has scored nearly 3 million hits as of this posting.

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What do you do when social media stops being social?

There's no question that social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have exploded in recent years as the No. 1 way of communicating. After all, no one is making a movie about the meteoric rise of the inventor of the telephone. And for some, myself included, amassing contacts is a fun way to while away a few minutes while earning bragging rights.

But with great power comes great responsibility, and the question arises, what is the etiquette for rejecting or even un-friending someone who has done you wrong.

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As if MySpace didn't have enough problems.

Steve Jobs just announced, much to Facebook's consternation, that iTunes 10 will include a social networking service called Ping, designed to help people find new music to listen to, and hopefully, purchase.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Ping "presents a Facebook-like newsfeed, detailing what your friends and family are listening to—and buying. After opting in, it will also monitor your musical habits and broadcast them to your friends and family."

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It's that time of the year again: 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show registration. Yes, the online registration has been up for a little while, but I've been deserted on an island for the past few months. I've finally been rescued and made the Sept. 30 deadline to register for free and I thought I'd mention it.

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