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YouTube Creating ?Reporters? Channel
2008-06-08 00:06:00 When it comes to reporters, there’s no shortage of options. Tough old men, pretty young women, and everything in between can be seen on TV. But if you’re looking for still more alternatives, YouTube’s introducing a "Reporters " channel. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Youtube , Creating , Channel
Facebook Facing Another ConnectU Challenge
2008-06-07 00:06:00 Although the two sides signed a settlement of ConnectU’s suit against Facebook , ConnectU claims new evidence merits an end to that agreement. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Challenge , Facing
Facebook Letting Some Users Rate Ads
2008-06-05 22:06:00 Given the option of voting ads "up" or "down," a natural response is to either vote them all down (who likes ads?) or ignore the issue (since any participation would waste time). Still, Facebook ’s allowing some users to have a say which is a move in the right direction. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Letting , Users , Rate
Laporte Sticks TWiT With Stickam
2008-06-04 01:06:00 Leo Laporte’s ‘This Week in Tech’ live video show moved to Stickam.com exclusively, as the streaming provider kicked on 16:9 high-definition resolution for its shows. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Twit , Sticks
Facebook?s Privacy Practices Subject Of New Complaint
2008-06-02 22:06:00 Canadian law students are causing trouble for a certain social network. The University of Ottawa-based Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) has filed a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner over Facebook ’s practices. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Complaint , Subject
Twitter Could Have Problems for Months
2008-06-01 00:05:00 Lately, it seems that a high number of Tweets has been causing problems for Twitter , making key features unavailable, and in a post to the Twitter Technology Blog, it was implied that more popular users like say, Robert Scoble, who have a lot of followers are the reason that the service has been failing. read ... More About: News , Problems , Months
A-Listers Killing Twitter With Tweets
2008-05-31 00:05:00 Popular people with long lists of followers on Twitter may be partly responsible for the micro-blogging site’s performance woes at times. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Killing
Teens Facebook Party Trashes $8 Million Home
2008-05-30 22:05:00 A family from Britain had their $8 million Spanish home vandalized by 400 teenagers after the owner’s 16-year-old daughter put invitations to a party on social networking sites Facebook and Bebo. After invitations to the party were posted rumors began to circulate that Jodie Hudson’s parents did not care if their seven-bedroom home was destroyed because ... More About: News , Teens , Party , Home
Social Networks? Users Open To Better-Targeted Ads
2008-05-30 22:05:00 People on social networking sites don’t object too much to the idea of ads, according to a recent study. But before marketers throw more money at Facebook and MySpace, they should know that users also feel ad targeting leaves a lot to be desired. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Social , Social Networks , Networks , Open
Privacy, Online Imagery Don’t Mix
2008-05-28 22:05:00 People don’t have an expectation of privacy on a public street, but few expect a walk through the seedier side of town to become a snapshot with a potentially global focus, either. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Privacy , Online , Imagery
Google, Viacom Spar Over YouTube Again
2008-05-28 01:05:00 New filings provided to the court in their billion dollar dispute over YouTube show Google calling Viacom a hazard to how the Internet works. read more More: continued here Share This More About: Youtube , Spar
Facebook Opens Sandbox For New Profile Design
2008-05-23 22:05:00 After all the hubbub earlier this week, it seemed possible that Facebook would roll out its new profile design in time for the three-day weekend. Instead, the company has taken the half-step of opening a beta sandbox to developers. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Design , Profile , Sandbox
Online Daters Face Obstacles
2008-05-23 13:05:00 Couples who meet online do not always work out because they select partners who are not compatible and they develop emotional ties before meeting in person, an Australian university researcher has found. Women were more likely to choose the wrong partner as they become attracted to humorous comments and witty emails, according to psychologist Matthew Bambling ... More About: News , Online , Face
UK?s Yokels Into Social Networks, Online Shopping
2008-05-23 01:05:00 Look for the CEOs of online retailers and social networks to start acting kindly towards the UK’s rustic types; new Hitwise data indicates that people living in rural areas tend to out-participate city folk in these two categories. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Social , Shopping , Social Networks , Networks
Man Banned From Uploading Crimes On YouTube
2008-05-23 00:05:00 A UK man has been ordered to stop uploading videos to the Internet after a large collection of his crimes were seen on YouTube by local police. Andrew Kellett, 23, was served with an interim anti-social behavior order (ASBO) at Leeds Magistrate’s Court that prohibits him from uploading any images or depictions of unlawful activity on ... More About: News , Youtube , Crimes , Banned , Uploading
Social Networking Ad Prognosis Cut
2008-05-22 13:05:00 What’s £200 million between friends? Well, in this case, it’s the amount by which eMarketer believes it overestimated worldwide social networking ad spending in a not-too-distant year. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Social , Social Networking , Networking , Prognosis
Facebook Prepping For Profile Changes
2008-05-22 13:05:00 Facebook’s still not saying exactly when an overhaul of its user profiles will occur - the most recent official statement just includes the word "soon." But there are some indications that "soon" might almost equal a hold-your-breath length of time. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Profile , Facebook
European Media Firms Should Invest Online
2008-05-22 10:05:00 European media companies that don’t have an online presence, but are experienced in selling advertising should explore purchasing online groups, such as social networks, top Internet investor Saul Klein, of Europe’s Index Ventures firm said. If newspapers want to gain new audiences, they will need to focus on the Internet, mobile and social media companies, Klein ... More About: News , Media , European , Online , Invest
Reddit Hits The Vids With YourWeek
2008-05-22 10:05:00 Social media site Reddit stepped in front of the camera with their long-awaited venture, YourWeek, with content driven by Reddit’s users. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Vids , Hits
UK Teachers To Monitor Gang Activity Online
2008-05-22 10:05:00 UK schoolteachers will learn how to identify students involved in gangs by searching computer accounts, social networks and email. Beverly Hughes, the children’s minister, said, "There is evidence that, if gangs aren’t growing in number then they are coming down the age range," The Guardian reported. "There is anecdotal evidence that girls are being used in ... More About: News , Gang , Online , Monitor , Teachers
Month-To-Month Facebook Traffic Falls By Ten Percent
2008-05-21 01:05:00 Earlier this year, several research companies recorded a decrease in traffic to Facebook , and all sorts of people began to characterize the site as a passing fad. Then it turned out Facebook had experienced similar dips before, and the talk subsided. This time, Facebook might not be so lucky. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Traffic , Falls , Month
BigChurch Means Big Money For Penthouse
2008-05-15 11:05:00 We’re not the first to notice and double-take. Penthouse Media Group Inc.’s ownership of a Christian dating website called BigChurch.com has been mentioned by a few publications, but usually as an ironic side note. Understandable. It’s kind of a heavy (yes, quite loaded) subject. However, PMGI CEO Marc Bell tells WebProNews it’s just business. read ... More About: Money , Big Money
CBS Mobilizes A LonelyGirl
2008-05-15 01:05:00 CBS plans to do mobile and online entertainment with EQAL, the team behind the lonelygirl15 YouTube phenomenon. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Lonelygirl
MySpace Wins $234 Million Spam Judgment
2008-05-14 13:05:00 MySpace has won a $234 million legal judgment over spam messages sent to members of the social networking site. MySpace won the judgment after spammers Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines failed to appear in court. The judgment is believed to be the largest ever awarded in a spam email case. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Spam , Myspace , Judgment , Million
Netvibes Shares Feeds With ReadBurner
2008-05-14 10:05:00 Users of the available everywhere desktop service Netvibes gained the ability to share items of interest with others; it’s plugged into ReadBurner as well, which led us to ask, “What’s that?” read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Shares
StumbleUpon Records More Video Providers
2008-05-14 01:05:00 The StumbleVideo s section of StumbleUpon gained in content with the addition of several new content partners. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Records , Stumbleupon
Google Sites Top U.S. Video Property
2008-05-13 00:05:00 U.S. Internet users watched 11.5 billion online videos in March 2008, a 13 percent increase over February and a 64 percent boost over March of 2007 according to comScore Video Metrix. Google was again the top U.S. video property with more than 4.3 billion videos viewed (38% share of all videos) gaining 2.6 shares over the ... More About: News , Property , Sites
Court Orders Facebook To Release Identity Of Fake Profile Creator
2008-05-12 13:05:00 The creator of a phony Facebook profile set up in the name of an Indiana high school dean could soon be revealed. Roncalli High School Dean Tim Puntarelli filed a lawsuit against the social networking site seeking information regarding the profile creator’s identity. Facebook’s privacy policy requires a court order to release any information about its ... More About: News , Creator , Profile , Fake , Release
Google Previews Friend Connect
2008-05-12 12:05:00 There is a trend emerging: online giants making it so users can take their social networks with them anywhere they go on the web, sort of like digital carpooling. Google threw in its offering today, or will tonight anyway, with Google Friend Connect , a wash-n-wear service for incorporating social networking into non-social-networking websites. read more More: ... More About: News
Twitter Used To Report Earthquake
More articles from this author:2008-05-12 11:05:00 Twitter doesn’t always work well; its frequent outages have earned it all sorts of negative attention. It has at least partially redeemed itself, though, as Twitter was one of the first sites on which news of the earthquake in China appeared. read more More: continued here Share This More About: News , Earthquake , Report , Twitter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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