Microsoft starts rolling out MSN makeover; site is cleaner, adds Facebook and Twitter feeds

March 14th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Facebook has managed to gather mixed reviews after rolling out changes to its home and profile pages from March 11. The social-networking giant had previously announced the makeover on every member's homepage.

March 21st, 2009 94pc of Facebookers hate its latest makeover SYDNEY - Facebook has left 94 per cent of its users, participating in a new poll, facing disappointment after making changes to its services. The social-networking giant received the green signal from only six per cent of nearly 800,000 members who cast their votes.

September 20th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Former vice presidential US candidate Sarah Palin is enjoying a huge fan following on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.he politician has 850,000 "friends" on Facebook, which is second to President Barack Obama among most popular politician on the site. Similarly, on Twitter she has close to 140,000 people following her, which again is second only to America's first man.

August 11th, 2009 Another attack downs Twitter, briefly this timeNEW YORK — Twitter has suffered from another attack following one that left the site down for several hours last week. Tuesday's outage was brief.

March 5th, 2009 After it's failed attempts to acquire Twitter, Facebook has come up with new strategies. It has incurred a number of changes to the homepage/newsfeed.

October 20th, 2009 Twitter may eliminate 'suggested users' listSAN FRANCISCO — If you're trying to figure out who to follow on Twitter, you might soon be turning to fellow users for help, rather than the company itself. Evan Williams, the CEO and co-founder of the short-messaging site, said Tuesday that he "desperately" wants to retire or evolve the company's "suggested user" list, which offers suggestions of people to follow.

August 13th, 2009 If MySpace can have a Lite View Version why not Facebook?  In a bid to take on its arch-rival, the Social networking giant rolled out a slimmer version of its web site to the test audience. Facebook Lite is the new face of Facebook targeted at narrowband users.

June 1st, 2009 APNEWSBREAK: US military tweetsKABUL — The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday.

September 1st, 2009 Bloggers are increasingly using self-hosted WordPress as their platform for voicing their thoughts. Well, it's not just because WordPress is free, but there are some cool WordPress plugins that help bloggers to plug themselves to any popular site.

June 1st, 2009 US military Tweets to counter TalibanKABUL — The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday.

April 9th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Five years after it was founded in a Harvard dorm room, the online social networking site Facebook has registered its 200 millionth user, the site confirmed Thursday. 'Growing rapidly to 200 million users is a really good start, but we've always known that in order for Facebook to help people represent everything that is happening in their world, everyone needs to have a voice,' said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

September 21st, 2009 Travel brands and deals on Twitter: Who to followNEW YORK — What are you looking for when you follow a travel brand on Twitter? News? Deals? Exclusive offers? And which Twitter travel feeds are the most popular? DealBase.com researched airlines, hotels and booking sites on Twitter and found that of the brands surveyed, JetBlue's Twitter feed had the most followers mid-September with 1.2 million. Of the Travel booking Web sites DealBase looked at, Travelocity had the most followers with nearly 25,000 and among hotels, Marriott had the most followers with more than 15,000.

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May 1st, 2009 White House joins FaceBook, Twitter, MySpaceWASHINGTON — OMG. The White House is joining the popular social network sites of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

September 11th, 2009 Twitter keeps it simple with new terms of serviceSAN FRANCISCO — Twitter Inc. keeps it simple, even when it comes to updating the legalese in its terms of service.