MySpace, Bebo, Friendster Faces US BanJuly 31st, 2006 Popular social networking sites like such as MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, Friendster faces ban in US schools & libraries. The Deleting Online Predators Act tries to limit the access of paedophiles to the networking sites which have become hugely popular with minors.
Orkut: Google's venture in Social NetworkingJanuary 22nd, 2004 Google decided to jump into the social networking bandwagon with the launching of Orkut. Social networking can have a big impact on search engine results as the user's home pages on social networking sites such as Ryze & Friendster are closely connected to each other.
Study: CEOs are not active enough in social networksJune 24th, 2009 Study: CEOs not doing enough on social networks
NEW YORK — A new study says top CEOs should do a better job managing their presence online, on social sites like Twitter and Facebook and even Wikipedia. Sharon Barclay, who runs the executive public-relations firm Blue Trumpet Group and the blog UberCEO, took Fortune's 2009 list of the top 100 CEOs and found what she calls a "miserable level of engagement" when it comes to social networks.
How Social Networking Sites Can Get You Fired and Why?March 6th, 2009 I will start with the story straight up. Kimberley Swann, a 16-year-old girl from Clacton-On-Sea in Essex, began working as an office administrator for Ivell Marketing & Logistics at the beginning of February.
Time Spent on Social Networking in U.S. increases by 83 Percent; Facebook Leads, top 10 sites' list revealedJune 4th, 2009 Social networking is getting hotter and hotter in US. Ultimately its bulging into a war of social sites, where each site is looking to hook their visitor for maximum hours.
Facebook Turns to Real Time Web InteractivityMarch 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.
Brits are world's biggest Facebook fansMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - Brits take home the trophy for being the biggest fans of the social networking giant Facebook with more than two thirds logging on as members, reveals a new study. According to analysts Nielsen, an astonishing 47 per cent had joined the free-access website, as one in every six minutes was spent online on a social network site.
Top 10 Linkedin Apps for YouFebruary 5th, 2009 Within just a few months of its launch on Open Social, Linkedin is creating ripples. Bloggers are looking to enrich their profiles, share and communicate with networks.
Facebook offers personalised URLs for usersJune 10th, 2009 SYDNEY - Millions of Facebook users are set to join the rush to grab their personalised URLs on the social networking site.t 2pm on June 13, Facebook will allow members to register their own user names to make it easier for others to find their pages. Under the new system, people can get a unique address for themsleves, like http://www.facebook.com/joebloggs, instead of the current system whereby profile pages have a URL with a randomly assigned number such as "www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=123456789".
LinkedIn founder hand-picks ex-Yahoo exec Jeff Weiner as the new CEOJune 24th, 2009 LinkedIn connects with ex-Yahoo exec as new CEO
SAN FRANCISCO — After six months of grooming, LinkedIn Corp. founder Reid Hoffman has decided former Yahoo Inc.
Are social Networking sites like facebook making you an introvert? Brits feel soMay 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace might be a great way of meeting new people, but they are turning British people into introverts, a new survey has found. In the study led by market research company Mintel, over 50 pct of the adults revealed that they spend more time chatting online than they do actually speaking to friends and family.
Facebook Hack: How to See the Album of Any Private UserDecember 10th, 2008 Facebook has grown stupendously popular over the years. As you probably know by now that we have discussed 10 ways to connect facebook to other social networking media and Top 30 Newest Facebook Apps to Brighten Up 2009 and people liked it.
200 Million Facebook users at risk of being robbed of their passwordsMay 15th, 2009 LONDON - In the latest phishing scam to hit Facebook, almost 200 million users of the social networking site are at the risk of being robbed of their passwords. A Facebook spokesman has said that Internet fraudsters have stolen the passwords of a number of members in a successful attack on May 14.
Facebook registers 200 million usersApril 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.
5 Benefits of Using Facebook ConnectJune 12th, 2009 Well, Facebook Connect is not just a bright piece that makes your log in breezy. It has transformed the way we interact in on a social network.
February 15th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Just wanted to let you know that Pownce was closed down on December 15th, 2008. Great site btw!
February 15th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
I know. This article is from September 24th 2007