Research Begins for Online Relationships from Social Networking SitesMarch 30th, 2009 A University of Kansas professor is researching details of online relationships forged on social networking sites and determining their significance, depth and potential. Nancy Baym, associate professor of communication studies, became interested early on in how the Internet shapes interpersonal communication and of late has focused her research on social networking sites in particular.
Now Tweet your way to dating scene with free calls!September 19th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Would-be lovers could soon be thanking popular social networking site Twitter as it will allow users to call their followers for free. The website is set to offer two-minute calls about the duration of a tweet without any cost, where members can talk for the first time without making their phone numbers public.
Travel brands and deals on Twitter: Who to followSeptember 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.
Top 5 Facebook Dating ApplicationsJune 23rd, 2009 If you are on Facebook and still without a date, its high-time to delete your account, lol. Well, Facebook has been phenomenal in bringing hearts closer.
Twitter, Facebook 'cost British economy £1.38bn'October 26th, 2009 LONDON - British economy is wasting time worth 1.38 billion pounds owing to social networking websites such as Twitter, claims a survey. Over 50 percent of office workers use sites like Twitter and Facebook for personal use during the working day, and admit wasting an average of 40 minutes a week each.
Pentagon considering to block Facebook, TwitterAugust 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is planning to ban Facebook, Twitter, and other social media at US Department of Defense sites. The prospective ban isn't due to fears that troops might divulge secure information over the sites, or to worries about bad PR.
White House joins FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace with updates on flu and other topicsMay 1st, 2009 White House joins FaceBook, Twitter, MySpaceWASHINGTON — OMG. The White House is joining the popular social network sites of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
Palin takes to social networking sites to communicate with supportersJuly 6th, 2009 Palin offers comments over Twitter, FacebookANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin is communicating through social networking sites after her surprise announcement last week that she will resign as Alaska governor. Throughout the holiday weekend, the governor has provided frequent updates to supporters on Twitter while otherwise laying low.
BigAdda among Dataquest's top 25 Indian Internet start-upsMay 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - BigAdda, the social networking website belonging to the Anil Ambani group, Fropper, a dating site and Indyarocks, an entertainment-based social network, are among the top 25 Indian Internet start-ups ranked for the first time by leading technology magazine Dataquest. The rankings prepared with the help of Indianweb2.com that tracks Indian start-ups in the technology space, is an interesting mix of social networking sites, tool makers, rating sites, and creators of close-knit online communities and mobile applications.
After last week's outage, Twitter is down briefly because of another attackAugust 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.
Now, use twitter to see the International Space StationJune 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two journalists have built an online service that would let twitter users around the world to spot the International Space Station (ISS) without a telescope. The online service, built by Dutch science reporter Govert Schilling and journalist Jaap Meijers, would let people know when they have to look up to see the ISS pass.
9 Popular Social Networking Sites: Public Profile on LinkedIn, Pownce, Twitter, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5, Orkut, MySpace & RyzeSeptember 24th, 2007 My public profiles on 9 popular social networking sites:
LinkedIn - I have started adding my friends to this. Found some old IITians from this network.
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.
APNEWSBREAK: US military using Facebook, Twitter to reach new audiencesJune 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.
US military using Facebook, Twitter to counter Taliban propaganda, reach new audiencesJune 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.
July 1st, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Hi Editor(s),
Thanks for the writeup on hintcafe.com. You might like to update the link to http://hintcafe.com. Also, please consider using a screenshot from the main website.
- Vivek
Founder, HintCafe.com
July 4th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
That’s crazy!
July 12th, 2009 at 5:53 am
Great leading dating sites that have ventured into the twitter social marketing medium. It is still too early to tell how effective twitter will be because it is still evolving. Given the buzz the marketing results could soon be priceless.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
And most recently launched! plentyoftweeps.com.