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- Facebook
- A social networking site founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. It initially targeted Harvard students, but was later opened to other universities and then high schools. In 2006,...
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- Should you trust Facebook with your users?
- Inside Facebook has an interesting post detailing the affect a Facebook bug or partial outage can have on a Facebook application's user numbers. When there are kinks in the Facebook Platform, to users it can often look like a problem with the third-party app itself. That's because Facebook applications have...
- Tags: Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- The Facebook effect: MySpace to open up
- The Financial Times is reporting that MySpace may soon open itself up to third-party developers -- in a similar strategy to Facebook -- which would see outside companies able to "plug" their web services into the number one social networking site. This is of course in direct response to the...
- Tags: Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Research: Myspace and Facebook are different class
- In my recent post 'Facebook and MySpace are like chalk ‘n' cheese', I argued that the two sites have contrasting user-bases, and cater for different needs.... essentially I see the two giants generally catering for the needs of different demographics — hence their distinct differences in terms of layout and...
- Tags: Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Facebook and MySpace are like chalk 'n' cheese
- With talk of Rupert Murdock attempting to 'offload' MySpace to Yahoo in return for a 25% stake in the company, there's inevitably been another round of discussion in the tech media comparing Facebook to MySpace. Not only is Facebook growing at a faster rate than MySpace -- though as TechCrunch...
- Tags: Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- MySpace to befriend eBay?
- MySpace has hinted at a potential partnership with eBay, in a bid to offer e-commerce services to its millions of users. In an article in the Telegraph newspaper, MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe is quoted as saying:"If you're on your site and you have a line of T-shirts you have designed...
- Tags: Facebook, Google, MySpace, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- iTunes sets up shop in Bebo; CNN/YouTube sponsor presidential debate; Google Video search; social network privacy tested
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… iTunes sets up shop in Bebo. Apple has signed a deal with social network, Bebo, which sees the company selling digital music to the site's 8.8m users in the...
- Tags: Apple, Bebo, Facebook, Google, MySpace, Search, Social Networks, The Social Web weekly
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- More thoughts on Facebook's new platform
- Earlier this week I reported on Facebook's plans to further open up and to turn the social network into a platform. Third parties would be able to partner with Facebook, who in return would provide the necessary hooks for those companies to port their applications, and set-up-shop inside of the...
- Tags: Facebook, MySpace, Social Networks, Widgets
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- Barack Obama launches social network
- Barack Obama, the Democrat presidential hopeful, has launched his own social network which hes calling MyBarackObama.com. The site invites supporters to create a profile, blog their campaign experiences, plan and attend events, find other supporters, and help raise funds for the campaign. Obama already has an official presence of Facebook...
- Tags: Video Sharing, YouTube, Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook, social networking, Barack Obama
- Blog posts 2007-02-10
- MySpace launches movie "mashup"
- MySpace to Facebook: anything you can do, we can do better. With Facebook announcing plans to create a User-Generated television series called "Facebook Diaries", MySpace UK is being far more ambitious. In partnership with Vertigo Films and Film4, MySpace has launched "MyMovie Mashup", a UK only competition to find the...
- Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
Additional Resources
- White paper: Green IT is not just about power consumption
- Did you know that moving from a three-year PC lifecycle to a four-year one could save about $325 per PC? Or that the number could hit $500 per PC, if you extend that lifespan by just another year? Now, multiple that by 1,000 computers. Or 10,000. That's...
- Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Green IT, Power Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Drexel students hijack online poll, get underwear
- A few weeks ago I saw that students at my alma mater organized a small botnet to push Drexel to the front of the queue for Victoria's Secret's line of university branded underwear. It took a brief remark from a blog I frequent to make me realize that there...
- Tags: Poll, Security, Viruses And Worms, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Roadmap: Open source to take over mainstream IT
- Open source-based IT jobs will grow and the cloud will be ubiquitous, as long as the community takes certain steps, according to a roadmap from the Open World Forum. Within the next 12 years, 40 percent of IT jobs will be related to open source, and open-source-based cloud computing...
- Tags: Information Technology, Floss, open source, cloud, Floss Roadmap, Open World Forum, predictions, Peter Judge ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-03
- Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead
- OK, public spectrum, take 2. Or is it 3? After the infamous D-block auction meltdown, the FCC is set with a new plan to have the private sector deliver free Internet over the airwaves, Reuters reports. And FCC chair Kevin Martin's plan includes another long-held fantasy of policymakers: a...
- Tags: FCC, Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Martin, Internet, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- News to know: Mac malware, Windows 7, Netbooks, Google
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adam O'Donnell: Despite what blogs and Apple say, Macs will eventually have malware Ed Bott: Windows 7 Beta 1 to arrive January 13? Andrew...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Data Center, Microsoft Windows 7, Malware, Data Centers, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- E pur se muove (and yet it moves)
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Ivan Arce On January 15, 2008, the Vatican released a statement indicating that Pope Benedict XVI had canceled his visit to Italian La Sapienza University as a result of a series of protests...
- Tags: Information Security, Galileo Galilei, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives
- Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...
- Tags: Mr., Collective Intelligence, Computer, Demo, Productivity, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy
- It's time for the U.S. to step up to the broadband plate. A coalition of companies that includes Google, Cisco, AT&T and Verizon, among others, has sent an open letter PDF, asking President-elect Obama and Congress to make broadband deployment a high priority for 2009, according to a CNET report....
- Tags: Strategy, Washington, Network, Broadband, American, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Fortune 500 series: How Newell Rubbermaid uses social media
- How can Newell Rubbermaid, the parent of many wide-ranging brands, benefit from social media? Bert DuMars, the company's VP of e-business and interactive marketing, explains. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Brand, Social Media, Newell Rubbermaid, Graco, Graco Team, Branding, Marketing Research, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Gallery: Nokia N97 - your future netbook?
- Nokia rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Nokia N97, Nokia, Facebook, MySpace, smartphones, keyboards, Andy Smith
- Image galleries 2008-12-02
- Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?
- I suggested that prosecutors and the Meiers think about a deal with Drew in which she waives her right to appeal. Many people wrote in to say no, along these lines: Drew bullied and by the end of the day a 13 year old girl...
- Tags: Law, Statute, Government, Internet, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Hacking, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
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