According to InsideFacebook.com , a popular Facebook blog, the favored social media platform is in the black to the tune of $700 million and on track toward a whopping $1.1 billion revenue for 2010. Continue Reading…
If you haven’t already seen it, your Facebook posts might be showing up in Google search results around the web. The search engine honcho has indeed begun to index Facebook content and has already been indexing information from MySpace and Twitter. Continue Reading…
Social media isn’t just for us humans anymore. Pet lovers around the world are using social networking sites to connect their pets, as well as each other. Sites and apps like Dogbook, Catbook, Petizens, and AnimalAttraction.com are just a few of the pet-themed social media sites popping up on the Internet recently. Continue Reading…
There’s not much of a buzz for Buzz, Google’s latest foray into social networking. Some technology experts are calling it “social networking for the anti-social”, others are calling it a “social networking aggregator” that does little more than funnel information from similar sites through it, and yet others say that it’s not quite different enough from its competitors Twitter and Facebook to be all that ground-breaking. Continue Reading…
Social networking is proving to be the fastest and best means of communication between earthquake-ravaged Haiti and the rest of the world. Both Facebook and Twitter have launched campaigns to help the relief efforts in the devastated country following the massive January 12 quake. Continue Reading…
It had been rumored for some time that Facebook Connect was coming to MySpace. However that was not confirmed until a few days ago when it became fill integration. Once deemed arch enemies, MySpace has now integrated Facebook Connect into its Fan Video service. This brings the relationship between both social networking sites to a whole new level. Continue Reading…
By now you’re probably aware that whatever you do on social networking sites, you should never do anything illegal as big brother is watching you. But what if you’re in another country? Well same rule applies as a certain Colombian youth has realized. Continue Reading…
The Super Bowl is the most watched sporting event in America. Fans pay almost as much attention to the commercials as they do the game. Companies spend millions of dollars for a 30 second spot during the game, but this year, for the first time in 23 years, Pepsi will not run a Super Bowl ad. Continue Reading…
Facebook and other social media sites are easy ways for old friends to reconnect and long-lost relatives to get caught up on family happenings. But they’re also being used in another way, particularly Facebook. Divorce attorneys have started looking at the activity of suspected philandering spouses to determine if any shared information could be used as evidence in court. Continue Reading…
If you’re like me you get anywhere between 200-300 email notifications from Facebook and its applications daily, so much to the point that I have set my Windows Live inbox to automatically filter such emails to a specific folder and thus limit clutter in my inbox. Continue Reading…
