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…
A new study recently released shows that more than the ‘average Joe’ is using social media to develop networks. Savvy political leaders are employing the strength of the Internet to reach constituents and develop policies. Continue Reading…
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, CA, the VP of Google announced that a new Google Labs experiment will be starting soon. The latest experiment will help searches find information from their social network contacts with every Google search.
The project will be launching in the next few weeks. In order to use the service effectively, you have to have a Google account and complete a Google profile that will require you to fill in information about the social networks on which you are active. The search results you request through the website will also then bring up any information relevant to your search as well as information related to content from your social network circle of friends.
