Social Network News
Does Facebook Refer More Traffic Than StumbleUpon?
7th February 2012
As most major social networks continue to grow in popularity, the amount of referral traffic being generated by them also grows. According to reports from several sites referral traffic from social networks is growing steadily. So which network sends the most traffic? More »
Will The IPO Change Facebook?
2nd February 2012
Facebook has finally filed for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. What will this mean for the users of the world’s most popular social network? More »
Social Networking Most Popular Online Activity
11th January 2012
A recent report from comScore highlights the fact that social networking is today the most popular activity, worldwide on the Internet. More »
Google+ Still Showing Huge Growth
4th January 2012
Google’s social network, Google+, which launched publicly only last July has surprised everyone by continuing to sustain its growth spurt. More »
Microsoft Launches New Social Network
19th December 2011
Microsoft has just rolled out a new social networking site that experiments with the concept of social search and specifically targets students. More »
Facebook Forced To Review User Privacy
30th November 2011
Over a period of time, Facebook has had to deal with a lot of problems regarding user privacy, and on Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) laid out specific rules for Facebook to follow in this regard. More »
Google Pushes Google+ At Expense Of Old Products
25th November 2011
As Google’s social networking star, Google+ continues to grow and acquire interesting new features, older Google products continue to be axed, presumably to free-up resources to support their new favourite. More »
Facebook Pushing Messenger On Android
26th October 2011
Facebook launched a stand-alone messenger app for smartphones a few months ago. Users of iPhone and Android devices can use this app to message not only their Facebook friends but also any of their mobile contacts. Facebook is now actively pushing this app to users. More »
LinkedIn Copies Facebook Page Updates
7th October 2011
LinkedIn, the popular social networking site for professionals, allows users to follow the progress and developments of companies they are interested in. A new feature has now been introduced that allows companies to post status updates to their followers. More »
Facebook Timeline’s Potential To Embarrass Users
29th September 2011
Facebook announced a number of new features at the f8 conference last week. While most of them are very good and improve the overall experience, users need to be very careful with the new auto-share feature. More »
Facebook Evolves Profiles Into Timeline
22nd September 2011
Facebook, it seems, is determined to maintain its position as the number one social network. Keeping this in mind, they are set to make some drastic changes to their format soon. More »
Facebook, A Daily Ritual For Half Of U.K. Users
19th September 2011
It has been revealed that half of U.K.’s Facebook users log in to the popular social network on a daily basis. More »
Facebook Subscribe Button Imitates Google+ Circles
15th September 2011
Facebook has just introduced a new feature in the form of a subscribe button. More »
Google +1 Button Turns Social
30th August 2011
Users of Google Search and Google Profiles have been using the +1 Button for some time now, to help recommend content to others. Google has now announced some improvements to this button, to make this process of content recommendation more social. More »
London Commuters Now Subject To Public Voyeurism
25th August 2011
While security concerns have made the use of CCTV cameras to keep watch over commuters on the London Underground a very common occurrence, individual users have also now started taking photos of other commuters privately to add to a number of websites. More »
Facebook Changes Privacy Settings To Keep Up With Google+
24th August 2011
Facebook has decided to introduce a new set of privacy settings for users. These new settings are just modifications of the earlier privacy settings mechanism, making it easier for users to make changes that they would like to incorporate. More »
Bing Checks Out The Local Social Market
19th August 2011
Microsoft’s search engine Bing has recently added a new social networking app for their Windows Phone. The app is called ‘We’re In’. More »
Facebook Mobile Usage Stats
2nd August 2011
Facebook claims to have a user base of about 750 million. Of this, an estimated that 250 million users access Facebook via mobile devices. More »
Controversy Over Suspension Of Google Plus Accounts
26th July 2011
Last weekend, Google deleted the Google Plus accounts of some of their users. Needless to say, this created quite a furore among those affected. More »
Google To Delete Private Google Plus Profiles
14th July 2011
There is going to be a change soon on Google’s recently launched social network, Google Plus. More »
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