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Facebook Shut Down Rumour Drives Panic
10th January 2011
A large number of Facebook users have been going nearly berserk after it was falsely reported that Facebook would shut down on March 15. More »
Social Gaming Is Big Business
9th December 2010
Social media has not only helped people keep in touch with each other, but social sites have also helped spawn a brand new industry – social gaming and virtual goods, which have turned into a big business. More »
Facebook Cited In 1 In 5 U.S. Divorce Cases
6th December 2010
It is a well accepted fact that the growing popularity of social networks has resulted in various changes in our lifestyle. >However, the most recent revelation about how they have affected our lives is quite shocking. More »
Facebook Launches Email Service
16th November 2010
Facebook has just announced the launch of a new feature called Messages, which will allow users to email other users as well as people outside the Facebook network. More »
Facebook Takes On Local Social Networks With Deals
9th November 2010
Last week, Facebook held their Mobile Event during which they announced several new upcoming features. One of the most interesting among these was ‘Deals‘, a feature that could help local businesses get noticed by more users on Facebook. More »
Facebook Debuts Friendship Pages
1st November 2010
Facebook has launched a new feature, which will provide a single page where users can view all the interactions they have had with a particular friend. This page is known as the Facebook Friendship Page. More »
Has Skype Really Become Social?
19th October 2010
Popular voice over IP service, Skype, has launched a new version, which allows users to connect easily with their Facebook friends. More »
Science Teacher Investigated Over “Lewd” Facebook Pics
14th October 2010
The growing popularity of social networks leads to a host of new problems that weren’t faced by society in the pasr. This time it is a science teacher, who is at the centre of controversy. More »
‘Deleted’ Facebook Posts Not Really Deleted
1st October 2010
An ongoing controversy surrounding social networks is whether or not content posted on these sites is truly private and whether the information on them becomes truly unrecoverable once it is deleted. Recent events indicate that the latter might not be the case. More »
Bing Recommends Twitter Users Based On Search
27th September 2010
Bing Social now recommends Twitter users that a user could follow, based on their search query. The new feature is known as ‘People Recommendation’. More »
Facebook Now Allows Following By Default
21st September 2010
Until now, whenever a Facebook user received a friend request they had the choice to ‘Confirm’ or simply ‘Ignore’ the request. The ‘Ignore’ button might soon be quietly replaced by a ‘Not Now’ button, whose default set of permissions is surprising. More »
New Twitter Interface To Debut
20th September 2010
Twitter has just introduced a new interface for Twitter.com. This new interface will not only make the site faster, but will also make it easier to use. More »
Facebook Bumps Orkut From Top Spot In India
31st August 2010
Facebook was on its way to overtaking Orkut to become the most popular social networking site in India. Recent research from comScore has revealed that Facebook managed to bump Orkut off the top spot in July 2010. More »
Facebook Places – Location Networking Service Launched
24th August 2010
Facebook has launched it’s much anticipated location-based netwrking service last week. The service, called Facebook Places, has been rolled out to users in the U.S.A. only for now. The service will be made available in other countries soon. More »
Size Of Social Media In U.K.
11th August 2010
An Ireland based social media and online PR company, Simply Zesty, has released some interesting details about the use of the social media in the U.K. More »
Social Media In The Curriculum
9th August 2010
Social media has become such an important part of daily life for millions of users that several reputed business schools are introducing courses on social media in their MBA curriculum. More »
Facebook Overtaking Orkut In India
19th July 2010
A few days ago, comScore released a report that shows that Facebook is fast catching up with Orkut in India and Brazil. More »
Social Media Dominates Asian Internet Use
8th July 2010
Nielsen has recently released the findings of their study about the use of social networks in the Asia Pacific region. As expected, the use of social media is growing in popularity in that region. More »
Lady Gaga First With 10 Million Facebook Fans
7th July 2010
Lady Gaga is the first living person to reach the landmark of having 10 million fans on Facebook. As of the 5th of July 2010, she had 10,673,476 fans on Facebook, while the former leader, Barack Obama had 9,824,885 fans at that time.
Google Me Social Platform Might Be Real
1st July 2010
Rumours about Google’s new social network, called Google Me, might actually be more than just rumours. More »
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