Social Network News
Facebook Follows Twitter To Location Awareness
23rd June 2010
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that location-based features will be launched on the social network in the near future. More »
What Draws Silver Surfers To Facebook?
17th June 2010
The commonly held notion that the social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are frequented only by the young is turning out to be absolutely false. More »
StumbleUpon Crosses 10 Million User Mark
21st May 2010
Social discovery network, StumbleUpon, recently crossed the 10 million registered user mark. TechCrunch discovered this via a review posted by one of the site’s employees. More »
Twitter Launching Business Center
12th May 2010
Twitter has confirmed that they have started testing their new services aimed at businesses. The first, known as the Twitter Business Center, is already live and is being tested by a handful of companies. More »
Facebook And StumbleUpon Drive Most Social Traffic
28th April 2010
According to statistics released by analytics firm, StatCounter, Facebook has retained its place as the largest source of traffic from social media to global websites in March 2010. More »
Facebook Community Pages Live
22nd April 2010
Facebook Community Pages are now live and the new service already has over 6.5 million pages at the time of launch.
Facebook As Popular As TV
20th April 2010
It is a known fact that social networks are gaining in popularity. According to the latest reports released by Nielsen Online, 73% of the U.S. population is now engaged in some form of social media activity or the other. More »
Ning Initiates User Exodus From Own Site
19th April 2010
The social networking network, Ning, has just announced that it will no longer provide any free services to users. This will most likely mark the (not too slow) demise of what was an excellent social networking service. More »
Google Enables Twitter Archive Search
15th April 2010
Ever since the introduction of real-time search last December, Google has added content from sites like MySpace, Facebook and Buzz. The data is now available in 40 different languages. Google has also added a links feature to help people find the most relevant information with updates from Twitter. More »
AOL To Sell Bebo
9th April 2010
AOL bought the social network Bebo in 2008 for $850 million. However, the network has not been doing too well and has been losing ground against its more popular competitors. It is believed that AOL is likely to sell the social network or shut it down. More »
Social Networking Habits Across Asia-Pacific
8th April 2010
comScore has conducted a study on the social networking habits of users in the Asia-Pacific region (not including China). The results show that 50.8% of the total online population in this region visited one social network or other in February 2010. More »
U.K. Elections To Be Fought Online
7th April 2010
Following the success of Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. elections, all the major political parties in the U.K. are set to follow his example and take the fight for votes online in the run up to the upcoming general elections of May 2010. More »
Consumers Engaged Via Social Media More Likely To Buy
22nd March 2010
A recent study has found that consumers who follow brands on social media such as Facebook and Twitter are more likely to buy their products since becoming a fan/follower. More »
Facebook To Allow Location Sharing
15th March 2010
The New York Times reports that Facebook is getting ready to allow location sharing between friends. More »
Mobile Social Networking Favoured By Women
4th March 2010
The results of a study conducted recently by the Nielsen group, show that women use mobiles for social networking much more than men do. More »
Insurance Premiums May Go Up For Social Media Users
23rd February 2010
While social media sites continue to grow, there is a sector of the service industry that is not too happy about it. A possible hike in home insurance premiums is the unexpected but likely fallout of this. More »
Facebook Zero For Mobile
19th February 2010
Facebook will shortly launch a new version of the social network, called ‘Facebook Zero’ for mobile Web users. More »
Peer Power Of Social Media Declines
17th February 2010
The recent exponential growth of social networks has led marketers to focus largely on this sector, as it is widely believed that users will trust the opinions of their friends easily. While this did actually happen, to begin with, a recent study by Edelman’s Trust Barometer, shows that things are now changing. More »
Google Buzz Makes Gmail More Social
16th February 2010
As social networks and other forms of online communications continue to expand, Google has launched a new service to try and do their bit to help users enjoy and share their online experiences better. More »
Facebook & Bing Update Relationship
15th February 2010
Microsoft and Facebook have worked together for a while now, and they have now decided to expand the scope of their working relationship. More »
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