The average number of links from one arbitrarily selected person to another was 4.74.
Scientists at Facebook and the University of Milan are adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the phrase “six degrees of separation” into the language. They have reported that the average number of acquaintances separating any two people in the world was not six but 4.74.
Continue reading… “4.74 degrees of separation – the world is smaller than you thought”
Facebook relies on tracking cookie technologies similar to the controversial systems used by Google, Adobe, Microsoft, Yahoo and others in the online advertising industry.
Facebook has admitted it is tracking which sites its users visit even after they log off, thanks to plug-ins and cookies.
Continue reading… “Facebook tracking sites it’s users visit even after logging off”
Meet Olly, a “web connected smell robot.”
Olly will convert tweets, Facebook notifications, RSS feeds – whatever you want – into smells:
Olly has a removable section in the back which you can fill with any smell you like. It could be essential oils, a slice of fruit, your partner’s perfume or even a drop of gin. […] Olly is stackable, so if you have more than one, you can assign each one to a different service with a different smell. Connect one to Twitter and another to your calendar. Before you know it, you’ll have a networked internet smell centre…
Continue reading… “Wake up and smell the … Internet?”
Parents warned chickenpox laced lollipops are illegal.
Some parents are fearful of having their children vaccinated but they are being warned by a federal prosecutor that making a deal with a stranger who promises to mail them lollipops licked by children with chickenpox isn’t just a bad idea, it’s against the law.
Continue reading… “Parents turning to Facebook to find chickenpox laced lollipops”
Hackers are breaking into hundreds of thousands of Facebook accounts every day.
Out of more than a billion logins to Facebook every 24 hours, 600,000 are impostors attempting to access users’ messages, photos and other personal information Facebook said.
It is always hard to keep up, but this might help.
Weekends offer time to explore and find input for this features roundup. You ready to rock this list?
Continue reading… “Digital Media resources you may have missed”
Does Facebook alter people’s brains?
How many “friends” do you have on Facebook? People with lots of friends on the social networking site have denser grey matter in certain regions of the brain, says a new study, raising the possibility that such sites may be altering people’s brains.
Continue reading… “The more Facebook friends you have, the bigger your brain”
Screenshot from Chime.in
What happens if you combine Twitter-like sharing, the depth of blogging and the voting mechanics of Reddit? You might get Chime.in, UberMedia’s take on social networking…
Continue reading… “New social network combines Twitter, Blogging and Reddit”
Get a hold on your privacy with Facebook Disconnect.
If you want to use Facebook, but don’t want Facebook’s tendrils extending all over the internet and following your account, you’ll want this. A product called Facebook Disconnect completely blocks the social network’s ability to track your account around the web…
Continue reading… “How to stop Facebook from tracking you across the Internet”
The volume of photos on Facebook are 10,000 times larger than the Library of Congress.
One picture may be worth a thousand words, but Facebook photos could be worth 140 quadrillion words, which is equal to 140 billion photos — more than a third of all digital photos taken in one year.
Continue reading… “More than a third of all digital photos taken in a year are on Facebook”
Facebook’s domination of time spent on the web is absolutely astonishing.
Continue reading… “Facebook dominates time spent on web in the U.S.”
Beware of malicious friends on Facebook.
Lurking in the shadows of your Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and eHarmony accounts are con artists, according to the North American Securities Administrators Association, the oldest international investor protection association.
Continue reading… “‘Affinity’ fraudsters target social media sites”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
Learn More about this exciting program.