Chris Vanderhook, left, and Tim Vanderhook, right, at Myspace headquarters in Beverly Hills.
It may be too soon to tell if MySpace can become culturally relevant again. But, Tim and Chris Vanderhook, the two young investors who bought the faded social networking site from News Corp. in June 2011 now have some semi-solid reason to hope.
Continue reading… “MySpace signs up 1 million new users in a month”
Longtime users show no sign that they have tired of posting on Facebook.
No ” Facebook fatigue.” A survey released shows that people who have used the social networking site over a long period – since its founding in 2004, say – show no sign that they have tired of posting pictures, updating weekend plans or just relaying random thoughts.
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Google’s Ad Preferences page shows you the profile Google has built up of your interests.
It has been said that Google knows more about what you like than your own partner. Now the search giant has given a glimpse on just how much information it has collected – and who it thinks you are.
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The G-20 internet economy is projected to reach US$4.2 trillion in 2016, nearly double the size it was in 2010 according to The Boston Consulting Group. G-20 includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the U.K., and the U.S.
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Some Twitter users are planning to go all of Saturday without tweeting to show their displeasure.
There are fears of Twitter censorship among bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America as new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression.
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Our brains are being boggled by Google.
Our main source of memory is coming from the internet instead of our own brains, a study has concluded. In the age of Google, our minds are adapting so that we are experts at knowing where to find information even though we don’t recall what it is.
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Facebook profile using Timeline.
Facebook’s Timeline feature will become permanent for all users. Everyone will be updated to Timeline automaically within a few weeks. Once your profile is updated, you have seven days to adjust your profile just how you want. Depending on how much info you put on your profile and how long you’ve been using Facebook could determine if you’ll need that much time, but at the end of the seven days, the change is permanent.
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Found in Town
Many of us have lost a wallet or cell phone and have just been about to give up on humanity when a perfect stranger returns them. It’s the hypothesis of Found in Town, a new Chicago startup, that these moments of unexpected human goodness would be much more frequent if only technology were to lend a helping hand. Found in Town essentially brings the lost-and-found box and puts it on the Web.
Continue reading… “Found in Town – a lost and found for the internet”
The FBed
If you are with obsessed with Facebook and can’t stand being away it out of fear of missing a post or a poke from a friend, we found the bed for you. Of course, you could be like most people and just charge your smartphone at the bedside, but this concept is better for the true Facebook fan. It’s called the Facebook bed. I imagine Zuckerberg has something similar. (Pics)
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A Facebook Pages average news feed post receives Likes and comments for 3 hours after being published. To maximize the engagement, impressions, and traffic driven by the news feed, Facebook Page owners should wait at least 3 hours between posts.
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“[SOPA and its Senate counterpart Protect IP] allow people with lots of money, and lots of lawyers to take down Internet sites they don’t like”
Wednesday will be a day against an anti-piracy bill as the world’s biggest websites call for a day of dramatic action. They fear the legislation will reshape the Internet as we now know it.
Continue reading… “Wikipedia to go dark on Wednesday, Google to join protest against SOPA”
The study revealed that the changes were similar to brain alterations observed in people addicted to alcohol and cocaine.
Changes in the brains of people addicted to the internet are similar to that normally seen in people addicted to alcohol and drugs such as cocaine and cannabis, according to a new study.
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