Two thirds of Americans are on Facebook, but there are some people who happy sitting it out.
After a chance encounter on an elevator Tyson Balcomb quit Facebook. He found himself standing next to a woman he had never met — yet through Facebook he knew what her older brother looked like, that she was from a tiny island off the coast of Washington and that she had recently visited the Space Needle in Seattle.
Continue reading… “Why some people are Facebook resisters”
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”
LinkedIn is one of the most recognizable brands worldwide.
LinkedIn is a business-orientated social networking site has been in operation for nearly nine years now and in that time its popularity and influence has mushroomed. It is now one of the most recognizable brands worldwide. Here are the latest statistics on LinkedIn.
Continue reading… “Latest statistics for LinkedIn”
Hi there. Wanna chat? I’m hip, scruffy and funny.
Over the years, there’s been a radical change in the way we interact with our networks of friends online. It used to be that we had a few of our friends (online or offline friends) on a service, allowing us to connect to friends through the Internet and see what their activities were. Where the Internet used to be a somewhat scary world full of strangers, we suddenly had friendly anchors to explore that world with. Sure, most of our friends weren’t online, or at least not using the same services, but the familiarity was comforting and the ability to see what a few of our friends were doing allowed us to find new content and new friends.
We fell in love with sites that made us feel like there are people out there who are similar to us, who we are talking to and having common experiences with. But then, some of these networks — Facebook and Twitter in particular — began to grow explosively…
Continue reading… “The Social Network paradox”
Social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and others, which displayed images of teens abusing alcohol and drugs, “constitutes electronic child abuse”.
According to a new study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University suggests that teens who use social media are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol.
Continue reading… “Does Facebook promote drug and alcohol abuse in teens?”
Facebook also has 870 million unique users.
Social networking site Facebook reached 1,000,000,000,000 page views in June. It’s also got 870 million unique users, according to Google’s DoubleClick Ad Planner. That makes it the number-one site in terms of broad reach of Internet users.
Continue reading… “Facebook tops 1 trillion page views”
Internet bullying is far more intense because it is harder to escape from the 24-hour online world.
Victims of cyber-bullying suffer more than victims of ‘traditional’ bullying, according to research.
Continue reading… “Cyber bullies are more dangerous than traditional bullies because abuse is 24/7”
Top scientist has warned that repeated exposure to social networking websites could harm users.
According to a top scientist Facebook and Twitter have created a generation obsessed with themselves, who have short attention spans and a childlike desire for constant feedback on their lives.
Continue reading… “Facebook and Twitter creating a generation of self-obsessed people”
Only 43% of Americans use their smartphone for making calls.
What do most consumers do with their smartphones? Believe it or not, it’s not making phone calls. When using their mobile devices making calls ranks close to the bottom of the top five smart phone uses.
Continue reading… “Most smartphone users don’t talk on the phone”
Many parents worried about what their children do online have taken matters into their own hands.
Fifty-five percent of parents log onto social networking sites like Facebook to spy on what their children are doing, a study has found.
Continue reading… “55% of parents spy on their children on Facebook to see what they are up to”
Mark Zuckerberg is worth $18 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has become richer than Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, thanks to GSV Capital Corp’s stake buy which values the popular social networking site at about $70 billion. Earlier this week GSV Capital Corp bought 225,000 shares in Facebook at an average price of $29.28 each.
Continue reading… “Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg now richer than Google founders”
Google Plus One
Frustrated by a string of failed attempts to crack social networking, Google Inc, is taking another stab at fending off Facebook and other hot social sites with a new service called Google Plus.
Continue reading… “Google takes on Facebook with Google Plus”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
Learn More about this exciting program.