A wave of emails containing people's Friendster usernames and passwords in plain text, have sparked fears that the database of the former social networking website has been hacked.The strange emails which bear Friendster's logo, but do not originate from the website's email servers, have caused quite a... |
2 June 2011
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After having created a reputation as one of the oldest and most reliable social networks, Friendster is looking to reinvent itself and will erase all user data on May 31st, 2011.
The network was founded in 2002 and, while it did create quite a buzz among Internet users at the time, it did not manage to keep up wi... |
27 April 2011
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It has been revealed that Facebook has acquired 18 key patents and patent applications on social networking owned by Friendster, the pioneering social network. Friendster had been acquired by MOL Global, a Malaysian company. Facebook is said to have paid $40 million for the patents but the deal also involves a partne... |
5 August 2010
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Friendster, the social network which set things off more than half a decade ago has finally been sold after several attempts in the past years. As expected, the social network was snatched up by an Asian company, MOL Global, a Malaysian e-commerce and payments company for an unreported sum which some put at about $1... |
10 December 2009
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Friendster, the social network which started it all, just got significant revamp with a design focused more on its demographic core at the moment, ahead of a possible sale by the end of the year. Barely a day after it revealed its new design, Reuters reports that the social network will be sold to an Asian investor ... |
4 December 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Friendster, the social network that pretty much started the whole thing, is apparently looking to sell either the whole company or just part of it. It has hired consulting firm Morgan Stanley to help it look for suitors and the financial company seems to be focused on the Asian market to look for potential buyers, ac... |
27 July 2009
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Google managed to make one more partnership with an online social network after the company agreed to include its search technologies and advertising solution on Friendster, an online social network. At this time, Friendster has more than 40 million members in the entire world, the main goal of the service being repr... |
8 March 2007
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