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A group of Venezuelan students were recently arrested by local police for various theft charges. After further investigation, authorities proved that they were using many social networking sites, especially Facebook, to monitor their victims' activity and rob their houses while out of town.Global Post reports th... |
19 November 2009
10:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and its development studio Maxis have announced that the Spore franchise has successfully made the move to Facebook, the most popular social networking platform on the Internet. The new game is called Spore Islands and is set to offer all the fans of the series an easy way to connect with others and t... |
9 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Once on top, it's hard to stay there. As other social networks can stand by to that statement, Facebook seems to be ignoring all critics that see its death in the hands of its own success. As the network reached a ground-breaking number of 325 million users, the company seems to be on track to reach the goal it ... |
7 November 2009
06:12 GMT |
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BioWare has announced that it plans to make sure that all players of Dragon Age: Origins have an option to actually follow the progress made in the role-playing game by their friends and, why not, their enemies. The idea is that all copies of the game, be they on the PC, the PlayStation 3 or the Xbox 360, will be lin... |
28 October 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Jack Thompson may be well known by gamers everywhere. Still he is not famous, but infamous. The former lawyer is once again making headlines in the legal section. This time he is suing Facebook, a social network that greatly grew in popularity in the past few years. The accusation is pretty straightforward, but the c... |
2 October 2009
09:29 GMT |
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There is nothing a user hates more than long registration forms and complicated login systems. We sure are glad that Facebook relinquished both of them by taking another step towards a more user-friendly interface. From now on, Facebook users will be able to log in using just their username. For those who do not hav... |
18 September 2009
05:33 GMT |
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A study released by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) shows how in the last six years, users have massively shifted their interest to content and news websites from classic IM and email clients. The research (Internet Activity Index – IAI) was carried out by a US-based industry trade organization that stu... |
17 September 2009
10:46 GMT |
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Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, plans to boost personnel numbers up with 50% till the end of the year. He was quoted by Bloomberg saying that the company intended to take advantage of the financial and economic crisis to round up all the best engineers the market has to offer at the moment.Zuckerberg sa... |
24 August 2009
06:09 GMT |
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SQL injections are ranked as the top vulnerability that hackers tend to go after, in a report by the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC). Hackers went, in the first half of 2009, after social and media websites, due to their large user pools and public exposure. A large number of incidents was recorded for th... |
20 August 2009
07:43 GMT |
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When almost one fifth of all Internet users are using a site you'd think that the growth potential is pretty much exhausted and expect the growth rate to slow down. But, not only is Facebook not slowing down, it's actually speeding up, gaining visitors at an accelerating pace and, in fact, the social networ... |
13 August 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Years after being the most popular social network in the UK, and one of the pioneers of social media around the web, the Friends Reunited website was sold by ITV to DC Thompson for 25 million British pounds. The sale was initially predicted at £15 million pounds, but ITV managed to cut its losses and raise the ... |
7 August 2009
06:18 GMT |
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The NFL (National Football League) is worldwide recognized as having one of the most harsh internal set of player conduct rules of all sports. Recently, an NFL official has stated on NFL Total Access, a show on the league's official TV channel, that the NFL is working together with some big social network websit... |
5 August 2009
09:19 GMT |
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After the Department of Defense (DOD) announced a few days ago that it would start an investigation in the usage of social networking sites, the U.S. Marine Corps has issued an immediate one-year ban for many social network providers, until more details regarding the phenomenon will be available. This doesn't ... |
5 August 2009
06:59 GMT |
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Nintendo is announcing that all users of its DSi handheld can now enhance their social experience with the console by connecting directly to Facebook and posting photos taken with the cameras of the device.The Facebook Connect feature is being offered via a free system update that the gadget is set to download via th... |
4 August 2009
06:04 GMT |
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MySpace will launch its own e-mailing service today, according to PaidContent. Already some users of the social networking giant have been granted access to a personal "@myspace.com" email address, and today's launch is expected to be very low-key, since the service is still being tested. It is not yet known wh... |
23 July 2009
08:01 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion, the company that brought to the market the highly popular BlackBerry devices, is reportedly preparing for the launch of its own social-network-like service, in a move meant to enable BlackBerry users to share opinions on some of their favorite software solutions, as wel... |
14 July 2009
05:54 GMT |
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Social networks are known to be a huge timesink for Internet users but now we have the numbers to prove it. New data from Nielsen shows users spending 4 hours and 39 minutes on Facebook in June, making it the most popular destination for Internet users in the US when it comes to time spent on the site. The social net... |
14 July 2009
05:17 GMT |
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Facebook has announced further changes to the user privacy options, which are now geared towards more openness by making it easier for users to decide what they want to share with the world. The new trend for the social network comes in stark contrast with the past several years when Facebook was known for its very r... |
2 July 2009
06:00 GMT |
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Facebook is the world's biggest and most popular social network, and Columbia Pictures believes it can turn it into a, hopefully, equally popular movie, as the movie company is in "advanced talks" with Director David Fincher, whose works include "Fight Club" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." The movie w... |
24 June 2009
09:40 GMT |
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Facebook may be the biggest social networking site in the world but the one thing that MySpace has always had as an advantage was page views. Users spent more time on MySpace and also did more things. Well, this isn't the case anymore according to a report by The Nielsen Co. The time users spent on Facebook grew... |
3 June 2009
05:22 GMT |
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The current issue of the International Journal of Services Sciences may hold insight that could potentially help homeland security agencies in the United States and other western countries untangle the intricate connections of terrorist cells. According to the paper, some similarities may exist between the way social... |
5 May 2009
10:05 GMT |
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GeoLife 2.0 is a project from Microsoft Research Asia designed to build a location based social-networking service. GeoLife, the brainchild of Microsoft Researcher Yu Zheng, was demonstrated at TechFest in Redmond this week, and you will be able to find a video embedded at the bottom of this article showcasing the se... |
26 February 2009
06:16 GMT |
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Sanrio Digital is announcing that it has taken home no less than five prizes at the Best Digital Entertainment Awards, which were held in Hong Kong. Hello Kitty Online received the prize for Best Graphics and Sanrio is saying that this bodes well for the upcoming MMO. The game is set to take the incredibly successful... |
12 February 2009
17:51 GMT |
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Worrying statistics show that the use of marijuana among teenagers has increased dramatically between 2002 and 2006, a cause for concern, as far as parents and authorities go. Although most of the teens use the drug for recreational purposes, and only on occasions, the phenomenon is still considered to be very danger... |
3 February 2009
13:01 GMT |
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In a new scientific study, researchers from the Washington State University have used a really bad joke – "What did the big chimney say to the little chimney? (Nothing. Chimneys can’t talk.)" – to assess how people in social networks respond to bad humor, even if the individuals telling the gags wa... |
27 January 2009
12:10 GMT |
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According to a new medical study, seniors that are self-satisfied and are not easily stressed are 50 percent less likely to develop dementia than those who have a negative vision on life and take everything to heart. The researchers also showed that each person's social network played a crucial role in this stat... |
20 January 2009
04:43 GMT |
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Google Friend Connect has become available in a beta version to any webmaster that is looking for additional “dash of social” to his or her site. According to a post that has been recently published on the official Google Blog, the service is meant to allow webmasters to add social features to their ... |
6 December 2008
03:01 GMT |
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A 20 year-long study revealed that the happiness of just one person can affect a huge number of individuals for periods as long as one year. Their state of mind can influence their friends' and their friends' friends as well, spreading through social networks like an infectious disease. This proves that hap... |
5 December 2008
02:13 GMT |
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Gaming social network Raptr is announcing that it is entering open beta stage, with the aim of testing the service in view of an official launch in early 2009. Raptr, which is now in private beta, should be compatible with thousands of games that have been released across platforms like the PC, the Mac, the... |
5 September 2008
06:41 GMT |
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A survey performed by research company Synovate showed that 58% of the people questioned didn't even know what a social network was. This result is all the more surprising given the fact that, nowadays, social networking is considered, among people with an Internet connection, to be as popular as, say, emai... |
3 September 2008
11:56 GMT |
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Facebook has unofficially announced, via its blog, that the social network has reached 100 million users. “We hit a big milestone today -- 100 million people around the world are now using Facebook. This is a really gratifying moment for us because it means a lot that you have decided that Facebook is a good, t... |
27 August 2008
17:20 GMT |
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When you thought social networking had done it all, covering different areas of interest and meeting everyone's needs, WellNet HealthCare, a U.S. based company, announced the launch of a medical social network, Point to Point Healthcare. By subscribing to the website, people can test the beta launch which is pro... |
16 August 2008
07:37 GMT |
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Socialthing!, a website that promises to offer social networking fans quite a revolutionary experience, announced that it had been acquired by AOL, although the transaction had not yet been completed. Socialthing! is a virtual place where people can stay in touch with their friends who are subscribers to other websit... |
15 August 2008
04:19 GMT |
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Social networks mean a lot of things for many people who check their accounts daily, afraid of losing any of the comments, the photo updates from their friends or other information that allows them to be socially active. In the U.S., Facebook is, by far, the most visited website of this type, with almost 30 million u... |
28 July 2008
04:17 GMT |
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Shaun White Snowboarding is in the final stages of production and Ubisoft is pushing hard to make the game the most interesting snowboard sim that's on offer on the market.Ubisoft is well aware that Shaun White Snowboarding will face stiff opposition, from games like SSX, Amped and 1080, but the developers seem ... |
22 July 2008
14:16 GMT |
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Facebook's popularity makes some take on the recipe without worrying about copyrights, hoping that the benefits will outrun the risks. This did not prove very efficient for StudiVZ, a German social network for students whose "look, feel, features and services" are incredibly similar to Facebook's, as the co... |
19 July 2008
05:58 GMT |
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For those who are no longer thrilled by their social online experience, Google has developed something more exotic. Lively is the name of the new project, a 3D animated world for all of us to enjoy. Although the product is not a pioneer of the genre, its strongest point, at the moment, is that it costs no money. With... |
9 July 2008
03:38 GMT |
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Those of you who are hardcore Halo 3 or GTA IV fans probably don't know too much about the social online game Club Penguin, but it seems that most of the kids in the world do and, even more: they just love it! As solid proof stands the fact that Disney is planning to hire a team to manage the operation of the ga... |
19 June 2008
16:16 GMT |
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You might get a little shocked, like I am, when you hear that Konami's DanceDanceRevolution franchise is already ten years old! And, in order to have a proper celebration for the first decade of quality dancing, the game's developer and publisher decided to launch a new brand and community portal for DanceD... |
18 June 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Scottish school teachers who access the Internet from home are advised to avoid interacting with pupils online through instant messaging applications or social networks, BBC reports today. Because of the growing popularity of social networks and other online communities, teachers are asked not to disclose too much pr... |
27 May 2008
09:06 GMT |
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There is a huge number of social networks and dating websites out there. Their number tends to grow with more and more similar services debuted every day. Since there are so many services available, it's obvious that people are really interested in establishing relationships, meeting new persons and, who knows, ... |
26 May 2008
09:55 GMT |
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While most social networks on the Internet struggle to attract more users of all ages, Faceparty took the decision to ban all the registered members with ages above 36 because of new legislation. At least, this is what the representatives stated but, according to various sources, the new laws don't support the b... |
22 May 2008
16:41 GMT |
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Facebook, the so-popular social networking website, is currently working on a major update which will bring several improvements to the service. One of the most important updates is related to the security of its users because Facebook wants to make the profiles more spam-resistant and reduce the amount of spam messa... |
22 May 2008
04:34 GMT |
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Similar discussions surfaced in the past so it shouldn't be too surprising that Google disclosed private details concerning a user as part of a police investigation. According to Network World, the Pune police arrested Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid a few days ago under charges of publishing obscene content on the Inte... |
20 May 2008
04:47 GMT |
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The short story so far goes something like this: a 13-year-old girl who met a 16-year-old boy on the social networking service MySpace fell in love with him after chatting on the website. The 49-year-old mom of the boy got involved into the relationship and posed as her son while chatting with the girl. After several... |
16 May 2008
09:37 GMT |
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The social networks out there, no matter if we're talking about Facebook, Bebo, Orkut, MySpace or others, recorded hack/spyware/spam attacks every once in a while, especially due to their increasing popularity. And like this wouldn't be enough, Kaspersky Lab predicts a tough fight for these social networks ... |
7 May 2008
06:44 GMT |
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Facebook is a phenomenon these days and anybody must admit it since the entire web talks about this social network. And because it's so powerful and popular, Facebook is able to turn a simple man into a huge star over night. This is exactly what happened in Calcutta, India after two brothers created a Facebook g... |
22 April 2008
17:51 GMT |
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The Mountain View-based company has just rolled out a developer sandbox for iGoogle in order to let them build more advanced gadgets for Google's personalized homepage using the OpenSocial APIs. This means that iGoogle makes now the first step into the social networking jungle, a special side of the industry in ... |
22 April 2008
02:47 GMT |
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I have to say just from the beginning that I'm not one of those Facebook-addicted fans and I have only created an account for testing purposes. Maybe I'm a little bit subjective, but I can't really understand people's addiction to Facebook, and to social networks in general. OK, Facebook is great,... |
17 April 2008
16:31 GMT |
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Blogs and social networks are two of the most popular technologies nowadays, having an impressive yet continuously growing number of users. People like blogging because they're usually free and because they are able to write their own articles without too much effort. On the other hand, social networks connect c... |
16 April 2008
16:46 GMT |
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