Aside from the new version of its iPhone application, Facebook has also did some minor retouching of its main site, i.e. Facebook.com. First thing first. If you want to see this “retouched” home page, make sure you sign out of Facebook.com first. Then go back to the site again and you will see the new [...]
The Facebook iPhone app could just well be one of the most popular social networking applications for the iPhone. It’s certainly a great application which brings some of the functionalities of the web-based Facebook into this generation’s most popular mobile handset. Now for some bit of a good news, the Facebook app has just received [...]
Disney fans from all over the world, ages 18+, will be glad to know that Disney has created its own niche social network which runs on three things - Meet, Mingle and Magic combined. A virtual place where people who have been captivated by Disney’s magic, DisFriends embodies the real Disney morale and dictum.
We interrupt our regular programming with this “disturbing” post regarding an interesting trend reported by Web analytics and trending company Hitwise. Hitwise’s Top 5 Social Networking Websites Ranked by Market Share of U.S. Internet Visits showed that both MySpace and Facebook which are occupying the top two spots are suffering from a slowing growth. Is [...]
In what could be a glimpse of what the future holds for Twitter, the top microblogging site has launched Twitter Election 2008 or simply TE08. As if there were not enough users taking full advantage of its site, Twitter is leveraging on the Election 2008 to attract more users, and perhaps give us a glimpse [...]
Web browsing can be a lonely activity if you don’t share what you find in the web with friends, discuss what you’ve stumbled upon and find out about what your friends are browsing and discovering on the web. But Socialbrowse is hoping to change that by offering a service that lets you share and discuss [...]
Finally, the much hyped, much talked about MySpace Music service is launched and no other than the 4 major record companies have agreed to support the service. Joining Sony BMG, EMI, Warner and Universal is Sony ATV/ Music Publishing, Amazon MP3 and the Orchard. In addition, MySpace Music is also backed by McDonald’s, Sony Pictures, [...]
Google is definitely the most useful search engine if you want to dig into the web’s huge amount of online content and information. The problem is when you search for something in Google, you’ll get thousands if not millions of results. So what if you want to search for user-generated content on specific blogs, comments, [...]
I was watching Gary Vaynerchuk Web 2.0 Keynote in NYC when I received invitation to check out this new site called MeetingWave - a social network/tool dedicated to help people connect offline.
Why I’m mentioning Gary? No doubt he’s an absolutely crazy guy (in a positive way) with many interesting ideas and thoughts. So, for example, [...]
The New York Times is rolling out a new site feature called TimesPeople. NYT aims to make TimesPeople as a social network for Times readers. But before you think that TimesPeople will soon battle it out with top social network sites such as Facebook or MySpace, actually TimesPeople will not.
There’s quiet a number of interesting information that came out of Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2008 report. For those who are not in the loop, this is an annual study conducted by Technorati based on what they’ve unearthed and analyzed from the trends and themes of blogging based on their Index. But for this [...]
One of the main concerns of parents when they let their children surf the web to join social networking sites is how safe their children will be? There have been bad news about predators preying on innocent minds. Luring them into a trap which can lead to their exploitation. Thankfully, there are social networking sites [...]
