While everybody else has opened up their network to third party apps along time ago, it is only now that LinkedIn is doing so. It may be a little late, but quite frankly I would prefer LinkedIn’s gradual approach to letting third party applications into its network, making sure that only the most useful, business-wise, [...]

Granted that a social networking site has to be freely open for all, there are still some online users who are a bit hesitant to join an online social network due to various fears. Or more specifically, fear of getting attacked in what ever form by strangers. Would a social network made exclusive for you [...]

Look who is jumping into the social networking bandwagon? Famous and big time book publisher, Barnes & Noble has just launched its social networking site called – My B&N. With the popularity of web 2.0/social networking sites LibraryThing and Shelfari, it is no wonder that such an established commercial book publisher Barnes & Noble would [...]

LinkedIn has just announced a new search platform which is currently being rolled out to some selected LinkedIn users. The new search platform is a robust and professional search engine for finding people across the LinkedIn network fast and in the most accurate manner. The new search platform was a product of user feedback gathered [...]

How powerful is your Twitter name?  Given the mainstream emergence of the microblogging sensation, wielding greater ‘influence’ on Twitter can help you accomplish big things in the Web 2.0 world.
A relatively new tool, Twitter.Grader, launched by HubSpot, let’s you find out how you compare to your peers.  Simply input your Twitter user name and hit [...]

Where is your user name being used and where is it available?  UserNameCheck serves a single purpose and that is to tell you exactly that.
While the site has received some criticism, most notably, that you only need to visit once.  This writer believes the simple site has several uses.

MySpace is quietly rolling out it’s new Profile 2.0, and thankfully it’s not a “forced” upgrade similar to what Facebook did recently which even earned the ire of many Facebook users. MySpace Profile upgrade facility is silently being tested now over at MySpace Canada. But as what TC’s Arrington tipped, you can have a taste [...]

Is the social networking world ready for something as daring and yet innovative type of social network such as InternetShout? Why am I asking this? Because hardcore social networking fans may find InternetShout a desecration of the social networking concept. Why? Because in InternetShout you communicate with other members through – Voice. Ain’t it a [...]

Glam Media has been known for its women-centric content and ad network. So, it is kind of surprising that the company is launching a new content and ad network this time catering to us males – whether you belong to the boys or men’s category. The site branded as Brash.com aims to be the major [...]

Recently, Motorola has caused a minor stir among tech blogs when one of its job posting indicated a need for people who will be manning what it calls as the Android Social Smartphone Project. And since the first Google Android-powered handset was officially launched last week and will be released on Wednesday, we can’t help [...]

We’ve heard this kind of news before. Famous people getting into the online bandwagon. Tom did it with his own website. Presidential candidates have done it with their campaigns. And now look who is going social and even utilizing one of the most popular web 2.0 app? Britney Spears on Twitter. But aside from that [...]

Realizing that everything on the web has become more “social” – that is social gaming, social shopping, social news and more, Yahoo has decided to join the “being social” bandwagon by introducing something to the Yahoo Profile service, well er, yeah Yahoo Profile just became more social or universal as Yahoo would like to put [...]