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Facebook and MySpace Lose Market Share

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 [...]

A Friendly Reminder: Facebook is a Social Utility not a Social Networking Site

That message saying that Facebook is a social utility is definitely staring at us everytime we visit the Facebook site. But what is not clear is what Facebook claims as the site not being a social networking site. In an email sent to a Facebook user who have been creating fake accounts in Facebook for [...]

Online Banking Thru a Social Network?

From average Joe Blows to small-time indie bands, there’s not a blog on this earth that I’m not willing to check out. But one blog I never expected to read is from my bank.
According to the Charlotte Observer, banks such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Washington Mutual are making a push to invade [...]

HDGreetings Offers High Def E-Cards

Online greeting cards go high-tech with HDGreetings. Rather than send your friends and family special-occasion messages with lame animations, you now have the option to deliver full-screen, crystal clear e-cards.
Unlike many similar sites, the roster of cards in constantly growing, thanks in part to a burgeoning artist community.  People versed in video and animation can [...]

8hands - Receive Notifications From Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Other Social Networks

I don’t know why we didn’t mentioned 8hands before because I must say it is must-have tool to anyone who is active member of different social networks. 8hands is a nice desktop application which allows you to receive latest updates and notifications from your online communities without visiting the site.

Cribfinder and Fizber Let You Find a House on Facebook

Ever notice how the best things often come along when you’re not looking for them? Love. Money. Your dream house.
That’s why the Cribfinder application for Facebook is such a useful tool.  Whether you’re a buyer, seller, renter, or completely content in your current home, Cribfinder lets you share information about your residence.  Not only does [...]

Facebook Learns Spanish

Looks like big social networks want to reach for non-English audience. We reported yesterday that hi5 added Chinese and now Facebook added Spanish translation of their popular social network.
To do the job nearly 1500 spanish-speaking users helped to translate Facebook and after 4 weeks of work 2.8 million users now will have possibility to use [...]

How To Create And Embed Flickr Photo Slideshows in Myspace

Browsing the internet I found a tool which can help you to create nice looking Flickr photo slideshows to embed them in Myspace, Bebo, Friendster, Facebook and blogs. Tool is called SlideFlickr and using it you can create Flash based slideshows just with the couple clicks - all you need to do is enter url [...]

MySpace Music Player from Sonific

Sonific music player is one more great player that you can use to embed in your MySpace profile or blog, actually Sonific have about twenty different code examples to place this music player in different social network sites and other places in the web.