More Social Networks Articles

  • 14 September 2011

  • News: Boston buzzes over start-ups at freebie-heavy WebInno

    Nothing gets people excited about technology start-ups like freebies, and there were plenty for the taking at Tuesday night’s Web Innovators Group event in Cambridge, Mass. Though having learned lessons from start-ups that have crashed and burned in recent years from perhaps an excess of generosity without a good way to pay for it, this event that packed in hundreds of entrepreneurs and their followers wasn’t without a good dose of common sense about dollars and cents as well.

  • News: Social Startups Kick the Tires: Great Spin or Retread?

    For social startups, creating buzz and building a big user base (not to mention finding revenue) isn't what it used to be. Many of the companies presenting at DEMO Fall 2011 in Silicon Valley face the prospect of being a retread.

  • News: Facebook adds new 'subscribe' button: Watch out Twitter

    Facebook is extending the scope of its site into Twitter and Google+ territory by making it possible for Facebook members to subscribe to each other's public posts without necessarily having to be approved friends.

  • News: Facebook's New Friend Lists: 5 Things You Need to Know

    Last week, reports swirled that Facebook was testing a new friend list feature that bared a similar resemblance to Google+ Circles. One difference was that Facebook's "Smart Lists" do the work for you, automatically grouping your friends into lists such as work, school, family and city. Now, Facebook says, this feature is going primetime and will be available to everyone this week.

  • News: Facebook adds new 'subscribe' button: Watch out Twitter

    Facebook is extending the scope of its site into Twitter and Google+ territory by making it possible for Facebook members to subscribe to each other's public posts without necessarily having to be approved friends.

  • News: Facebook Updates Android App with More Privacy Controls

    If you liked the recent changes Facebook made to improve privacy, then you'll want to upgrade immediately to the latest version of the social network's app for Android smartphones.

  • News: Blocked from China, Twitter goes after overseas Chinese

    Twitter plans to offer a Chinese-language user interface in the coming weeks. But the company doesn't expect the bulk of the Chinese speaking population will be using it anytime soon.

  • News: Facebook Takes Lesson from Google+, Revamps Friends Lists

    Facebook began rolling out smart friend lists to users, in what is seen as a response to Google+ circles. The new tool makes it easier for you to group Facebook friends into categories such as close friends, acquaintances or work colleagues, and it should be live for most users by the end of the week, Facebook said in a blog post.

  • Opinion: How Twitter Web Analytics Will Help Your Business

    Twitter announced its new Web Analytics service at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference on Tuesday. The product is poised to roll out to a wider audience over the next few weeks. Here's a look at what analytics for Twitter are supposed to do, and how they can benefit your company.

  • 13 September 2011

  • News: Facebook Privacy: Uncovering 5 Important Settings

    When I returned from my honeymoon at the end of August, I read that Facebook had finally taken a long-overdue step toward regaining the trust of its users by simplifying its privacy settings.

  • News: Facebook automates, simplifies friend grouping

    Facebook has developed new features designed to make it easier for its members to segment their list of friends into smaller groups and in that way be more granular in how they share and view content.

  • Opinion: My Circles for iPhone

    If you’re one of those “power” iPhone users who likes to send text messages and emails in bulk, the free my Circles offering from Vine Creative is a handy tool.

  • 12 September 2011

  • News: Social networks eat up Americans' online time

    A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly transfixed with social networking sites, with Facebook grabbing more of our time than any other blog or social media.

  • News: $1 will get you in on latest social network start-up

    If you have a dollar to spare you can get in on the ground floor of MightyBell, a new social network company spearheaded by Gina Bianchini, formerly head of social website company Ning.

  • Opinion: How to Cancel a Google+ Account

    Right from the get-go, I didn't care for Google+. Maybe it was the relentless media fawning over what seemed a tepid Facebook clone, or maybe it was because the service just seemed kind of pointless. Whatever the case, I've barely looked at Google+ since signing up for it.

  • 10 September 2011

  • News: Facebook bows to stricter German culture

    Facebook's willingness to agree to a voluntary code of conduct in Germany to protect users' data shows it is mindful of how the culture there contrasts with that in the U.S.

  • 09 September 2011

  • Opinion: Five Ways You Should Be Using LinkedIn

    With 120 million users, LinkedIn has become for business professionals what Facebook has long been for everyday consumers. It's increasingly rare, in fact, to meet a professional contact who isn't on the site.

  • 08 September 2011

  • News: Twitter Claims 100 Million Active Users -- Now What?

    After years of silence about how many active users Twitter has, the company has finally announced a milestone worth talking about: Twitter now has 100 million active users.

  • News: Twitter hits 100M active users, trumpets its influence

    Twitter has 100 million active users, half of which log on to the microblogging site every day, the company said on Thursday.

  • News: 'Critical' social media banned in enterprise: Report

    Australian IT managers are struggling to deal with social media in the enterprise, with more blocking Web 2.0 sites despite their status as being "critical" to company development, a new report has found.

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