If you are like me – an addict of social networking sites – then this site is a must-look.
Ping.FM will allow you to post the same message on your friends over at Twitter, Jaiku, Facebook, MySpace, and many other services. While it does not say anything to cure that crippling addiction to social networking – well for me at least – it is a very good Web 2.0 service.
According to comScore’s data which was released today; both MySpace and Facebook – the two most popular social networking sites in the US – are lagging in Japan by another social network, Mixi.jp.
Just because a "friend" sends you a picture of a hot girl on Facebook or MySpace does not mean you should open it, because that "friend" may be part of a botnet, according to Kaspersky Lab.
Scrabulous fans in the US have been awoken with something horrible to them, they won’t be able to play the Scrabble knockoff as it had been abruptly removed from Facebook.com, according to several sources – including the New York Times.
MySpace users will now be able to connect to sites that support OpenID with their MySpace account, joining the already 120 million+ who currently have an OpenID in use. It will join Yahoo, Flickr, Blogger and AOL in using the new login standard.
NEWS IN BRIEF: TechCrunch is reporting that Nokia has acquired Plazes, a German social network. Pricing has not been disclosed.
It plans to keep its thirteen employees and its Berlin office, but the network will be under Nokia’s Services & Software unit.
Tired of that old, cluttered and really horrible coding on your MySpace page? Well, you may be in luck, as a new design is coming.
The new design is part of a global redesign, in an attempt to widen its demographics and boost user engagement -following Facebook. As well, in what is called the largest scale relaunch of its size, it will change its homepage, navigation, profile editing, search and its MySpaceTV player.
News in Brief: Staff working in the Prime Minister’s household or in his office have been asked to remove their profiles after pictures taken by his executive assistant John Fisher on the weekend while he was travelling overseas with Kevin Rudd.
BlurbEM! – Another Twitter wannabe? (Screenshot: Terence Huynh/reawaken Media)
BlurbEM! is one of the sites that have submitted itself to a recently announced, non-backed by CNET (or CBS), competition by Molly Wood for a Twitter alternative.
MySpace has just expanded to Korea, trying to penetrate in a highly competitive market which is dominated by local social sites. The service owned by News Corporation, will have exclusive features that will not be seen on the US or any other international markets; like “minilogs”, a type of online notebook which users can make entries.
OMG OMG OMG OMG MySpace change!! NOT
Whats so good about myspace anyway? LOL. MySpace have had a design change, looks really good, sorta web 2.0ish. I’ve posted a screenshot below. Why don’t you take a look for yourself. There is a yellow bar at the top of the old homepage asking you to switch designs.
MySpace in Australia and Optus, who owns the exclusive rights, have now blocked users without an Optus account to the MySpace mobile version and redirected to the MySpace homepage, which is useless when on a mobile device.
Microsoft is currently in talks with Facebook to buy a minority stake in the company. This new deal could make the company value at $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday.
Today, we would like to announce that our feed is now available in Twitter. Twitter is a famous Web 2.0 site that allows you to tell your friends what you are up to via the web or mobile.
Disney has unveiled it’s brand new social networking site called Disney XD. It’s aim is to provide a social networking site for under 14 year olds in a secure environment. Chatting in the site is controlled by the parent, who must give permission before using the chat feature. The site is meant for Broadband Users, as 90% of the visitors of Disney.com are broadband connected.