Showing posts with label social networking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social networking. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The Pentagon Wants A Reddit Knockoff

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Screencaps of several milSuite services. In July, the Pentagon plans to launch Eureka, a Reddit-style forum. Illustration: Army TIL: The Pen...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Should Facebook And Twitter Be Monitored For Terrorists?

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Monitoring Twitter And Facebook Could Foil Terrorists -- The Telegraph The security services need to make greater use of social media such a...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A Challenge To Facebook's News Feed

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Image: Wavii automatically creates status updates about its user's interests Wavii Poses A Challenge To Facebook's News Feed -- BBC ...
Friday, March 30, 2012

China: No Coup Rumors Please .... Or You Go To Jail

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Hundreds of millions of Chinese people use social media websites, despite strict censorship. [ Reuters ] China Arrests Over Coup Rumours -- ...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Facebook Threatens Bosses Who Ask For Facebook Passwords From Job Applicants

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Facebook Privacy Chief Fires Warning Shot At Bosses Who Demand Access -- The Guardian Social networking site warns against employers who ask...
Friday, March 16, 2012

China Moves To Control Sina Weibo Social Network

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The logo of Sina Corp's Chinese microblog website 'Weibo' Photo: REUTERS China Moves To Control Sina Weibo Social Network With R...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Role Of Social Media In Today's Revolutions

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A student-run Facebook page shows an image depicting the Tunisian national flag smeared in red on a computer screen, 11 Jan 2011. Photo Reut...
Saturday, November 6, 2010

Spring Break-Ups: Graphic Of Facebook Updates Shows When People Are Most Likely To End A Relationship

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The Facebook graphic shows most people break up at Spring Break or Christmas From The Daily Mail: If your relationship is rocky and it’s com...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Spammers Turn To Social Networks

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Photo: Fake friends: This screenshot shows real users who befriended a bogus Facebook user created by George Petre and colleagues. Credit: ...
Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Location-Based Future Of The Web

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Get the information relevant to where you are (Image: Russel A. Daniels/AP/PA) From The New Scientist: THAT the internet is the same for eve...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

2009: Year Of The Social Network

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Artwork: Chip Taylor From PC World: As 2009 draws to a close, it's clear that the year was a watershed for social networks and the firm...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Crowd-Sourcing Comes Of Age In The DARPA Network Challenge

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Photo: M.I.T. MEDIA LAB'S RED BALLOON CHALLENGE: From left to right: Anmol Madan, Galen Pickard, Riley Crane, Alex ("Sandy") P...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

War Goes Mainstream On The Internet, Facebook And Twitter

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From ZDNet: NATO announced a new website complete with links to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. In an eerie flashback to the Vietnam War whe...
Monday, October 12, 2009

From Twitter To MySpace, Social Networks Are Now Run By Women Over 35

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From Times Online: Social-networking sites, like much of the internet, were once a playground for young men. They were drowning in obscure j...
Saturday, October 10, 2009

The Evolving Face Of Social Networks

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Illustration: Gennady Kurbat/Getty Images From The Guardian: Laura Parker: What can evolutionary graph theory teach us about the spread of i...
Monday, October 5, 2009

Why Women Dominate Social Networking

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From CNET: Should you be one of those who believe that men are neanderthal, socially awkward hairy animals while women are socially aware, s...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

Social Media As A Paradigm Shift

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Facebook Cornering Market on E-Friends

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From The Washington Post: Fight to Own Social Media Heats Up. Facebook just bought the rights to nearly everything you do online. And it co...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Social Networking Has Hidden Dangers For Teens

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Many teens who post risque material online come to regret it. Photo: Chris Jackson / Getty Images From San Francisco Chronicle: From behind...
Monday, August 10, 2009

The Top Seven Social Networking Sites For Kids

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(Peter Dazeley) From Times Online: Forget Facebook. Tweet off, Twitter. We find out where today's children are really logging on. How d...