networks and application facebook
Jonathan Zittrain on why the internet is on a knife edge
News It's also happening as people's work and attentions are shifting from software that runs on their own PCs, and that they can control whether to install or upgrade, to software that runs online, such as through the Facebook or Google application... [30 Jun 2008]
Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told
News Amazon, for example, recently unveiled its social shopping application for Facebook. Gartner's tips for retailers wanting to get in on the social network action include looking beyond the big names of Facebook and MySpace due to the huge amount of... [02 May 2008]
Police Facebook presence strikes privacy chord
News Greater Manchester Police established an application called GMP Updates on Facebook, providing users with crime news, appeals and missing-persons stories. According to Facebook's "platform application terms of use", when a user adds an application... [22 Apr 2008]
Virtual tech will 'kill the office'
News It has also been working with universities and students to learn how they use comms technology - with the aim of understanding how to translate the likes of thriving online social networks such as Facebook into a business environment. [31 Jan 2008]
Legal Eye: Scrabble-Facebook row spells trouble
Comment Facebook's Scrabulous application has sparked a row between the social networking site and the owners of the Scrabble brand. A letter to Facebook HQ from Hasbro and Mattel's lawyers has called for the removal of the application on the basis of an... [29 Jan 2008]
Leading Social Utility Extends Reach to Desktop
White Paper The gadget extends Facebook's leading online photo-sharing application to the desktop and offers other innovative functions that foster closer social relationships. Since its debut in 2004, Facebook has grown to include more than 20 million members... [17 Jan 2008]
Google works on its social side
News Facebook opened up its platform to developers in June and the site was flooded with apps. Facebook, which recently chose Microsoft over Google for an exclusive ad and investment deal, is not one of the OpenSocial-enabled sites. [31 Oct 2007]
Social networking goes mainstream
AS Analysis But if Facebook comes up it kind of looks like a proper application. And the man the panel credit with achieving this is not 76-year-old Murdoch but 23-year-old founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg - this year's agenda setting kingpin. [12 Oct 2007]
IT security breach pitfalls named
News Facebook, the iPhone and operating systems were all named and shamed as the weak links in the IT security chain by a group of security experts. Also speaking at the summit, John Pescatore, VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner, said consumer... [18 Sep 2007]
Net reputations ruin job hopes
News Net reputations built up through online activities - such as blogging, posting videos to YouTube or using social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace - can have a significant effect when applying for a job, according to a report from business... [28 Mar 2007]
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