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Microsoft, Yahoo! talks: In the "off-again" phase
News Microsoft will deliver an API that Facebook can use to integrate both Microsoft's web search and its paid search results into the social-networking site. Search unit head Satya Nadella said Microsoft is also expanding its Facebook relationship into... [25 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Other factors helping to drive mobile internet consumption in Blighty include operators signing contracts with free email providers, such as Google Mail, and social networking websites like Facebook. Mobile social networking is also popular with... [17 Jul 2008]
Businesses ignoring social networking potential?
News However, work in this area is still immature and in the meantime companies should be aware of what is happening in the world of consumer social networking and implement appropriate usage policies for employees' use of services such as Facebook and... [10 Jul 2008]
Get a Lively life, with Google avatars
News Users can also embed their Lively area into a blog or, using Google widgets, on MySpace and Facebook social networking sites. Google has unveiled an online 3D social arena called Lively, the internet giant's take on Second Life. [09 Jul 2008]
Battle of the social networks: Facebook outpaces MySpace
News New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace in worldwide unique visitors for the first time. [24 Jun 2008]
Facebook is "educational", says US uni
News Social networks like Facebook and MySpace have reputations as tools for procrastination but a new study from the University of Minnesota, US says contests this. Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher from the University's College of... [23 Jun 2008]
LinkedIn hits billion-dollar valuation
News The site currently has 23 million members, small compared with Facebook or MySpace. LinkedIn is more profitable than most of the social-networking fray. Business-networking site LinkedIn announced on Tuesday evening it had netted $53m in a Series D... [18 Jun 2008]
Name that tune...the rise of Shazam
Comment Shazam now describes itself as a "mobile-to-web" company - and sports the requisite Facebook plug-in, seeking to expand its user-base through social networking. Facebook users] can then listen to a 30-second sound-clip of that song and they can... [12 Jun 2008]
Social Networking: Brave New World or Revolution from Hell? A look at the phenomenon of Social Networking and the implications for Businesses
White Paper According to recent surveys, employee social networking is growing rapidly, on hot sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and more. Reactions among businesses vary widely, from outright bans on social networking to indecision to permissiveness. [04 Jun 2008]
Cloud computing: Ready to experiment with
News Platforms such as Facebook are becoming more organised by publishing their APIs and giving users privacy controls with which to define how their want their identities managed, he said, adding that integrating such platforms could go a long way in... [23 May 2008]
'Hyperconnected' world grabs mobile over wallet
News Through the survey, Nortel - the US' biggest maker of telephone gear - was looking to find out how many workers around the world can be defined as "hyperconnected", or as those who have fully embraced multiple devices like mobile phones and... [14 May 2008]
Microsoft considered Facebook move
News The newspaper reported on its website that Microsoft's bankers put out subtle signals to Facebook, the social networking site, to see if it would be open to a full acquisition. Microsoft gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after... [08 May 2008]
Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told
News 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 activity in the area. Amazon, for example, recently unveiled its social shopping... [02 May 2008]
Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web
News The top two searches on the operator's mobile internet service - which launched last summer - are social networking websites Facebook and Bebo. Facebook is also the most visited site for Vodafone mobile broadband users, followed by Google and the BBC. [01 May 2008]
Facebook under attack: The spam and phishing threat
News The popular social-networking site Facebook is coming under increased attack by spammers and phishers, the company's security chief has revealed. Kelly explained the hack attacks included non-specific threats, such as edge-of-network penetration... [23 Apr 2008]
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