Archive for April, 2007

Students Use Web As Platform For Feud

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Eyewitness News - WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- An Internet networking site has provided students from two Wallingford schools a platform to wage a war regarding a shared crosswalk. The title of a page on a Facebook site is "Choaties Can't Cross The Street," and it references >>> Read ...

SUNY Cobleskill student says his Internet posting troubled officials

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Daily Star - A student at the State University College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill said he will meet with college officials today to discuss his fate after posting a picture on Facebook of himself with a shotgun. Tharindu Meepegama said he didn >>> Read more ...

EconSM - Social Media Meets Deals

Friday, April 27th, 2007

WebProNews - How long can Facebook hold on? Quincy: Facebook is a CMO's dream. It's very sticky. Also, the reason why these next generation communities are so important to media players is that they're build AROUND media, but they don't INCORPORATE professional >>> Read more WebProNews - ...

News in Brief

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Daily Californian - The suit, which was filed by ASUC Solicitor General Alex Kozak, claimed that Shams was endorsed by 10 ASUC- sponsored student groups in his Facebook group, which violates the association s bylaws prohibiting candidates from using ASUC authority for >>> Read more ...

Study: Teens protecting their profiles

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

CNN - The study comes amid growing concerns about online predators and other dangers on popular online hangouts like News Corp.'s MySpace and Facebook, which encourage their youth-oriented visitors to expand their circles of friends through messaging tools >>> Read more Age - Facebook, not MySpace, will ...

Britain’s Princess Eugenie has posted a loving message to Sir Bob

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

PR Inside - The 17-year-old princess jokingly calls the 16-year-old rocker's daughter her 'lover' and says she can't wait to see her again. Eugenie wrote on Pixie's personal Facebook page: 'Am seeing you in less than two days after it being nearly a year and I >>> ...

Letter to the Editor

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Digital Collegian - Not wanting to watch the news anymore I got on Facebook to check on my friends and let people know I was not hurt. This is when I ran across the group: Maroon and Orange for Blue and White Weekend. The ideas for supporting Virginia Tech and ...

Tragic Connection Back Home

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

US News and World Report - Nothing was special about us," one 2003 graduate, Jennifer LeVay, wrote on the social networking site facebook.com of her class. "We weren't the FIRST! graduating class, we weren't the first class to go ALL THE WAY through WHS. We were just there ...

Comment: Penn State reaches out to Va. Tech

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Allentown Morning Call - So Solomon had the idea that fans should form a ''VT'' instead of Penn State's customary ''S'' for this game, and began recruiting people via Facebook.com, a popular networking Web site. Thompson, a junior from Malvern, Chester County,came up with the >>> Read ...

Facebook ‘the future’ for social networks

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Age - Facebook, not MySpace, will be the long-term winner among the social networking sites, says Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. Mr Wales, in Adelaide yesterday at the start of a week-long Australian lecture tour, said Facebook was "actually useful >>> Read more Tartan - I think the ...