Archive for May, 2007

Posts in Web 2.0

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

CNET News - A Facebook representative said the company "really can't comment on anything that's speculation or rumor at this point" and had not officially spoken to the Wall Street Journal about the details published Monday. Facebook, which launched a classified >>> Read more Sponsored ...

AMA teams up to form Web network for doctors

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Chicago Tribune - Unlike social-networking sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com, the AMA-Sermo network will be for doctors to communicate with other doctors on issues facing the medical profession. Among these are patient-care issues, scientific developments and >>> Read more MarketingVOX - Online social activist group Project ...

Facebook opens site to other companies

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook Inc. is encouraging other companies to sell products and create software for use on the popular social networking site, hoping to expand into an all-purpose destination on the Web. The company's 23-year-old founder and chief >>> Read more Roanoke Times ...

How to make friends on Facebook

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

BBC News - Short of friends on Facebook? Wondering why you have no mates on MySpace? I have the answer. Just write a few words pondering whether social networking is for the over-40s and you will be swamped with offers of friendship. That is what happened to me ...

Facebook Expands Into MySpace s Territory

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

New York Times - Other Internet services are playing a role in Facebook s expansion. Facebook, the Internet s second-largest social network, was originally popular on college campuses, but over the last year it has opened its dorm-room doors to all, and its ...

THE POLITICS OF FACEBOOK

Monday, May 28th, 2007

Niagara Review - John Tory has 500 friends. From Jacqueline Albert in Montreal to Ottawa's Matty Zulu, Stephen Harper has 2,455. As of 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Stephane Dion counted 7,821 men and women of all ages among his supporters, at least in the online world of the ...

UK Facebook users soar to 3.5m

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Media Guardian - Facebook has enjoyed huge growth in popularity in the past six months and now has more than 3.5 million users in the UK. Londoners make up the social networking website's second largest regional user group worldwide, with around 450,000 in the >>> Read more ...

Yahoo May Settle for Poor Man’s MySpace

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

MarketingVOX - Amidst a number of acquisition rumors is a possible acquisition deal between Yahoo and U.K.-based Bebo.com for approximately $1 billion or more. Drawing from Comscore, TechCrunch reports on how Bebo stands up against MySpace and Facebook. March '07 >>> Read more NewsFactor Network - Yahoo ...

Friends of fallen Snowbird grieve on Facebook website

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Saskatoon Star Phoenix - MOOSE JAW - Friends of Capt. Shawn McCaughey, the Canadian Forces Snowbird pilot who died Friday when his plane crashed during a training exercise near Great Falls, Mont., have taken to the Internet to grieve. Photos, video and anecdotes about the >>> Read ...

Friends of fallen Snowbird grieve on Facebook website

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Saskatoon Star Phoenix - MOOSE JAW - Friends of Capt. Shawn McCaughey, the Canadian Forces Snowbird pilot who died Friday when his plane crashed during a training exercise near Great Falls, Mont., have taken to the Internet to grieve. Photos, video and anecdotes about the >>> Read ...