Archive for December, 2007

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Monday, December 31st, 2007

BusinessWeek - Comscore has some new numbers on the size and growth of the global audiences at social networks. Their take? The big guys saw "dramatic growth" over hte past year, with Facebook's audience in particular jumping 270% to 52.2 million in July 2007 from >>> Read ...

Siemens’ Smart Social Network

Monday, December 31st, 2007

BusinessWeek - And even teens and college students are tiring of Facebook, especially in the light of recent news that it will open up to Google searches. But some savvy corporations are coming up with truly innovative ways to develop and implement internal, secure >>> Read more ...

Bear with Us

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Chicago Tribune - Welcome back to comment board regulars, Facebook friends and silent regulars, and welcome aboard for all newcomers. San Diegans, even y'all are welcome here, just play nice is all we ask. The Bears kick off to about four yards deep, Darren Sproles >>> Read ...

Mining for crime online

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Portsmouth Herald - Whether it's on MySpace, Facebook, "Second Life" or other Web flavors of the moment, criminals and victims especially young ones are leaving clues in plain sight online, even for offline crimes. Things people once wrote in private diaries now ...

The good, the bad and the Ryanair cabin crew

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Guardian Unlimited - 2007 was the year that Facebook well and truly entered the backpacker vernacular. But its new travel application failed to capture travellers' imaginations. The Facebook Platform was launched in May to much fanfare. It could have made the website a >>> Read more ABC ...

Birthday reminder service gains 2 million users in first month on

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

InternetRetailer.com - A new birthday reminder application on Facebook has reached nearly 2 million users in its first month of implementation on the social networking site, says its creator, BigDates Solutions. The service sends subscribed Facebook members reminders on >>> Read more Sponsored by: Getting ...

Beijing will punish those who spread rumors, endanger public security

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Charleston Gazette - BEIJING (AP) -- A Beijing city regulation clamping down on people who send text messages that "spread rumors'' or "endanger public security'' is a threat to freedom of expression, a watchdog group said Monday. China Human Rights Defenders, an >>> Read more Daily Telegraph ...

Musharraf Steps Down

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

FOX News - AP AP AP AP AP AP AP Nov. 28: Pakistani lawyers jostle to tear a goat skin, as a symbolic reference to President Gen. Pervez Find Out She's A New Mom Roofing Billionaire Dies After Falling Through Roof at His Home 3 Ohio Teens Sue ...

Infinite Loop

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Ars Technica - Then perhaps helping Jobs beat out businessmen like GM CEO Rick Wagoner, Google's triple play of Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt, and even Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in CNBC's vote for The Face of Business 2007 is more your fancy. It's up to ...

MySpace cranks up heat in Facebook turf war

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

ABC News - MySpace popularized online social networks and has a membership the size of the population of Mexico. It commands a gluttonous chunk of advertising, has a multibillion-dollar parent in News Corp. and boasts dynamic leadership in co-founders Chris >>> Read more Inside Higher Ed - ...