The new Australian chief executive of Friendster has outlined plans to generate revenue for the struggling social networking site through advertising and by introducing a form of digital currency for users to trade.
New numbers from metrics firm ComScore show that in May, Facebook appears to have surpassed MySpace in worldwide unique visitors for the first time.
Developers of social networking sites are considering sharing blacklists of annoying and 'spammy' applications with each other in an effort to prevent users from switching off Web 2.0 technology.
Facebook on Tuesday announced its long awaited advertising system, dubbed Facebook Ads, which allows businesses to start their own Facebook profiles.
Researchers at software vendor CA have discovered that social networking site Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out of their account or have opted out of its controversial "Beacon" tracking service.
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Shortly after joining the social networking site, I received an e-mail telling me a friend had "written on my wall". Within two clicks I was logged-in and had full access to her Facebook account.
There are plenty of popular strategies for reducing enterprise storage usage, but up until now I've never heard the usage of Facebook or instant messaging listed amongst them -- but there's a first time for everything.
Finally, after months of the Clintons posting Sopranos-style satires and Obama Girl grabbing the headlines during the American presidential race, Australian politicians have switched on to the power of the Internet.
Watching the latest, hilarious stage in the Jimmy Kimmel-Matt Damon "feud" -- which racked up 2.5 million YouTube views in one day -- I was struck by a thought: who in the world is paying for all this bandwidth?
Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?
Facebook has taken Gawker Media founder Nick Denton to task over some screenshots of a member's profile that he posted on Gawker.com on Tuesday, Portfolio.com reports.
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While they present a wonderful opportunity to meet people with similar interests, sites like MySpace, Facebook, and even LinkedIn can also cause trouble.
With Yahoo apparently off the table, what's Microsoft's back-up plan? Try again for Yahoo or go for a new target?
Use of social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook need to be controlled and monitored, not banned from the workplace, according to Jay Heiser, research VP infosecurity, Gartner.
At an afternoon event in San Francisco on May 24, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO and founder, explains the social-networking site's plans to expand services and increase information-sharing. Facebook members will get automated servces ot share everything from sports picks to tunes.
Adobe recently released a beta of their on-line version of Photoshop based on flash Photoshop Express. Despite terms of use that gives Adobe the rights to your photos, we think the beta version shows promise.
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Its excellent, sleek design doesn't cover for its sluggish performance.
En route to Melbourne this weekend, Formula 1 team AT&T Williams' lead driver Nico Rosberg hopes to power ahead thanks to a new sponsorship deal with Lenovo.
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