Social Media News Archives: Page 5

Stephen Spielberg's Ghost/UFO Social Network May Launch This Summer (May 22, 2008): TechCrunch reports that Stephen Spielberg's rumored ghost and ufo social network will be called The Rising.

Hugh MacLeod Terminates Twitter Distraction (April 10, 2008): Writing books is a noble goal.

Jackassworld to Build Community Around Jackass Films (March 13, 2008): The world really didn't need the Jackass movies: Jackass, Jackass Number Two and Jackass 2.

Facebook Anthem Viral Suggests Some Are Getting Bored of Facebook (February 29, 2008): This amusing video called the Facebook Anthem suggests that at least some Facebook users are growing tired of certain aspects of Facebook.

Politweets Helps Keep Track of Political Tweets (January 10, 2008): Politics are a big topic on Twitter just like they are on social networks, forums and chat rooms.

One Way to Completely Opt-out of Beacon: Delete Your Account (November 29, 2007): We blogged earlier about Facebook's annoying Beacon.

MySpace Wants Third Party Widgets (October 18, 2007): MySpace isn't going to let Facebook have all the fun.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to Launch Marthapedia (October 7, 2007): Ad Age recently reported that the new social network and user-generated content website from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia will be called Marthapedia.

LinkedIn Adds Professional Photos (September 28, 2007): Adam Nash, the senior director of products at LinkedIn, has announced the addition of photos to the LinkedIn social network.

Large Traffic Jumps for Social Networks Over Past Year (August 8, 2007): The chart below from a ComScore press release shows the amazing growth some of the largest social networks have achieved over the past twelve months.

A Social Network For the Dead (July 27, 2007): Mashable reports that a social network called Respectance is a social network "dedicated to remembering those who have died.

Democratic CNN YouTube Debate Tonight (July 23, 2007): The Democratic party is holding a unique debate tonight on CNN.

Digg's Kevin Rose Launches Pownce to Challenge Twitter (July 1, 2007): Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, has launched a new community and file sharing service called Pownce that challenges Twitter, Jaiku and other microblogging services.

Study: Facebook Users More Likely to Attend College (June 25, 2007): A new study has found that Facebook users are more likely to go to college than MySpace users.

Linkedin Claims Professional Social Network Domination (June 17, 2007): CNN's The Browser reports that LinkedIn CEO Dan Nye believes people will maintain two social networking profiles and that LinkedIn will dominate as the professional social network.

Twitter Follower Count Error? (May 25, 2007): A glitch is causing some Twitterers to have surprising gains of thousands of new followers.

Facebook To Let Companies Establish Special Pages (May 21, 2007): The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is going to open up its website up to corporations and organizations.

Yahoo Bebo Acquisition Rumor (May 21, 2007): We can't get one rumor resolved before another one starts.

No Photo and Video Sharing for the Troops (May 14, 2007): The Department of Defense (Dod) is going to block soldier's access to photo and video sharing websites like Flickr and YouTube according to an Associated Press article.

Twitter Pessimism and Exponential Growth (March 26, 2007): Twitter may be the talk of Silicon Valley but it isn't without detractors in the mainstream media.