Social Networking Sites

Soulless Social Media Words

Brandon Mendelson | Posted 11.07.2009 | Technology


Brandon Mendelson

Lately I can’t seem to read a blog post that doesn’t involve any of the following words and phrases. These words are a menace. One worse t...

The Ugly Underbelly of Facebook and Twitter

Michael D. Brown | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology


Michael D. Brown

Facebook and Twitter were going to offer me a platform from which I could see and read the opinions and activities of people far and near. But now I oftentimes wonder why I stay online.

New York Department of Labor Offers Facebook, Twitter As Free Job Search Options

NY1 | Asa Aarons | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York


Free computer and online access is being provided at the New York State Department of Labor as a way to match the unemployed with companies that are h...

Green Wheels

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 09.22.2009 | World


Charlotte Safavi

No matter how many or how few people in Iran remain dissatisfied with the state of affairs, so long as they show their green and voice their heartfelt longing for reform, the movement is alive.

Twitter Launches Crackdown After Millions Are Duped By Fake Accounts

Mail Online | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media


The social networking site Twitter is clamping down on fake celebrity accounts after being sued in America. [...] Twitter has decided to act after...

Facebook, Twitter Posts Can Be 'Invitation To Burglars'

Telegraph | Chris Irvine | Posted 09.27.2009 | Media


Millions of users post details about their home, as well as holiday plans, acting as an invitation to the burglars, according to insurers Legal & Gene...

Facebook Plans To Expand Staff By 50% This Year

Bloomberg | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media


Facebook Inc. plans to expand its staff by as much as 50 percent this year as it benefits from a surplus of engineers amid the recession, Chief Execut...

7 Facebook Status Updates Not to Make at Work

Nicole Williams | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living


Nicole Williams

It's great if you have a fabulous job where you get to travel, get chauffeured around in fancy cars, and take meetings with bigwigs. But it's a lot cooler if you don't broadcast it.

Writer: How I Impersonated Sarah Palin On Facebook

WSJ | Katherine Rosman | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media


Was it easy for a Los Angeles screenwriter to pass himself off on Facebook as Sarah Palin? You betcha, it was....

Should You Be Friends With Your Boss in Cyberspace?

Francine D. Ward | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business


Francine D. Ward

The first question to think about is what kind of relationship do you currently have with your employer--is it personal, is it family, are you already friends?

Best Friends Forever? Authors and Their Readers on Twitter and Facebook

Joanne Rendell | Posted 08.25.2009 | Media


Joanne Rendell

A new kind of promotional strategy is emerging -- one where authors are getting online and personal.

Identity Theft Committed Using Social Networks

Robert Siciliano | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media


Robert Siciliano

Scammers are watching. They know that once they are on Facebook, your guard goes way down.

The Facebook Movie Puts the zZzZ's in Zuckerberg

Disgrasian | Posted 08.16.2009 | Entertainment


Disgrasian

Other than getting laid by an Asian chick in a bathroom stall at a "nice club in Cambridge.." -- Zuckerberg's life comes across as a rather joyless verging on meaningless grind.

GDGT: Tech Site Veterans Create "Last Great Gadget Site"

New York Times | BRAD STONE | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media


Their new site, called GDGT, will open to visitors on Wednesday. It differs from Engadget or Gizmodo by aspiring to be a gadget-oriented social networ...

Montana City Asks Job Applicants For Facebook Passwords

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media


HELENA, Mont. — A flood of criticism has prompted a Montana city to drop its request that government job applicants turn over their user names a...

Bozeman, MT: Want a Job? Give Us Your Passwords

Lisa Derrick | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living


Lisa Derrick

If you want a job working for this city, be prepared to hand over the log in and password info to all your social networking and blogging sites.

Facebook Personalized URLs -- Free But Going Fast

Rob Kall | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living


Rob Kall

At Midnight, Friday night, facebook.com started offering what twitter and myspace have long offered -- personalized URLs for users.

Ning: Your Very Own Social Networking Site

Lynda Resnick's Blog | Lynda Resnick | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business


Value. Unique selling proposition. Community/transparency. I refer to these three concepts as the Three Gems, the pillars on which any business must b...

Avril Grube: Mother Finds Son On Facebook After 27 Years

Press Association | Posted 06.29.2009 | World


A mother who claimed her son was kidnapped by his Hungarian father 27 years ago was reunited with him when her sister found him on Facebook....

How a Social Network Becomes the Heartbeat of Social Finance

Neal Rodriguez | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media


Neal Rodriguez

Tip'd 2.0 promises to offer a robust data set comprised of stock quotes, social resources profiling companies featured on Tip'd, and what people are blogging and tweeting on a featured company.

I Just Quit Facebook

John DeBellis | Posted 04.30.2009 | Comedy


John DeBellis

I got tired of getting messages from people I hadn't heard from in twenty years, who still haven't figured that I didn't want to hear from them until I read their names in the obituary.

Facebook's Lousy Facelift

Chris Willman | Posted 04.16.2009 | Media


Chris Willman

Incredibly, Facebook -- until last week, the Apple of social-networking services -- decided to react to the Twitter "threat" by trying to turn itself into its relatively puny challenger.

Social Networking Websites Harm Children's Brains, Says Top Neuroscientist

Mail Online | Posted 03.26.2009 | Living


Social networking websites are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an eminent scientist has warned. Sites such as Facebook, Twitte...

Five Tips for Using the Social Web for Free Marketing

Lawrence Coburn | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business


Lawrence Coburn

Here are five easy, cost effective things you can do to leverage the social web to drive exposure, customers, and revenue.

Obamerica's Digital Congregation

Aimee Liu | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics


Aimee Liu

Thanks to digital organizing, Obama now has a secular congregation as big as America. That congregation elected him. Now that same congregation is going to practice the values that he has preached.