Archive for August, 2009
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
As theories circulate about the actual dollar value of sites like Facebook and Myspace-analysts recently placed Facebook’s worth at $10 billion-there is no question that people continue to gravitate in droves towards social networking and blog sites. In the U.S. alone, total minutes spent on social networking sites has increased ...
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Myspace has this annoying feature where your friends can see the last time you logged into your account. This may seem a trivial issue but suppose you have come to your account specifically for someone and don't want to entertain all your friends. How about that when your friend gets ...
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- Global media company News Corp. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter net loss hit $203 million because of impairment charges at MySpace, while its operating profit for the year was slightly worse than it predicted due to the weak economy.
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
It's important to remember that MySpace is NOT the Devil. There are so many great things to be gained by participating in an online community, such as MySpace, that people would do well to remember that there is good and bad in most anything.
The old saying that "guns don't ...
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Marcy's 13-year-old daughter has a knack for switching computer screens or shutting the laptop when mom walks in the room. Like in many families, the two often argue about whether mom has the right to see what her daughter is doing online. The conversation is never really resolved.
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
WASHINGTON -
The U.S Marine Corps is banning its troops from going onto Facebook, MySpace and other social network sites, citing a possible security risk.
The corps issued an order Monday saying the ban is effective immediately on the Marine Corps computer network. It said the Internet has been used as ...
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
WASHINGTON—
As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor and react to coverage of high-profile events.
The Air Force tracked online messaging service Twitter, video-sharing site YouTube and various blogs to assess ...
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Here's something concrete parents can do: Call a "family meeting" and have a conversation on Internet safety. Below are two family contracts from Safekids.com— one for parents, and another for kids. Go over them together and use them as discussion points and guidelines on safe Web usage. Don't forget to ...
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Friday, August 7th, 2009
MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe is stepping down as chief executive of the social network, MySpace owner News Corp. announced on Wednesday.
News Corp.'s new chief digital officer Jonathan Miller said that "by mutual agreement, Mr DeWolfe will not be renewing his contract and will be stepping down in the near future."
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