Archive for June, 2010
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Google is reportedly working secretly on "Google Me" a product that would go head-to-head with the social networking giant. This may be the only company with the clout and users to take on the seemingly unassailable Facebook.
Kevin Rose, the founder of popular link-sharing site Digg, kicked off a round ...
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Adoption is undergoing a revolution. Until recently, it has been a closely managed process, with social workers going to enormous lengths to protect children placed with adoptive families from inappropriate contact with birth relatives. The exponential growth of social networking sites such as Facebook has changed that forever - and ...
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
A Facebook page titled '100 Biggest Sluts of Ballarat' is being investigated by police, who say its creator could face stalking charges over the publication of the offensive list.
Victoria Police spokeswoman Karolyn Formosa today confirmed that one person has been interviewed over the page, which has been removed, but charges ...
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
In a decision that boded well for the youth-oriented social networking website in similar suits, US district court judge Sam Sparks in Texas ruled that MySpace was not responsible for people's honesty online or their arranged encounters.
"This decision reaffirms that under federal law Internet sites like MySpace cannot be held ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
New York's attorney general has teamed with social networking giants Facebook and MySpace to work on removing illegal child pornography images using advanced digital technology.
The effort, which also includes Friendster, hi5 and Canada-based isoHunt, involves digitally comparing photos found on their sites with an Internet library of more than 8,000 ...
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Facebook is not only a site where you can connect with friends and family while taking in a game of FrontierVille, it’s also a complex network that spans the entire world. So what happens when someone stalks you on Facebook, while sending you disturbing messages? In the past the outcome ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, MySpace just made some major announcements. They've announced plans to develop mobile applications for the Nokia S60 as well as the much-anticipated Palm Pre. However, for most of us, the bigger news is the relaunch of the MySpace Mobile web site which will ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Last October, MySpace reached an all-time low of 50.2 million unique visitors per month. That number has only decreased since (47.6 million in March). The site is hemorrhaging money, while a certain competitor extends its reach throughout the web, in spite of mounting privacy issues. After years of enduring seizure-inducing ...
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Tears of frustration have been replaced with tears of joy, knowing the search for their sister is finally over. A Bakersfield woman met her adult sister for the first time, thanks to MySpace.com. The sisters have waited a lifetime for this meeting. At the age of 18, Anjanette Higgins ...
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Five months after a reorganisation that forced out the previous chief executive, Jason Hirschhorn, co-president of News Corp-owned MySpace, is leaving the social networking company. Mike Jones, currently the other co-president of MySpace, will run the unit. Additional management at MySpace is unlikely.
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