SocialMedia

Rupert Murdoch Attracts Controversy On Twitter

News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch attracts over 90,000 followers on Twitter

13 years ago

Users Petition Asus Over Transformer’s Encrypted Bootloader

Asus has encrypted the bootloader of its Eee Pad Transformer Prime, sparking a petition from users who want the freedom…

13 years ago

Sony, Nintendo, EA Games Turn Their Backs On SOPA

The top three gaming companies have added their names to the growing list of critics opposing the US Government's SOPA…

13 years ago

UK Facebook Photos Dominated By Sozzled Brits

A sobering statistic for the New Year is the revelation that the majority of Britons' Facebook photos are taken while…

13 years ago

Facebook Blamed In A Third Of UK Divorces

Facebook has apparently been cited in a 33 percent of divorce cases in the United Kingdom in the past year

13 years ago

Google+ Hits 62m, But 400m Users Predicted

Google+ now has more than 62 million users and is apparently on track to reach 400 million by the end…

13 years ago

Affiliate Marketing Sites Used In Majority Of 2011 Facebook Scams

Most Facebook scams in 2011 tricked users into going to affiliate marketing sites to fill out surveys, Commtouch said

13 years ago

Jive IPO Sets Stage for Social Cloud Collaboration Boom

Jive Software's initial public offering earlier this month opened some eyes for skeptics of social enterprise software. Expect major consolidation…

13 years ago

Yahoo Leans on Facebook For New Users

Yahoo is relying on rival Facebook to add social activity, bringing in a younger audience, and boosting ad revenues

13 years ago

Survey Says UK Businesses Must Embrace Social Media

Reluctant UK companies must cave to pressure and opt-in as social media blossoms in 2012, says KPMG

13 years ago

Facebook, Twitter Dominate Social Networking Growth

Bad news for Google+ after comScore found that Facebook and Twitter dominate the growth of social networking

13 years ago

Ireland Issues Facebook Privacy Recommendations

Irish data protection commissioner tells Facebook to give users greater control of data

13 years ago

Facebook Plans To Include Adverts In Users’ Newsfeeds

Facebook is to ring in the new year by beginning to insert adverts into users newsfeeds and updates

13 years ago

MPs Oppose Social Media Riot Shutdown

A committee of MPs have said social networks should not be closed or blocked during civil disorder

13 years ago

Christmas Hackers And The Sanity Clause

New devices and first-time users provide the ideal mix for Christmas exploits so take a secure grip from the start,…

13 years ago

Google+ Receives New Features In Christmas Update

Google+ gets improved streaming, photo, administration and notification options

13 years ago

Saudi Prince Buys £193m Stake In Twitter

Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed buys a stake in Twitter through investment company

13 years ago

Google Upgrades Social Video Chat

Google has raised the profile of Google+ Hangouts, which enables video chat for up to 10 users

13 years ago

Facebook Launches Timeline-based Profile Redesign

Users can try out the Timeline of their Facebook life before its official release next week

13 years ago

The Cloud And The Client: Apple’s Green Dilemma

Apple could find itself attacked simultaneously for wasting energy at the client, and burning coal-fired power in its iCloud data…

13 years ago

Malicious SMS Messages, Facebook Chats Hit Windows Phone

When setting up a Windows Phone, a hacker discovered a specially crafted disabling text message

13 years ago

British Student Admits Facebook Hack

A student from York has admitted hacking into Facebook, but denies it was with malicious intent

13 years ago

Google Develops Social Activity Service, Schemer

Google is looking to inject fun back into social networking with the development of the Schemer service

13 years ago

US Authorities Warn On Facial Recognition Tools

The US Federal Trade Commission warns companies not to compromise privacy when using facial recognition

13 years ago

Twitter Redesign Promotes Business Branding Pages

Twitter is to receive a facelift which it claims will benefit users and give businesses prominence

13 years ago

Google Connects Gmail, Contacts To Social Network

Google+ will soon see closer integration with Gmail and Contacts as the social network develops

13 years ago

Facebook-Based Ticketing System Launched

The Ticket Factory has launched an interactive ticketing Facebook page using the power of social networking

13 years ago

IBM Releases Tablet Apps For Its Enterprise Systems

Eight new apps have been released that help make popular tablets usable with IBM enterprise systems

13 years ago

India Urges Tech Firms To Cut Offensive Content

India is urging Google, Microsoft and Facebook to halt the uploading of “objectionable” web content

13 years ago

Facebook Flaw Exposes Zuckerberg’s Private Pics

A tool intended to flag inappropriate Facebook content was exploited to access CEO Zuckerberg's images

13 years ago