Social Software News Archives

“Users don't know what mobile carriers or phone models their friends have, nor should they have to”

Company: Useful Networks Industry: Location-based Services Location: Denver, CO, United States of America New mobile and Facebook integrated friend finder from Useful Networks is extremely popular in ... via Directions Magazine

“CareerBuilder is spending a considerable amount of money to promote on the Facebook site and the Facebook network, and then we'll have the ability to resell certain units to continue that promotion for our clients”

Internet jobs site CareerBuilder.com is teaming up with Facebook to help clients run job recruiting campaigns within the online social network, the two companies said on Monday. via Reuters

“It has a responsibility to (protect) children”

The family of a teenage girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met on MySpace.com asked a federal appeals court Monday to revive their lawsuit against the social networking Web site. via KVML

“Saudis live more of a virtual life than a real life. I know people who are involved in online romances with people they have never met in real life.”

Comments A leading Saudi preacher believes the Facebook website is a 'door to lust' A woman was beaten up and shot dead by her father for talking online with a man she met on the website Facebook. via Daily Mail

“If you have inappropriate material on your pages, clean it up because it will affect you moving forward.”

By RACHEL SLADE / The Dallas Morning News rslade@dallasnews.com Dallas teenagers and parents crowded the Dallas City Council chambers Saturday to discuss the power of the Internet and how to use MySpace and ... via Dallas Morning News

Verizon Wireless' is getting more social Posted: 28-Mar-2008 [Source: Verizon Wireless] [Verizon Wireless announces the launch of MySpace Mobile and the Loopt social-mapping service.] MySpace Mobile: Mobile Web ... via MobileTechNews

“The plaintiff asserts that this message was itself false in communicating that she was a member of the service and that the profile had been hers in the first place”

A woman who lives somewhere near Dartmouth College is suing an online sex site, claiming it identified her in her area even though a nude photograph purporting to be her was not. via The Citizen

The pick-up truck flipped over on the A14 westbound A PICK-UP trick flipped over on the A14 westbound near Ipswich today. via Ipswich Evening Star

Following up on our quarterly Loudoun Online Advertising reviews, here's a top 12 listing of Fairfax Internet Marketing online local community destinations for business advertising dollars. via Gateway to Loudoun County

The official blog of the SharePoint Product Group Syndication RSS 2.0 News © 2008 Microsoft Corporation. via Blah Blah Blog [Ryan Rogers]

“The project aims to provide some technology to address these problems”

Audio IBM project seeks privacy controls for users European Union helping fund effort to protect users of Web 2.0 technologies By John Fontana , Network World , 03/28/2008 A three-year project to infuse ... via Network World on Security

At first glance, Nokia's Tero Ojanpera and Dave Stewart might seem like an odd pair. via Reuters

“There are about 65,000 objects in our collection but only a small percentage of those are displayed at any time. The Web is a great way for people to see what we have to experience”

Moreover, these institutions are finding that rather than diminishing the number of museum visits, the Web is actually boosting in-person attendance. via The Globe and Mail

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One contemporary cultural phenomenon that he was dead right about is Facebook . In 2007, when Facebook was peaking, Ivo started warning that Facebook was way more sinister than it appeared. via Limbicnutrition Weblog

Li Ka-shing, the 79 year-old chairman of Hutchison Whampoa , upped his stake in Facebook to a reported $120 million, according to a couple reports. via Wired News

“The thing that separates Thisis50 from MySpace is we control the e-mail database”

So like a growing number of artists, he's started his own social networking site. via Scientific American

“I wish this hadn't happened, but it did”

A Delaware judge ruled Friday in favor of IAC Chief Executive Barry Diller in a dispute with Liberty Media Corp. that could help to determine the fate of the company.

A judge decided Liberty had failed to prove Diller violated an agreement between them by pursuing a plan to break the IAC/InteractiveCorp Internet conglomerate into five parts. Vice Chancellor Stephen Lamb of the Delaware Chauncery Court ruled that Diller isn't required to get Liberty's approval for splitting up the company.

New York-based IAC owns such brands as Ask.com, Match.com, Evite and Citysearch. Read more

March 28th, 2008 by Julie Kent In just one month, Google has lost two top executives to the wildly popular social networking site Facebook. via Search Engine Journal

“If you look back at the Virginia Tech situation, the aftermath, there were several people who knew that student had problems, but because of privacy and different issues, they didn't talk to others about it”

On the agenda: A student who got into a shouting match with a faculty member. Another who harassed a female classmate. via The Dispatch

Google has invested $1 million in Comsenz, a Chinese provider of social network software. via VentureBeat

“These increases confirm that 'cybersquatting' remains a significant issue for rights holders”

If you tried to guess the web domain for FIFA without knowing the exact address, chances are, you would get to an Internet page that has nothing to do with the International Football Federation. via The Age

“I may raise my investment in Facebook -- anything is possible”

Social networking site Facebook has closed a second $60 million investment round with Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing through his foundation, a source familiar with the deal confirmed on Thursday. via Scientific American

“People are not very well-versed in Hinduism, so this might be their only exposure”

In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Mike Myers is shown in a scene from "The Love Guru." LOS ANGELES - As the people of Kazakhstan know all too well, mockery of culture and religion seems to be kosher ... via Florida Times-Union

“It's about being very open about the potential dangers. It's not about prohibition. If we build walls, young people will climb over them”

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Thursday March 27 2008. It was last updated at 09:58 on March 27 2008. via Guardian Unlimited

“We have to make child digital safety a priority. If you are under 18, you should not be able to buy an 18 game and if you are under 12, you should not be able to buy a 12 game”

A British review has proposed cinema-style age classifications to stop children accessing violent video games, and a code of practice to protect young users of social networking internet sites. via The Age

“There are too many. I'm sick of getting constant email alerts telling me that some nobody I haven't spoken to in 10 years has updated something on their site”

A British judge has made official what many of us have long suspected - that being "Facebook friends" with someone doesn't necessarily make you their friend. via The Sydney Morning Herald

“We've seen a convergence of trends where the everyday consumer is becoming overwhelmed with the number of images and they have the desire to share images in new and interesting ways”

Adobe Systems will open up Photoshop Express on Thursday, its long-anticipated Web-based image editor aimed at the millions of consumers that want a simple way to touch up, share, and store photos. via CNET News.com

“He's a genuine person, and he's not shy.”

Musical heavyweights such as 50 Cent and R.E.M. can't get by with just a MySpace page and a Web site any more. via The Clarion-Ledger

“A central part of Lotus Expeditor technology is its use of the Eclipse embedded Rich Client Platform application model. This allows applications to be created to span both desktop and mobile devices.”

IBM has released a new version of its Lotus Expeditor software, which is targeted at mobile application developers building both business and consumer Web 2.0 mashups. via CNET News.com

A look at Networked Insights' data 'dashboard' for one of its clients, liquor conglomerate Diageo. via CNET News.com

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The unauthorized biography released, "Rollin' With Dre: An Insider's Tale of the Rise, Fall and Rebirth of West Coast Hip-Hop," lands on social networking site MOLI with a rare ... via WDWB-TV Southfield

“But a lot of people do, and this approach we're doing will really connect with a lot of new people.”

It has been a long, loud journey for Pennywise. The Southern California punk stalwarts, favorites of many in Hawai'i's surf/skate scene who have performed live in the Islands on several occasions, released ... via The Honolulu Advertiser

“The cost to a person's future can be very high if something undesirable is found by the increasing number of education institutions and employers using the internet as a tool to vet potential students or employees.”

Leading charities are calling for companies to be banned from trawling Facebook and other social networking websites for information on job applicants. via This Is London

“DRM is dead, even if a lot of broadcasters don't realize it.”

P2P:- Last night, the CBC aired the finale of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister, a television program that attracted attention not only for its sizable audiences and the participation of several former Prime ... via P2pnet.net

The Turkish government has been blocking access nationwide to Slide Inc and its popular multimedia Web software after a local court ruled the site let users post photos and stories insulting the Turkish ... via Reuters UK

“OpenSocial has been a community-driven specification from the beginning”

This post was expanded at 7:29 a.m. PT. It's like the Justice League of social media: Google, Yahoo, and News Corp.'s MySpace.com announced on Tuesday that they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation , a ... via CNET News.com

Daily Entertainment Photos - "Get all the fashion, glamour and scandal here in pictures!" Click Here to see more celeb bumps! Hollywood actress Jessica Alba has filmed a spoof music video to help her finance ... via KISS 95.1 WBVD-FM

“American Airlines is committed to interacting with customers in ways that are most convenient to them. With Facebook's enormous popularity, it's an ideal forum to reach out to our current and potential customers”

American Airlines Inc. is hoping to win customers by becoming the first major airline to launch an application for users of the social networking Web site Facebook. via Dallas Business Journal

“We take privacy very seriously and continue to make enhancements to the site”

A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the Web site's privacy controls. via Examiner.com

“We have moved beyond the point where we can say well I can keep them away from the internet and they will be safer”

Later this year Indiana will become the first state to pass a law that will protect children online. via WTWO-TV Terre Haute

“People want to be productive anywhere, anytime”

IBM announced that the Lotus Expeditor software platform is extending desktop computing and Web 2.0 capabilities to mobile phones. via JAVA Developer's Journal

“I think that if you are in a relationship, of course you should put it on Facebook. Why not? Would your significant other want you to appear single and have other people try to hit on you?”

To change or not to change your relationship status ... that is the question Ivy Jacobson It's a classic tale that can be passed down from generation to generation. via FSView and Florida Flambeau

A GENERATION of young people is effectively being "raised online" by spending their free time on internet sites such as Facebook and MySpace, a report said today. via Scotsman.com

“This is a unique lens on that information”

LinkedIn now offering corporate profiles Yahoo! employees tend to land at rival Google for their next job. via ScrippsNews

“We didn't know it would work well enough to make the cops show up”

The Zebro home in Kronenwetter showed all the signs of an underage drinking party March 1: cars blocking the road, dozens of rowdy kids and a keg. via WisInfo

AN IPSWICH road is currently closed due to a serious accident. Stoke Park Drive is closed from Prince of Wales Drive to Evesham Close following a collision between a car and a pedestrian. via Ipswich Evening Star

Digsby , the instant messaging, social networking, email super-tool we first told you about last month launches its public beta today. via Download Squad

“People tend to define themselves by their books, and they love to show off their book collections at home”

Listened to the report on NPR this evening about book social networks . Bookish people may not be known for their social skills, but a crop of social-networking Web sites aimed at bibliophiles are allowing ... via Social Media

I encountered a few frustrations with IE8. For one, a new tab pops up every time I want to send an article or map, even if Hotmail or Yahoo Maps is already open, quickly cluttering my browser. via E-Commerce Times

Today, we're releasing a beta of our new open source Facebook Newsroom CMS application framework : The Facebook Newsroom CMS framework is generic Facebook application code which can be quickly and easily ... via Idealog

News, analysis and opinion about the digital revolution. brought to you by The Wall Street Journal Dismiss This notice is intended to appear only the first time you visit the site on any computer. via All Things Digital

“We're trying to build up an audience on Facebook where you can develop the brand association, so when you see that same brand at retail, you're already familiar with it”

It's a great platform for hosting casual games, but it's a bitch to monetize: The problem with Facebook is that it's just too new to be certain how to create a great business on top of it. via The Industry Standard

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“The charges aren't based on anything that's related to the computer or their MySpace accounts”

An indictment accuses 13 males of sexual conduct involving girls as young as 12, and some may have been contacted online, a prosecutor said Friday. via WOIO

“This opinion would essentially allow a police chief to suspend a police officer indefinitely as long as charges aren't officially filed through a hearing authority such as a council. Obviously, we disagree with that decision.”

A Fayette Circuit Court judge has ruled that the city of Lexington had reason to fire a police officer who was embroiled in a controversy over postings on the social networking Web site MySpace.com, some of which involved the officer's role in arresting country singer John Michael Montgomery.

Joshua Cromer was fired in February 2007. He sued the city, asking for reinstatement and back pay.

The Urban County Council unanimously approved Cromer's firing, citing misconduct, inefficiency, insubordination and conduct unbecoming a police officer. Read more

“I wanted to come up with a system that was able, simple and completely free that allowed people that if their dog became missing, they would be able to help each other maybe in the search and try to find the lost animal”

It calls itself a digital dog park. Dognamic.com lets dog owners from around the world get acquainted by sharing stuff about their furry companions, including video, pictures and stories. via WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Mill River Labs has raised a $900,000 seed round for its start-up information wiki TradeVibes , which just launched in public testing mode. via VentureBeat

'It's easy enough to ignore an anti-war song if it's Jack Johnson singing it. But protest music is still being made, and that's to be celebrated' Jude Rogers Friday March 21, 2008 The Guardian War, huh, good ... via Guardian Unlimited

Professional networking site LinkedIn has launched the beta version of its business directory, called LinkedIn Companies, with data provided by BusinessWeek and Capital IQ supplementing LinkedIn's member ... via CNET News.com

Today, Utterz is offering mobile posting for YouTube , Yahoo Groups, LiveSpaces, and a handful of other social media websites, like Drupal and Twixtr. via Mashable

“We think that's a lot of baloney. We just want them to hear us out and see that he has so much support.”

Aragon High School students are rallying behind a longtime teacher placed on leave by the San Mateo Union High School District for alleged misconduct. via Redwood City Daily News

“The Tuttles looks great, is fun and makes you feel good. It's an easy choice for people to get behind this game because a significant portion goes directly to brighten the lives of real children”

Legacy Interactive today shipped The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures: Starlight Charity Challenge game to retail. via GamesIndustry

When AOL bought Bebo for $850 million last week, CEO Randy Falco and COO Ron Grant believed the social network would help save AOL from its downward spiral. via TechCrunch

My Mahalo will mash Mahalo Social with crowd sourcing into a social networking experience of trusting your "friends" reviews and opinions on any and all topics, from books and movies to restaurants and ... via Mashable

“Mobile is the next generation of social networking”

Sprint today became the first U.S. mobile phone company to offer direct mobile access to MySpace.

The California-based social networking company formally launched its mobile site this morning, which allows users to read and answer e-mail, blog, update their profiles, view photos and post comments from a wireless phone.

Sprint was the MySpace's launch partner for the new product. However, MySpace Mobile can be accessed from any wireless device at http://m.myspace.com. Read more

“If you think about it, what a widget is, it's a digital version of word-of-mouth.”

(Clarifies widget to launch this week; trailer release date not indicated)

By Gail Schiller

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - When a second trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" premieres online, it should spread as fast as the first, thanks to a widget.

Paramount plans to launch the widget this week, but the studio declined to state when the new trailer will debut.

Paramount is counting on the small, portable applications that can be posted on blogs and social networks to maximize the exposure for its trailers. The first "Skull" trailer, released in February, has racked up millions of views. Read more

Many people now create and share content on the Internet or blend services from various sites in their daily tasks, reflecting the medium's clear evolution from a place for simply consuming Web sites. via PhysOrg Weblog

“All Starbucks company-operated stores in the U.S. will further elevate the customer experience when they begin to scoop and grind the beans they use for brewed coffee.”

At its annual meeting today, Starbucks revealed plans for the future. The biggest is a social-networking site, My Starbucks Ideas , that "enables customers to play a role in shaping the company's future." We ... via New York Magazine

“Nonetheless, we regret that his release is the result of a royal pardon rather than a fair verdict and sentence.”

Moroccan King Mohammed VI pardoned a 26-year-old man who had been imprisoned for passing himself off as the monarch's younger brother on Facebook, a Moroccan Justice Ministry official said Wednesday. via WIBW-TV Topeka

“This data indicates that the iPhone's widgets are and effective means to drive mobile content consumption”

M:Metrics , a mobile metrics research group, has found the iPhone to be the great game-changer for the wireless industry, saying that it effectively lives up to the hype surrounding the device. via MacNN

“This is a scale business and our scale is a tremendous strategic asset”

Yahoo Inc., hoping to convince shareholders to reject Microsoft Corp.'s hostile purchase bid, released projections on Tuesday that show operating cash flow doubling over the next three years to $3.7 billion US. via CBC News

“Chris in our view is still innocent, so it is still too bad that he got zero for that 10 percent”

A Canadian university ruled Tuesday against expelling a first-year engineering student accused of cheating through an online study group on Facebook.

Chris Avenir's apparent exhortation to fellow Ryerson University engineering students to 'input solutions' to assignment problems on the social networking site raised the ire of a professor.

On Tuesday, the 18-year-old was told that while he wouldn't be expelled he would receive a zero on the assignment section of the chemistry course, which was worth 10 percent of his final grade. Despite that, Avenir still passed the course. Read more

“But the bottom line is that the majority of settlements are not (yet) listed.”

Israelis and Palestinians have taken their conflict to Facebook . Jewish settlers living in the West Bank were incensed to discover they had to choose Palestine, not Israel, when filling out the address section ... via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Since almost all cell phones, and many laptops, come equipped with cameras, I felt it was necessary for us to ban them from the patient units as a way of protecting the privacy of all of our patients”

Patients won't be allowed to have cell phones and laptops at UCLA's neuropsychiatric hospital to protect patients' privacy, hospital officials said Tuesday. via The Press-Enterprise

“We think there are basic principles at the core that hold true.”

CNET News.com's Dan Farber co-wrote this report. Social network Facebook will roll out more extensive privacy controls Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, as well as an instant-messaging service soon after, ... via CNET News.com

“The Nokia N82 is made for storytelling”

Europe : Nokia unveiled the Nokia N82 in stylish black, bringing a blend of state-of-the-art imaging, integrated navigation and high-speed Internet connectivity to the Nseries range of converged devices. via 3G

“Social networking is clearly not about creating exclusive, self-enclosed communities”

Some 33 million Americans age 12 or older listen to a radio station over the internet during an average week - up from 29 million listeners one year ago - estimates the annual "Infinite Dial 2008: Radio's ... via MarketingVOX