Tag: social network
Moshi Monsters kiddy social network hits 50 million users
Moshi Monsters, the UK based social network aimed at kids that takes many a visual cue from Nintendo's Pokemon series, has hit a landmark 50 million registered users. The figure means that now 1 in 2 UK children aged…
Bubble fears as LinkedIn becomes first large social media site to join stockmarket
The valuation of LinkedIn has jumped 30% since the networking site was introduced to the New York stockmarket last Thursday, prompting fears that this is the start of a social media bubble. The site is now valued at around…
A Facebooked life: how our lives are documented by social networks (video)
This little time-lapse video is the work of Martin Luere, brought to us by New Scientist. The film charts a life on Facebook: setting up the account, falling in love, being caught cheating, breaking up and then finding someone…
Five years of microblogging evolution: Happy birthday Twitter
Love it or hate it – Twitter is five today. The chatter is rising steadily, with 200 million users now sending out 140 million daily tweets. More will come as Twitter's growth rate is soaring; 460,000 new accounts were…
Disney tucks into social media world by buying pre-teen network Togetherville
The Magic Kingdom is now coming to the world of social media as Disney has bought Togetherville, TechCrunch has confirmed. This is a social network for kids under the age of ten, where parents sign up their children to…
Will social media market listings trigger a new dot-com bubble?
The Chinese Facebook-equivalent, Renren, will test appetites for social media listings with plans to float on the stockmarket. The most popular social network in China, Renren.com could be valued at up to $500 million, should plans to list in…
Facebook profile pages to get a makeover
Facebook boss has previewed the social network's new-look profile pages during a guest spot on US talk show 60 Minutes. The changes aim to put all the most frequently accessed information on a profile page in one place, without…
MySpace soon to be for sale again?
News Corporation are looking into either selling social network MySpace or entering into a partnership in a bid to make the flailing site profitable, according to News Corp Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey. Seeing its user numbers fall dramatically following…
Former Facebook Exec and Napster Founder Launch New Social Network Path
Do you ever feel like Facebook has become a bit to impersonal? I have something like 500 friends, but the reality is there is only a small percentage of those that I actually care about. I mean do we…
MySpace Relaunches Network with Music Focus
Welcome to the New MyspaceMySpace UK | Myspace Video In one last attempt to save MySpace, the social network has revealed plans to relaunch itself as the leading social music platform. Despite the fact they should have done this… oh…
