Tag: social network
5 things we greedily still want Spotify to add
Spotify rolled out a pretty extensive update to it's streaming service this morning. Adding robust social networking features, Spotify now links in with your Facebook account for lightning fast music sharing between your friends, as well as syncing up your…
Facebook Lite closes its doors
Facebook Lite has been shut down by Facebook, after going live just recently in September of last year. The service was intended to offer a low-bandwidth version of the social network. It stripped Facebook back to its basics (status updates,…
Facebook "Like" button about to go web-wide
Facebook have announced that their "Like" button is about to become available across the web. Acting as a content sharing button similar to StumbleUpon and Digg, clicking the button when browsing online will send a link to the user's Facebook…
Stats show Myspace and Bebo social networks struggling
We all know by now that Facebook has really trounced the competition in the social networking stakes, but lets spare a thought for those floundering in its wake. New statisitcs published by HitWise have shown that both Bebo and Myspace…
Nokia E5 Symbian S60 handset revealed
Rounding off the set of new handsets revealed today by Nokia at their Everyone Connect event is the Nokia E5. Cheap as chips at an expected £160, the Nokia E5 is far smarter than the budget price tag should allow…
How Twitter and chat are saving live TV. And it is more than Ask The Chancellors
For years now the accepted wisdom from broadcasters has been that live TV is becoming less and less important as viewers timeshift everything on devices like the Sky + box to watch later at their own convenience (and obviously skip…
LinkedIn app now available on Blackberry – at last
Professional social network LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network with more than 60 million members globally, has launched an app for the Blackberry. LinkedIn already has apps for the iPhone and Palm Pre, and the launch on the Blackberry is…
Five networking websites that enable you to make money
Ok, so updating your Facebook profile isn't ever going to make you rich, however there are a few ways where you can use social networking to make you a few quid. Here's five for starters. Anyone know any more?…
BBC spends license-fee on Facebook lessons for staff
The BBC is said to be spending thousands and thousands of license-fee payer's money by sending their staff on courses teaching how to use social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, The Sun newspaper has revealed. It's enraged not only…
10 billionth tweet tweeted on Twitter!
Image via CrunchBaseTwitter has hit the 10,000,000,000th tweet milestone. The massive figure was reached at around 1am GMT on March 5th. The news comes just five months after the micro-blogging site hit the 5 billion tweets mark. To put into…
