Tag: Social networking
Facebook Fatigue: traffic dips in April
Yep, the social networking leaders saw a reduction of 2.5 million unique users last month which represents a decrease of around 10% of their usual traffic…
Google intros Friend Connect to bring social networking fun to any web site
Google has announced a preview version of Friend Connect, a service which allows any registered web site to offer its visitors social networking and interactive features, and take advantage of much larger sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Google Talk, hi5,…
MP warns parents of social networking dangers, discovers daughter is an underage user
Conservative MP, John Whittingdale, discovered firsthand about the problems of underage usage of social networking sites when it was revealed his daughter was one of those breaking the “over 13s only” policy…
Bobbies use Facebook to fight crime
Police in Greater Manchester are using social networking site Facebook to raise awareness of unsolved crimes. The Greater Manchester Police updates application gives you news feeds about unsolved crimes and appeals for witnesses in other cases. If you do have information on one of the crimes, you send them a tip directly using the sinisterly named ‘Submit Intelligence’ button…
How addicted are you to social networking? How addicted could you be?
You’ve got your Facebook account, only just signed up to Twitter, and have been uploading pics to Flickr since they invented the digital camera. But how much of an addict are you?
The helpful picture up above can act as a guide for anyone wanting to enter the world of social networking, by showing you just what level of interactivity you can do, for the amount of time you have. The site also claims that if you spend just 1-5 hours a week on such sites, you’re classed as a Participant, with those spending 5-10 hours a week a Content Provider, and 10-20 hours a week making you a Community Director.
Wonder what the correct term is for someone who spends 10-15 hours a day…
Radiohead launches social networking site for gossip about Thom's hair, Waste-Central
They’ve already asked you to create music videos for their In Rainbows album, and given you the task of remixing their single ‘Nude’, now they’re demanding you waste even more of your time helping them own the internet, with their aptly-named new social networking site, Waste-Central.
Powered by the Ning platform which 50 Cent also uses, Waste-Central lets fans post videos, remixes, photos, music files, blog and even sign up for a special Radiohead email address. The main attraction to the site is the gigapedia-type service so you can find the gig you’re going to, meet the other fans who’ve spent £42.50 on a ticket, and obviously arrange to meet up before or after the gig to talk about Thom Yorke’s hair…
Opinion: Government paedophile plans are a confusing web of ideas
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
OK, so let’s do a straw poll. What do you think would stop a sex offender abusing children? I know this is not a comfortable topic but it is an extremely important one in tech and Internet terms. Stiffer sentences maybe? The threat of castration? A life term in jail? Perhaps even death by lethal injection?
We’ve all had those “If I were Home Secretary” moments and this is one of them because the plans today released by the UK’s Home Secretary Jacqui Smith seem the worst kind of limp proposals for such a serious matter…
Government to release social networking guidlines for parents
The Government is set to publish guidelines on Friday on the dangers of social networking sites for children in the latest move to scare the bejesus out of parents all over the UK.
The 79-page document makes recommendations that sites like Facebook, Bebo and the other usual suspects should be forced to carry adverts for the 999 emergency service…
MySpace to stream next month's US NME Awards live
Well I guess the first piece of news is that the NME is taking its awards ceremony (“the world’s most influential”, apparently) over the Atlantic to Hollywood for what looks like a one-off moneymaking exercise.
Amazon launches Giver and Grapevine Facebook apps
Yes, I realise most Facebook users have applications coming out of their ears, but Amazon’s rather late entry into the social networking scene has delivered two decent — dare I say useful — apps.
They won’t help you turn your friends in vampires, or tell everyone what your bodily functions say about your personality, or help you win virtual poker, but they might just give your friends a clue as to what you want for your birthday…
