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“social network”

Oct
4
2010

The Social Network – Movie of the Year

The film about the creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has already raised $ 23 million. The film has taken the lead at the box office in North America. David Fincher has managed to attract thousands of friends with his film about the creation of Facebook.
The film was produced with a budget of $ [...]

Jun
30
2010

Google Me :The fetus in the footsteps of the monster Facebook?

Google is really an object of fantasies. According to Kevin Rose, co-founder of the site Digg.com, the search engine would compete with Facebook by launching a similar site called Google Me
Google Me, is a high priority project for Google. Sound familiar with Wave Gold Rush Orkut gold real alternative to More Powerful social networks, [...]

May
31
2010

Internet Buzz: “Quit Facebook Day”

Two Canadian Internet users have launched an anti-sling Facebook. Will you leave your Facebook account on Monday? For the first time, an online anti-mobilization is being organized on Facebook : Quit Facebook Day “provides Facebook members to close their account in the day.
Originally announced for the exodus, two Canadians, tired of seeing their privacy escape. [...]

May
24
2010

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologizes

The CEO of social networking site Facebook has decided to respond personally to attacks made on the respect for privacy on the site. In an opinion given to the Washington Post , Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges having several errors in the control measures of privacy.
Here are the excerpts which shows his acknowledgment on the [...]

Apr
8
2010

AOL seals Bebo fate by the end of May

Independent since late 2009, AOL is going to be closed or sold Bebo, the social network it bought two years ago .AOL bought social network Bebo for $ 850 million. Known in Great Britain and Australia, Bebo is struggling to cope with its competitors including the U.S, the motherland of AOL.
Nothing in February 2010, [...]

Apr
7
2010

AOL envisages close or sell its site socialization Bebo

The troubled internet company AOL Inc. plans to sell or close social network Bebo, almost two years after acquiring it in $ 850 million, which sought to expand into this area of communities in the network.In an email sent on Tuesday to employees, Jon Brod, the unit responsible for investment and acquisitions of new companies, [...]

Apr
6
2010

Social Network “Unvarnished” Allows users to receive quotes !

Imagine every positive or negative opinion about you open to the others. It’s what the service offers unvarnished, a social network whose beta version went live on Wednesday.
The unvarnished intends to become a professional social network, bringing together job evaluations from users, but to use Facebook as a database on profiles allows anyone to [...]

Feb
24
2010

Twitter Dalai Lama, 71,725 followers in two days

Twitter Dalai Lama, 71,725 followers in two days :The social network certifies the authenticity of the account Dalai Lama, Twitter joining. Just 48 hours after being opened, the Twitter account of the Dalai Lama and has over 69,000 followers. The makers of the popular social network microblogs have verified the authenticity of it. On Monday, [...]

Feb
14
2010

Privacy settings led Buzz under scrutiny

Google’s social networking giant Buzz is under scanner for its privacy settings. It has revamped its privacy settings within 72 hours of launch.
The reason for this sudden reframing in features was due to the outbreak caused due to a backlash caused by Gmail users who were perturbed about how Google invaded their contacts list and [...]

Jan
27
2010

Facebook: brain can only handle a maximum of 150 people

According to a recent study, the virtual world is bounded relationship management. A recent study by the University of Oxford, found that the actual capacity of the brain can only handle a maximum of 150 people. This restriction is however far less than what our brain imposes reveals wirded.c.uk. The evolutionary anthropology professor Robin Dunbar [...]