MySpace sex offenders migrating to Facebook

Some of the 90,000 sex offenders banned from MySpace have headed to Facebook, according to an expert. Internet security firm Sentinel have found over 8,000 known sex offenders on Facebook, and believe the true number could be as ... continue

SocialMedia Networks Snags $6 Million

Social media advertising firm SocialMedia Networks has secured $6 million in fresh funding this Friday. The Series B dough comes from IDG Ventures SF and Charles River Ventures. SocialMedia Networks serves ads in about 5,000 different applications on ... continue

The new cool – Facebook parents

Back when I was nearing the end of my high school years; what isn’t surrounded in a fog anyway, the big psychological pabulum of the day was that the really cool parents where those that acted like ... continue

Why Facebook May Already Be Killing Twitter

Speculation that Facebook will kill Twitter is as old as Twitter itself. The latest round came from AllFacebook, not exactly an impartial source, who argued recently that Facebook API's could be used to build a Twitter like ... continue

Facebook Gets a Christmas Bonus: Record Traffic

Facebook hit a record traffic number on Christmas Eve of 2008, snagging just over 2 percent of all U.S.-based Internet traffic. It seems to be the beginning of an annual trend for the social network site -- ... continue

Facebook Protesters Say: We Want Breasts

Protesters outside Facebook's Palo Alto office yesterday demanded breasts, or to be precise pictures of breast feeding off the banned list on Facebook. The protesters, reportedly outnumbered by the press covering the event, had signs including "Hey ... continue

Facebook Error causing login problems for users

Facebook users are reporting problems logging in Sunday, with many hitting a page titled Facebook Error. The first reports of the Facebook Error started Saturday (US time) but escalated Sunday as more users hit the screen (per ... continue

Meebo Unveils Support For MySpace and Facebook IM

Meebo is on quite a roll this year. The messaging service announced a deal Friday in which it'll bring Facebook and MySpace IM capabilities into its meebo.com interface. It's the first company to offer such an option ... continue

Facebook launches Facebook Connect Plugin Directory

The war between Google and Facebook over social connections continues with a new salvo from Facebook: the Facebook Connect Plugin Directory. The new directory offers Facebook Connect plugins for a numbers of blogging platforms, and a variety of ... continue

Why “Social” Works

In the past few years, we have seen the explosion of “social”. Obviously, lots of people ask why. I feel that a lot of it boils down to simple human nature. People are social beings, regardless of ... continue

The 20 Most Trusted Companies For Privacy

The Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe have released their annual list of the most trusted companies when it comes to consumer privacy. The list features the addition of Facebook into the top ranks, and the conspicuous absence of ... continue

Is social media becoming a social mess?

  Ever feel like you are suddenly standing in a pool of quicksand and there is nothing that you can do to get out of it? Lately this is how social media has felt like. From both as a ... continue