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Facebook Takes Nearly 1/3 Of All US Display Ads

Facebook Takes Nearly 1/3 Of All US Display Ads

Facebook who's IPO is said to being filed this week, takes nearly 1/3 of all US display ads according to new data. The social network is gearing up for their public launch which, if the IPO is ... continue
Twitter Celebrities Can Make Upwards Of $50,000 Advertising

Twitter Celebrities Can Make Upwards Of $50,000 Advertising

Twitter who has over 200 Million users, 50 Million of which log in daily, has quite a few celebrities. With many celebrities who have Millions of followers, the money that can be made from advertising is very ... continue
Facebook Users Not Happy Over Timeline, New Profile Design

Facebook Users Not Happy Over Timeline, New Profile Design

Facebook has been working on getting their new profile design, Timeline, rolled out to all users. The company ran into some problems after a company, Timelines.com, claimed that the social network infringed on their trademark back in ... continue
Twitter Users Threatening To Boycott After Censorship News

Twitter Users Threatening To Boycott After Censorship News

Twitter has recently come under fire after announcing that they will now be censoring tweets on a country-by-country basis if required by law. With censorship still on many people's minds, this has raised many suspicions and caused ... continue
Facebook Filing IPO As Early As Next Week

Facebook Filing IPO As Early As Next Week

Facebook is said to be filing their IPO as early as next week according to a new report. The social network has been gearing up for it's inevitable IPO this year that is expected to raise up ... continue
Google Earth Integrates Google+

Google Earth Integrates Google+

Google Earth was recently updated to version 6.2 and included in the new update is integration with Google+. The social network is growing at a rapid rate and Google is integrating the site with more and more ... continue
Social Networks Take On Google With ‘Focus On The User’

Social Networks Take On Google With ‘Focus On The User’

Social networks such as Twitter and Facebook have been a bit upset over Google's recent changes to their social search product. If you're not familiar with the changes, basically it integrates Google Plus results into your normal, ... continue
Sharing is all the rage but where are we sharing all that info? [Infographic]

Sharing is all the rage but where are we sharing all that info? [Infographic]

It feels some days that the only reason we use the Web any more is to do nothing but share mundane crap with people who probably couldn't care less. Oh I am sure there are some gems ... continue
California To Profit From Facebook IPO

California To Profit From Facebook IPO

News of Facebook's IPO has been floating around for the last year. At one of the largest IPO's in tech history, they along with investors, stand to make a pretty penny. Also to profit from the IPO ... continue
The US isn’t all that hot for social networking but the women do it more than men

The US isn’t all that hot for social networking but the women do it more than men

Who would have thought. I mean if you hang around any of the hot social networks like Facebook, Twitter, or even Google+ you'd think that they are being used by nothing but U.S. males with nothing better to do ... continue
New York Police Department to get down with this new fangled social media thing

New York Police Department to get down with this new fangled social media thing

You know there might be something to this whole social media thing; or at least that's what New York's police department seems to think. Don't think that they are going to get all buddy buddy with you on ... continue
Facebook and Teens: Depressive, Narcissistic Consequences?

Facebook and Teens: Depressive, Narcissistic Consequences?

Social media is often trotted out as a negative influence on teens that rely heavily on Facebook, Twitter, and similar mediums to interact with their peers freely. Predators, bullying and lack of empathy are often cited as consequences ... continue
Assange critiques Facebook “spy machine” in interview

Assange critiques Facebook “spy machine” in interview

Founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange has warned users of popular social networks of the dangers of building a ready-made dossier for intelligence services voluntarily. In an interview with Russia Today, Assange specifically stated he did not think the services ... continue
[Pic] Social media explained by function of individual site

[Pic] Social media explained by function of individual site

For your next PowerPoint, you're welcome. [epicponyz] continue
ACLU objects to Maryland DOC request for employee Facebook logins

ACLU objects to Maryland DOC request for employee Facebook logins

How would you like it if your boss listened in on your private, off-hours phone conversations or peeked into your bedroom as you engaged in whatever it is you do in there, I ain't judging? Is the ... continue
Law enforcement recruits asked to hand over Facebook passwords, text messages

Law enforcement recruits asked to hand over Facebook passwords, text messages

If you're sworn to uphold the law or hope to be, should you have to bend over and allow hiring directors to sift through your personal communications and base personnel decisions on that content? If a recent piece ... continue
Facebook sues teensy ‘Teachbook,’ seeks to own ‘book’ suffix on whole entire internet

Facebook sues teensy ‘Teachbook,’ seeks to own ‘book’ suffix on whole entire internet

If you planned to start a website with a domain name ending in "book," Facebook might be all up in your grill about that. A tiny little start-up aimed at teachers- a demographic notoriously terrified of Facebook- hasn't ... continue
Investigation reveals massive conservative censoring of Digg

Investigation reveals massive conservative censoring of Digg

Wow, this will surely be getting the blogosphere in an uproar as the news spread but apparently Digg, and possibly other social networks, has been targeted by a large group of influential conservative members in an effort ... continue
The joke of social network privacy

The joke of social network privacy

I have always maintained that people are fooling themselves if they think social networks will always keep their promise to protect your personal and generated data. At some point, whether for collateral or as demographic information to ... continue
Let’s get a grip on reality when it comes to Social Networks and Data Portability

Let’s get a grip on reality when it comes to Social Networks and Data Portability

Yesterday my good friend Louis Gray penned one of his best blog posts in some time. It is a very concise and clear look at the whole data portability issue that is a hot topic among the digerati ... continue
Deconstructing the LEGO Internet

Deconstructing the LEGO Internet

Earlier this week Jesse Stay, the man behind the Twitter service SocialToo, wrote a rather interesting post suggesting that in order to move the web forward to that mystical 3.0 version we need to start looking at ... continue
Social Media: The military to go where the Washington Post fears to tread

Social Media: The military to go where the Washington Post fears to tread

It is interesting that during all the hoopla surrounding the memo the brass of the Washington post sent to their troops about the use of Twitter and other social media services the US military ... continue