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The graying of Facebook
February 17, 2010 – 10:47 am | 6 Comments
The graying of Facebook

Facebook got its start at Harvard University and MySpace has cultivated its image as a tool for aspiring rock stars. No wonder the image of the social networker has tended to be younger than the …

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How long can a headless MySpace rock on?
February 11, 2010 – 4:55 pm | 4 Comments
How long can a headless MySpace rock on?

After less than 10 months on the job, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta has resigned, leaving the Rupert Murdoch-owned social network once again headless.
MySpace is already in a heap of trouble.

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Tweeting pols and MySpace layoffs
June 23, 2009 – 1:34 pm | No Comment

Social Media continues to exert its influence in the political world. The number of MPs with a major Twitter habit, sometimes Tweeting from inside the chamber, was evident last night as the results of the House …

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Bebo embraces the lifestream
February 24, 2009 – 6:22 am | 3 Comments
Bebo embraces the lifestream

AOL’s $850 million social network Bebo entered the lifestreaming space yesterday with the launch of a raft of new features focused on pulling in all aspects of users’ friends’ activity online even if they aren’t …

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Facebook Connect launches social commenting widget
February 20, 2009 – 11:37 am | No Comment
Facebook Connect launches social commenting widget

Just a week after Google launched its Social Bar, Facebook has launched a social widget for Facebook Connect, called the Comments Box. Ray C. He announced the launch on the Facebook blog, saying:
“The Comments Box …

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25 Things meme boosts Facebook’s figures
February 13, 2009 – 11:27 am | 2 Comments
25 Things meme boosts Facebook’s figures

No doubt you’ve seen or even contributed to the 25 Things meme that has swept through Facebook of late, prompting old school denizens of the interwebs to heave le sigh and compare it to the …

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Digging the dirt on MySpace
January 26, 2009 – 11:14 am | No Comment
Digging the dirt on MySpace

If you’re interested in unauthorised behind-the-scenes info, check it out – Michael Arrington has got hold of a draft of Wall Street Journal editor Julia Angwin’s tell-all book about MySpace, which will officially hit the …

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Crowdsourcing helps save JPG Magazine (maybe)
January 13, 2009 – 10:44 am | No Comment
Crowdsourcing helps save JPG Magazine (maybe)

There may be light at the end of the tunnel for JPG Magazine, which at the beginning of the year announced it would be closing within days. The popular photography publication built entirely around high …

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Twitter-based news alert service morphs into public news wire
January 9, 2009 – 10:49 am | One Comment
Twitter-based news alert service morphs into public news wire

Back in November 2008, we brought you news of BreakingNewsOn, a Twitter-based news alert service known for breaking news before mainstream channels (it famously once broke news of a bus crash even before the emergency …

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Security flaws bite Twitter
January 6, 2009 – 11:06 am | No Comment
Security flaws bite Twitter

First phishers, now hackers — the Twitter security concern got a little scarier yesterday, with the news that 33 high profile accounts, including those of Britney Spears and Barack Obama, were hacked. Twitter is acting …

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