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Category Archives: Social Networking

02.7.11 / Social Networking and The Middle East

The use of social networking sites has been on the uptick for the past several years – that much is clear.  To some people, these sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, are ways for friends to stay in touch and … Read more »

08.13.09 / Whole Foods CEO Ventures into the Healthcare Food Fight, Gets Pie in Face

Forget all about John Galt. Just who is John Mackey? A former student of philosophy and religion at the University of Texas at Austin in the late 1970s. A vegetarian. A vegan. Or an ovo vegetarian, because the man likes … Read more »

06.16.09 / One Person Equals One Broadcaster

In the wake of the hotly-contested presidential election in Iran, internet social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are emerging as the primary—if not only—means of disseminating information in a country in which the government has the power to censor … Read more »

05.8.09 / How to Put Our Country Further into Debt…

Virtual currency. One of the latest crazes are virtual worlds, like Second Life, where users can create a character representing themselves (or someone completely different) and live a virtual life on the Internet.  Users of these virtual worlds can do … Read more »

04.30.09 / Microsoft Getting into Social Networking, Only in Case of Emergency

In a recent article posted by Tech News World, it was reported that Microsoft is in the beta stages with Vine, a social networking tool, but not in the Facebook department of social networking.  Microsoft’s Vine will only be used … Read more »

04.28.09 / More Tales from the Dark Side of Web 2.0: Sexting

Mix together fuel, oxygen, and a spark, and it’s bound to happen—you’re going to get a fire.  Mix together the ubiquity of cell phone digital cameras, the seemingly-private but all-too-public realm of digital friends and networks of friends, the need … Read more »

04.24.09 / What Do People See When They Google You?

Have you ever Googled yourself to see what is out there about you?  Or maybe someone you’re dating to get some background info that maybe they’re not telling you (dating 101)?  Well now Google is allowing you to control what … Read more »

04.17.09 / RUNmyERRAND.com

Ever feel overwhelmed with all the errands on your to-do list?  RUNmyERRAND.com can solve your problems.  They call it  “service networking”, and it seems to be a combination of Craigslist and eBay, where people can post errands they need run … Read more »

04.15.09 / True/Slant Tries to Marry Web Journalism with Social Networking

You can’t open a newspaper these days without reading of the imminent demise of the newspaper industry itself.  Just last week, in fact, the New York Times Company announced that due to insolvency, it would shutter the venerable Boston Globe … Read more »

04.14.09 / Widgetize Your Life with Bebo’s Lifestory

Digitizing your life just became more interesting with Bebo’s Lifestory, a new feature that Rafe Needleman, writing for CNet News, says “makes a fancy widget out of your life.” Lifestory, one of the flashier new Bebo features, is more or … Read more »