Online Social Networks

Social networks leak personal information to tracking site

harminka — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:43:48 -0500

The leakage puts social network users at risk of having their identity linked with their browsing behavior; the study is the first to describe a mechanism that tracking sites could use to directly link browsing habits to specific individuals

Facebook Will Die Within Three Years, Blogger

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:07:24 -0600

As I was watching Inauguration day 2009 streaming on CNN, which is done in cooperation with Facebook I was impressed to see how Facebook members were participating and updating their statuses. CNN is showing the live stream of the inauguration and Facebook.com members are posting their comments participating in a live discussion. Then I thought I would see what bloggers have to say about CNN live stream inauguration and Facebook cooperation. The following startled me.

Cyberbullying Outlawed in Missouri Following Megan Meier Suicide

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:38:18 -0500

The latest events in the Megan Meier MySpace suicide case took place Monday, when Missouri governor Matt Blunt signed into law a bill which revised the the state's already existing harassment law to include telephone and electronic communication.

Google says website owners can make any site social

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:34:20 -0500

Google Friend Connect helps easily insert social features to make "any app, any site, any friends" a reality.

MySpace Data Portability Ensures Web's Continuity

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:50 -0500

Mypace is the first company to move towards "Data Portability".

Google Unveils Knol Encouraging Knowledge Sharing

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:58:59 -0600

The web contains an enormous amount of information, and Google has helped to make that information more easily accessible by providing pretty good search facilities. But not everything is written nor is everything well organized to make it easily discoverable. There are millions of people who possess useful knowledge that they would love to share, and there are billions of people who can benefit from it.

Forty Four Websites Offer Facebook Beacon for Social Distribution

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:53:57 -0600

Users Gain Ability to Share their Actions from 44 Participating Sites with their Friends on Facebook

Second Lifers Now Get The Cash Alternative

webitpr — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:42:41 -0500

Residents of Second Life can now become cash buyers for land and property in their virtual world.

Digg becomes friendlier and more social

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:58:12 -0500

Digg updates profiles of the users giving them more social tools.

Social networking sites: 2/3 enter false information to protect identity

webitpr — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:03:46 -0500

Andrea Simmons, Consultant Security Forum Manager at British Computer Society comments, “As we become citizens of cyberspace and with social networking sites making details of members visible through public search engines, we need to learn how to use privacy settings in better ways and use computers safely.”

Flugpo, Internet Community of the Future

SaraG — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:45:10 -0500

Explores a traditional usage of the term community in contrast to the modern day perception as demonstrated in an 'Internet community' such as Flugpo.com.

Microsoft To Provide Digg With Ads

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:08:38 -0500

Microsoft signs agreement with Digg to provide the social news network with online contextual ads.