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After the Bubblin' Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:10AMThere is life after death in investing.
In RP, online support may not translate into votes Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:12AMMANILA, Philippines - In the Philippines, which has a more limited Internet penetration than America , it is unclear how online support will translate into votes.
Online Facebooks Duel Over Tangled Web of Authorship Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:33PMAccording to his job description posted on thefacebook.com, Mark E. Zuckerberg ’06 serves as the popular website’s “Founder, Master and Commander [and] Enemy of the State.” But a trio of Pforzheimer residents would like to add one last title to that resume: thief.
Getting older without getting old Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:28PMFacebook now has more than 400 million active users, up from only 50 million as recently as 2007. If social networking still resembled a young, hip downtown nightclub scene — one day a site is hot, the next it’s not — we might expect the crowds to decamp soon. Facebook would become another Friendster, still around but ghostly, forgotten by most.
Pink is the natural color of love Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:04AMA review of Gerardo Z. Torres"s Kulay Rosas ang Pintig ng Puso , a must-read for people who are in love or who long to fall in love, whether one is gay or straight.
Getting Older Without Getting Old Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:49AMRANDALL STROSS In its wide, wide world, Facebook has the advantage of "network effects" - making its value grow in tandem with the number of people who use it.
Mark Zuckerberg Will Personally Hack Your Facebook Account Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:19PMYou have another reason to be worried about your privacy on Facebook. An investigation reveals the company’s founder hacked into the personal profiles and email of both his personal rivals and journalists. (more…)
Mark Zuckerberg Will Personally Hack Your Facebook Account [Valleywag] Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:31AM# valleywag You have another reason to be worried about your privacy on Facebook. A new investigation reveals the company's founder hacked into the personal profiles and email of both his personal rivals and journalists. More »
Free agency brings Sharper back to earth Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:03AMShortly after helping the Saints win the Super Bowl, Darren Sharper could be playing elsewhere.
Tracers Launches New One-Click Social Network Profile Search Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:13AMThe new search traces and identifies the actual owner or user of a specific email address, identifies other email relationships, web postings, pictures, personal details, friends, family and more. (PRWeb Mar 4, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3683774.htm
Tracers Launches New One-Click Social Network Profile Search Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:00AMThe new search traces and identifies the actual owner or user of a specific email address, identifies other email relationships, web postings, pictures, personal details, friends, family and more.
Koobface changes its tricks Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:42PMThe Koobface worm is a case study of how swiftly cybercriminals react to emerging trends. Koobface first appeared in the fall of 2008 just as social networks were getting hot. Its creators initially sent Facebook users friendly messages asking them to click on a link to see a video.
Baca Yang Ini Pulak:- Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:06AMmmg comel pon.. mcm nara.. so cute .. love to c u on tv
Marvin Keifer and Jef Gaitan: The ‘stalker’ and the ‘stalked’? Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:58AMReal-life couple Marvin Keifer and Jef Gaitan play sweethearts in 'My Stalking Heart.' (Photo by ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZ) After being castaways in Palau island for two months, “Survivor Philippines: Palau”’s Jef Gaitan and Marvin Keifer are set to be launched via “Dear Heart Presents: My Stalking Heart,” where they will be “stalked” by fresh pair Jennica Garcia and Carl Guevarra. Marvin admitted ...
Limpag: Surfing on your TV Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:43AMI ATTENDED the launching of Smart Bro SurfTV in Manila last week and was excited by the product. read more
Italy risks internet Stone Age with trial of Google executives Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 10:33AMThe search engine giant behaved responsibly, not criminally, over video.
Najib: Use social media to increase business Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 1:43AMPEKAN: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants the people to leverage on the popularity of social media network sites to generate economic activities through online business.
Sunday February 28 2010 Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 4:14PMPEKAN, Feb 27 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak wants people to leverage on the popularity of social media network sites to generate economic activities through online business.
Yahoo! paves way for online democracy with an election-dedicated microsite Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 3:22PMYahoo! has harnessed the power of social media and developed a first-of-its-kind election-dedicated microsite called Purple Thumb (www.yourpurplethumb.com).
Bill would stop sex offenders from following, friending kids Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 7:30AMBy SARITA CHOUREY The bill, S. 973, introduced by Sen. Chip Campsen, R- Charleston, would include e- mail addresses, screen names and identifiers that are used for chatting, instant messaging, and all social networking activities.
Najib touts Facebook for business success Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 6:34AMPEKAN, Feb 27 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak wants people to leverage on the popularity of social media network sites to generate economic activities through online business. He said social media were growing in popularity and should be used as a business tool and not just a platform for online interaction. “I encourage you to utilise the Internet and broadband not just for social ...
Bankrupt, Crowd-Funded SellaBand Bought by German Investors Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:10AMSellaBand, the bankrupt crowd-funded online record label announces that it has buyers and a new CEO in Munich, Germany. It'll go back online Thursday.
Bankrupt, Crowd-Funded SellaBand Bought by German Investors Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:29PMFull text of the announcement SellaBand, the bankrupt crowd-funded online record label, announced late Wednesday afternoon that it has found buyers and a new CEO in Munich, Germany. The announcement s...
Google’s Italian Crime Shows Why Italy Is Lagging: Ann Woolner Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 8:49PMDistracted while thinking how to begin this column, I clicked on an e-mail from a friend. She had sent me a YouTube video in which a tidy cylindrical shape on a shoulder strap unrolled to become a computer.
Chatroulette: New online intelligence Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:42AMNavigating humanity Think of the history of online chat as you would the arc of a young American’s life. Think of the history of online chat as you would the arc of a young American’s life. When Chat was 8, it began sorting through its parents’ record collections, finding bands and movies it enjoyed, aggressively asserting its identity. At 9, it began passing secret notes in school. After an ...
COVER STORY: Staying in touch is hard to do Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:10PMWith the phenomenal growth in social networking, it's becoming increasingly complicated to keep track of friends. But RIDZWAN A. RAHIM learns of a solution.
Crib Sheet: John Doerr, the Kingmaker Behind the Bloom Box Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 5:54PMWith all systems go for the Bloom Box, the quarter-of-a-mil fuel device that's supposed to be the savior of the universe, here's a refresher course on the money man from venture capital powerhouse Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who helped make the dream into something starting to resemble reality. The 58-year-old has a big fat contacts book. All the usual suspects, from Al Gore and Bono, thru ...
Good friends are good for you Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 3:06AMBefore Facebook and Friendster, there was FRANCE and ITALY to bond friends. Those of a certain generation will remember scribbling 'Friendship remains and never can end' (FRANCE) and 'I trust and lov .....
Good friends are good for you Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 10:35PMBefore Facebook and Friendster, there was FRANCE and ITALY to bond friends. Those of a certain generation will remember scribbling 'Friendship remains and never can end' (FRANCE) and 'I trust and love you' (ITALY) in the autograph books of friends.
Advice for entrepreneurs: Protect yourself with patents and be prepared to fight Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 7:47AMEditor’s note: Vivek Wadhwa is an entrepreneur turned academic. Wadhwa is a Visiting Scholar at UC-Berkeley, Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School and Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke University.
Article Options Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 1:33PMSeen : Ang lantaran na pagde-deny ni Rich Asuncion na nagkaroon sila ng relasyon ni Aljur Abrenica . Malakas ang loob ni Rich na mag-deny dahil hiwalay na sila ni Aljur.
Social media marketing trend on the rise Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 1:21PMThe fast-paced popularity of internet use and the increasing number of internet users by the day is being seen as a good advantage by corporations and politicians to reach out to their specified audience.
Baca Yang Ini Pulak:- Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 3:37AM[...] Pelik gak kenapa tak ada satu pun gambar Scha yang diambil secara rasmi oleh suratkhabar-suratkhabar tempatan. Takkanlah Scha kena boikot kot? Gambar-gambar nie pun dicurik dari Facebook Scha Al- Yahya. [...]
Average social gamer 'a middle-aged woman' Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 10:21PMIN a surprising move away from the stereotypical image of young males glued to PCs, a new survey has flagged the average social gamer as a 43-year-old woman.
Social games are big, but who's spending money? Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 9:50PMSurvey by game maker PopCap finds about 100 million people in the U.S. and U.K. are playing social games. Fewer than a third say they've spent real-world money in one, though.
At Large : It's so much talk Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 6:29PMVisit mvtimes.com, and you'll see we've joined Facebook and Twitter. We've got fans and followers, whose numbers grow daily. That seems nice, but I have only a vague understanding of how this helps us do our newspaper job. Folks who know about these things tell me it does.
PopCap: Average Social Gamer is a 43-Year-Old Woman Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 1:37PMVideo games might seem like a thing for the young, but a PopCap survey of U.S. and UK social games finds that only 6 percent of them are 21 or younger.
Social Gaming on the Rise Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 1:03PMStudy: Women flocking to Facebook for social games. A new survey from (appropriately) PopCap Games indicates the social gaming population in the U.S. and U.K. is a burgeoning 100 million, and the spokeperson for this rapidly growing group is a 43-year-old woman.
New Survey Reveals Social Gaming Phenomenon in U.S. and U.K. Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 8:00AMPopCap Games, maker of some of the world's most popular video games, today unveiled the results of a survey targeting "social gamers": Consumers in the U.S. and UK who play games on social networking platforms such as FacebookÂ® and MySpaceÂ®.
Friendster.com targets Thailand Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 3:39AMWorldwide social network Friendster.com is to begin a campaign to invigorate its 1-million-strong Thai membership, because Thailand is proving to be the Southeast Asian country with the fastest-growing adoption of social networks.
Then & Now: Networking today Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 1:38AMIn the old days, painting on walls and carving on trees were the fastest ways to communicate with people. Then innovation took place. It is believed that the earliest form of written communication was sent by carrier pigeons.
Rhodri Marsden: Did Google drop a clanger with its new Buzz network? Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:13PMThere was a time, not long ago, when web services would launch promising the opportunity to share photos, videos, our innermost thoughts, and we'd excitedly rush to sign up. But that was then. And when Google launched its new Buzz service last Tuesday with that exact fanfare, my reaction was similar to that of some- one who's just been offered a substantial cheese board after a three-course blow ...
iseemedia Introduces New Social Networking Platform - iseesocial(TM) at Mobile World Congress Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 8:00AMiseemedia Inc. , a leading provider of mobile email push service to the mass market, announced today at the 2010 Mobile World Congress, its newest mobile VAS platform, iseesocial, tailored to mobile operators and social networking users.
Yahoo launches Purple Thumb election microsite Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 4:37AMMANILA, Philippines - Yahoo Philippines is tapping various local news providers and social media for a one-of-a-kind election microsite called Purple Thumb (www.yourpurplethumb.com).
Hello Kitty C90: Calls the child within you Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 11:08AMThis phone is something interesting.
Teal Pennebaker: How Facebook Taught Me And My 500 Closest Friends Damage Control Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 9:23AMYes, Facebook is a time-suck and a vortex of self-indulgence. But those complaints aside, the social networking site ultimately teaches twenty-somethings everywhere valuable lessons in damage control.
CLU professor addresses Facebook privacy issues Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 2:00AMFor many people who frequent Facebook and other social networking sites, desires for social interaction can override privacy concerns.On Thursday, California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks hosted a presentation on privacy management in social networking environments led by Dr. Miriam Metzger, an associate communications professor at UC Santa Barbara.“There is only one thing in the world ...
Get the security buzz about Google Buzz Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 2:20PMWhat are the security concerns about Google's new social networking service, Google Buzz? Chad Perrin sees plenty.
Will people leave Facebook for Buzz? Fat chance Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 6:08AMThe issue with Google's new social toy is that 400 million people already use Facebook and have been offered no viable incentive to switch.
'Innovation is ideas plus execution' Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 7:22PMCOMPUTER scientist Anindya Datta's daughter Diya, 12, once asked him: 'What's a word for 'blue sky'?' That inspired him to create a program that would give her an answer.