Archive for juli, 2009

When I read yesterday that the Wall Street Journal is creating a new “LinkedIn Killer” yesterday, I immediately thought about how likely it is that the company botches things up. When was the last time that you’ve visited a content site and were prompted to enter your contact information in order to “connect with… »

The Discovery Channel’s Shark Week is now one of the channel’s most popular TV series, and this year they’re promoting the fan favorite with a new Facebook Connect-enabled wesbite called Frenzied Waters.
The site gives you the point-of-view experience of shark attacks over the decades from Jersey in 1916 to the Coral Seas in WWII. The… »

Weeks after announcing a list of their official Twitter accounts, Google has officially launched their Facebook Page and has attracted over a quarter million fans so far. The page, which has already been updated five times this week, and appears to be growing in popularity. So what type of content is Google posting… »

This morning, leading Facebook sports application developer Watercooler is announcing the launch of FanSection Fantasy Football 2009. Fantasy sports games traditionally have offered their players a siloed experience with ten or so players creating leagues and drafting players. But with FanSection Fantasy Football, the fantasy sports experience will involve not only a core group of… »

En falsk udgave af den konservative vicestatsminister har fået venner på Facebook. Blandt andet den omstridte Asmaa… »

During E3 in June, Nintendo and Microsoft announced that the DSi and Xbox Live would be integrating Facebook Connect this year. Well, in an apparent test before a full North America launch sometime this fall, Facebook Connect is now live in the DSi in Japan.

With version 1.4 of the DSi firmware, users can login… »

Reports from Inside Facebook earlier this year have shown the growth in Facebook use amongst users over 35 and baby boomers especially. Now, a new study from Anderson Analytics shows how different generations are using social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

According to the numbers, the top reasons for joining a social network… »

Want to view which of your friends are located in Washington, D.C. or another city? Too bad because it appears as though Facebook has removed that feature. While the company previously announced that they’d remove regional network privacy settings, it wasn’t clear that they were eliminating the ability to browse by region. … »

Research conducted by Facebook’s “in-house sociologist” Cameron Marlow last year and presented in May at the International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media offers some interesting findings on what makes the pages of celebrities, bands or movies grow to large numbers in a such a short time period. The findings aren’t just relevant to… »

Want to view which of your friends are located in Washington, D.C. or another city? Too bad because it appears as though Facebook has removed that feature. While the company previously announced that they’d remove regional network privacy settings, it wasn’t clear that they were eliminating the ability to browse by region. … »