Twitter has made the cover of Times Magazine. Michael Jackson’s death froze the media and caused a massive rush to the internet. Facebook continues to get ‘poked’ by DTS for a piece of the social network empire.
What do they all have in common? It all revolves around the Web, but not only that, the online [...]
Gucci is doing it. So are Oscar de la Renta, Donna Karan, Target, Urban Outfitters, Louis Vuitton and Rachel Roy. This was the opening paragraph from one of WWD’s recent leading stories, ‘Social Media Rewrites the Rules for Brands’.
Even some of the most prominent designers you would have never expected to see using Twitter, Facebook [...]
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The above image is a map of the world that displays the most popular social networks by country. The map was created using ManyEyes, a website and also an IBM visualization tool, that allows users to upload data and then produce graphic representations for others to view and comment upon.
The map [...]
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of posts on the phenomenon of social networking coming to its end and predictions about Twitter becoming obsolete.
One problem about technology (and everything else in general) is that once something is expected to be ‘the next big thing’, it doesn’t actually mean it will retain its fame forever. Studies [...]
Do you spend over 30 hours on the Internet per week? You probably don’t, but most teenagers do- social networks being their main destination.
MySpace’s announcement on the removal of 90,000 registered sex offenders was the straw that broke the camel’s back which has recently triggered the EC to sign a deal with a group of [...]
MySpace, Yahoo and Intel have joined forces to offer users a way to exchange messages with friends through their television sets while at the same time watching their favorite show.
What’s this all about? BusinessWeek disclosed it’s a social-networking application launched jointly by MySpace, Intel and Yahoo that apparently merges TV with the Web.
The TV widget [...]
This guest post was written by: Manuela Tangredi
The recent financial crisis is rapidly expanding to real economy causing a decline in consumption and production growth and thus a cut-down in advertising budgets is to be expected.
On the contrary this week, eMarketer, a market research firm, predicted that in America online advertising will continue to expand [...]
Everyday individuals go online for various reasons. Email, research, music/photos downloads, sharing, chatting, etc. One thing that’s true, social networks have become part of people’s lives.
There are numerous social networks out there that have successfully broken down barriers and are now connecting people everywhere. And it is due to this connectedness that brands today have [...]
The West Wing’s creator, Aaron Sorkin, thinks not.
Facebook has had quite a life since 2004, initially opening its network to Harvard students, then all Ivy Leagues, until eventually welcoming just about anyone above the age of 13.
Today, the social network monster has surpassed its main competitor MySpace, which currently has 117.6 million visitors compared to [...]
Worldwide statistics of social networking usage were recently released by comScore indicating the rate of growth by region of the world between 2007 and 2008.
Before I show you the chart though, I want to highlight the fact that on a worldwide scale the use of social networks increased at a 25% rate compared to last [...]
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Such projects as twitter and facebook are giving world its rythm