items tagged with Social networks
44 percent of employers using Facebook to check on job candidates
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-07 19:16:25
iTWire reported a recent survey of employers in the UK showing that 7.5 percent of them were using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace as an informal part of the referencing process. Now a survey in the US has put the figure at 44 percent.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-07 19:16:25
iTWire reported a recent survey of employers in the UK showing that 7.5 percent of them were using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace as an informal part of the referencing process. Now a survey in the US has put the figure at 44 percent.
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Next-gen Windows Live goes live
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-11-07 01:00:45
Microsoft's revamped Windows Live portmanteau online service aims to simplify consumers' digital lives.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-11-07 01:00:45
Microsoft's revamped Windows Live portmanteau online service aims to simplify consumers' digital lives.
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Google's OpenSocial may bring sun down on Facebook: analyst
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-02 00:08:30
Facebook may be the hottest thing since chilli peppers right now but, according to a senior analyst, Facebook's uniqueness is drawing to a close thanks to Google's Open Social, a new open standards based API platform for developing third party applications for social networking sites.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-02 00:08:30
Facebook may be the hottest thing since chilli peppers right now but, according to a senior analyst, Facebook's uniqueness is drawing to a close thanks to Google's Open Social, a new open standards based API platform for developing third party applications for social networking sites.
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MySpace is a part of OpenSocial community
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-01 23:30:27
When Google formally announced the OpenSocial API, MySpace was there after all.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-01 23:30:27
When Google formally announced the OpenSocial API, MySpace was there after all.
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MySpace is a part of OpenSocial community
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-01 23:29:54
When Google formally announced the OpenSocial API, MySpace was there after all.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-01 23:29:54
When Google formally announced the OpenSocial API, MySpace was there after all.
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Be careful what you put on Facebook: your next job could depend on it.
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-01 14:49:14
Employers don't like their staff using social network sites in work time, but are increasingly turning to these as informal sources of references on prospective employees.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-11-01 14:49:14
Employers don't like their staff using social network sites in work time, but are increasingly turning to these as informal sources of references on prospective employees.
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OpenSocial to spread apps across social networking sites
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-10-31 17:01:15
Google's new OpenSocial API promises developers a mechanism that will allow applications to work with more than one social networking site, but at this stage the Big Two - Facebook and MySpace - aren't joining the fun.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-10-31 17:01:15
Google's new OpenSocial API promises developers a mechanism that will allow applications to work with more than one social networking site, but at this stage the Big Two - Facebook and MySpace - aren't joining the fun.
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Don't sue social networking sites if you know what's good for you
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-10-29 03:32:24
What do you do if someone writes something bad about you or your company on a social networking site? Whatever you do, don't try to sue the owners of the site because you're likely to merely compound your problems, according to a senior researcher.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-10-29 03:32:24
What do you do if someone writes something bad about you or your company on a social networking site? Whatever you do, don't try to sue the owners of the site because you're likely to merely compound your problems, according to a senior researcher.
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Only in America: the dump-on-a-dud-date web site
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-10-28 23:02:39
Last month iTWire brought you reports of a service in the US that enables you to fake the phone number you appear to be calling from - the biggest users are curious lovers wondering if their soul mate or partner is cheating. Now we report on another with equally dubious ethics.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-10-28 23:02:39
Last month iTWire brought you reports of a service in the US that enables you to fake the phone number you appear to be calling from - the biggest users are curious lovers wondering if their soul mate or partner is cheating. Now we report on another with equally dubious ethics.
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Fresh face for $15 billion Facebook on Blackberry
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-10-25 08:10:53
With both MySpace and YouTube off the market, the hottest property on the Web right now is social networking site Facebook, said to be valued at a massive US$15 billion by suitors such as Microsoft and Google. The latest liaison for the site with 50 million fresh faces on its books is with RIM, purveyor of the Blackberry, the smartphone of choice for business professionals.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-10-25 08:10:53
With both MySpace and YouTube off the market, the hottest property on the Web right now is social networking site Facebook, said to be valued at a massive US$15 billion by suitors such as Microsoft and Google. The latest liaison for the site with 50 million fresh faces on its books is with RIM, purveyor of the Blackberry, the smartphone of choice for business professionals.
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Microsoft buys into $US15B Facebook
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Financial News
2007-10-24 16:42:27
Microsoft is set to buy a $US240 million share of Facebook, a deal that values the social networking site at $US15 billion.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Financial News
2007-10-24 16:42:27
Microsoft is set to buy a $US240 million share of Facebook, a deal that values the social networking site at $US15 billion.
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Second Lifers: Alcatel-Lucent wants to pick your brains
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-10-23 18:45:34
Alcatel-Lucent is inviting residents of the Second Life social networking and virtual reality site to envision and design the wireless devices and applications they think will be possible in 2017, when mobile networks will support always-on connectivity at gigabit bandwidths.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-10-23 18:45:34
Alcatel-Lucent is inviting residents of the Second Life social networking and virtual reality site to envision and design the wireless devices and applications they think will be possible in 2017, when mobile networks will support always-on connectivity at gigabit bandwidths.
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MySpace plays "catchup" with Facebook
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-10-18 05:48:44
It had to happen sooner or later. MySpace, the clear leader in the social networking race, is starting to glance back over its shoulder at what its fast growing second placed rival Facebook is doing and imitate some of its rival's best features.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-10-18 05:48:44
It had to happen sooner or later. MySpace, the clear leader in the social networking race, is starting to glance back over its shoulder at what its fast growing second placed rival Facebook is doing and imitate some of its rival's best features.
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Facebook boosts child security after caught out by investigators
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-10-17 23:56:13
Facebook has agreed to better promote its security settings and to take greater actions to protect children online, following a safety probe by the New York attorney general's office which caught the social networking site napping.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-10-17 23:56:13
Facebook has agreed to better promote its security settings and to take greater actions to protect children online, following a safety probe by the New York attorney general's office which caught the social networking site napping.
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MySpace and Skype partnership: what's in it for Skype
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-10-17 07:51:59
The world's number one social network MySpace has joined forces with the world's number one Internet telephony provider Skype to provide a seamless free instant messaging and voice call service for MySpace users. We know the benefits for MySpace - its members get an excellent IM chat and free voice calling service, But what's in it for Skype?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-10-17 07:51:59
The world's number one social network MySpace has joined forces with the world's number one Internet telephony provider Skype to provide a seamless free instant messaging and voice call service for MySpace users. We know the benefits for MySpace - its members get an excellent IM chat and free voice calling service, But what's in it for Skype?
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Google acquires Jaiku microblogging service
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
2007-10-10 00:20:10
Google has acquired Finland-based Jaiku, a Twitter-like "activity stream and presence sharing" service that works with mobile phones and the web.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
2007-10-10 00:20:10
Google has acquired Finland-based Jaiku, a Twitter-like "activity stream and presence sharing" service that works with mobile phones and the web.
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CrowdFound: fascinating web site, but is it search
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-10-08 08:58:45
Three Australians have launched crowdfound.com, billing it as the world's first human-powered 'best of the web' discovery engine, and saying that it is designed to overcome the limitations of search engines. But is it really a substitute for search?
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-10-08 08:58:45
Three Australians have launched crowdfound.com, billing it as the world's first human-powered 'best of the web' discovery engine, and saying that it is designed to overcome the limitations of search engines. But is it really a substitute for search?
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Microsoft plays catch-up with new Zunes
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-10-02 23:56:26
New model Zunes match iPod gigabyte for gigabyte, and dollar for dollar.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-10-02 23:56:26
New model Zunes match iPod gigabyte for gigabyte, and dollar for dollar.
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Yahoo Mash takes on social networking heavies
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-09-17 15:51:48
Yahoo is making a second tilt at success in the social networking arena with Mash.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-09-17 15:51:48
Yahoo is making a second tilt at success in the social networking arena with Mash.
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Bebo goes to Yahoo for display ads
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-09-13 02:07:55
Social networking site Bebo has chosen Yahoo to sell most of its display advertising inventory.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-09-13 02:07:55
Social networking site Bebo has chosen Yahoo to sell most of its display advertising inventory.
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