Facebook just cranked up the creepiness factor for a small percentage of users.
According to Ad Age, the social network is testing real-time data mining of status updates and wall posts. So if you announce to the world that you just had a baby, Facebook might immediately respond with an ad for diapers. For now, instant data mining is …
Word to the wise: This app is not for people who can’t handle Foursquare. But if you can get past sharing your location to the world (and love to tweet and Facebook with rabid enthusiasm), Color, a social-network-slash-phone-app, is an interesting social network that’s designed to meet people.
Color is basically a smartphone …
Disney clearly believes that children are the future… of social networking. The Walt Disney Co. has purchased Togetherville, a social networking site for children under the age of 10 that allows them their own Facebook-style environment in a closely monitored, age-appropriate setting.
Before you bash your friends who go online to flirt with their crushes or those who send love notes to their significant other via social networking, a new study from Euro RSCG Wordwide is showing that online communication can actually help your relationship.
“We used to meet in bars, and restaurants, we now meet on Facebook and …
Guess which two classic blasts from the past are about to get resurrected as Facebook games? Don’t look up there at the title! Okay, go ahead. Too late.
The Oregon Trail and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? are set to make their return to the edutainment world as Facebook games. The Oregon Trail will be available tomorrow, …
Social network site LinkedIn filed for its initial public offering yesterday (even though many think the timing is wrong), and in the process, revealed a lot about the company’s inner workings, and how it sees itself. For example, although the site made $10 million profit in the first nine months of last year – from a total revenue of …
As Twitter flips the off-switch to its “verified account” feature, we would like to extend a warm welcome to the return of the celebrity impostor.
(More on TIME: Facebook Alum Starts “Jumo” Social Network For Charities)
The system, introduced in June 2009, won’t be wiped from feeds that have already earned a “verified” status, but …
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has taken the wraps off of Jumo, a social networking site focused on helping people find and support reputable charities. Hughes told the New York Times that he hopes the site will do for charities “what Yelp did for restaurants.”
Eligible charities must be certified as tax-exempt organizations to …
It had to come sometime. MySpace has conceded the battle for supreme social network to Facebook, saying that they prefer to focus on “music entertainment content” on Fox Business Network.
(More on TIME.com: The End Is Near: Will MySpace Sink After Departure Of Another CEO?)
“We are no longer competing. MySpace is focused …
You can now log into the social network that nobody uses anymore with your username and password from the social network everyone uses. And with that, MySpace has pretty much given up on trying to be a social network in the interest of serving as a personalized entertainment site instead.
That’s actually pretty smart.
You can now …
Facebook unwrapped its new “Messages” feature earlier this week, and announced that it’ll slowly be rolling out to users over the coming months. Here’s a quick, basic look at the upcoming service that aims to blur the lines between e-mail, instant messaging, and text messaging.
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Zynga, the company behind wildly popular Facebook games such as FarmVille and FrontierVille, has announced that CityVille will be rolling out “in the coming weeks.”
(More on Techland: Rumor: Zynga Prepping ‘CityVille’ Social Game?)
Zynga is calling CityVille its “most social game to date.” You’ll be able to build your own city …
