All the stories tagged with social networks
Most of Google+ users are male
07/15/2011, According to the latest stats discovered by SocialStatistics, 86.8% of Google+ users are male. Another site, FindPeopleOnPlus reported that 73.7% of Google+ users are male. Regardless of which site is more accurate, they both seem to point towards the network [...]
Microsoft accidentally leaks their new project Tulalip
07/15/2011, We had Friendster, Hi-5 (in case anyone can remember), MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and now Google+. In a bid to not be left out of the loop, it seems that Microsoft also has plans for their very own social networking/search [...]
55% of parents keep an eye on their kids’ online activities
07/14/2011, If you’re a minor and you’re thinking of posting up that picture of you with a beer bottle or a cigarette in hand on Facebook for cred points among your peers – you might want to think twice. According to [...]
Yammer – coming to Windows Phone
07/13/2011, Yammer, the enterprise private social network, is coming soon as an app on your Windows Phone device. Previously available on Windows Mobile, the transition over to Microsoft’s latest mobile platform seemed inevitable even though it would need to be rebuilt [...]
Google+ ready to hit 20 million users this weekend?
07/12/2011, Whether you like it or not, Facebook executives must be quaking in their boots, wondering whether Internet search giant Google’s Google+ social network might just eat into Facebook’s 750 million plus user pie. Google+ might be a potential example of [...]
Google+ hardware button set to hit Android smartphones?
07/11/2011, Remember the HTC Status that is available over at AT&T which sports a dedicated Facebook button? The social network wars heat up all the more on mobile platforms, with rumors of the Google+ hardware button making its way to future [...]
Moosh watches encourages kids to play outdoors
07/05/2011, Most kids spend choose to spend time in front of their computers nowadays, connecting with their friends through their computers (i.e. in video games or social networks) instead of meeting up in person at a playground or a park – [...]
Apple has yet to approve Google+ app
07/05/2011, Erica Joy, a support technician at Google, has recently been reported posting this message on Google’s new social networking website, Google+. It reads, ”For my iPhone using friends: the Google+ iPhone app has been submitted to the App store (no not today, [...]
Google Me on the Web lets you know who’s talking about you
06/16/2011, Admit it – you’ve Googled yourself before. At least once in your life. It’s only human to want to find out whether you have a presence online or if anybody has been talking about you. Well, Google knows this and [...]
Instagram now at 5 million users
06/14/2011, Last month we reported that Instagram was growing at 1.2 million users a month and was at 4.25 million users. Sure enough, a couple of weeks later, the service has now hit 5 million users. After being around for only [...]
Activision defends charging for Call of Duty Elite premium
06/03/2011, Activision has released a FAQ assuring Call of Duty players that the new “Elite” social-networking service will not be taking anything away from the games. It seems that people mistook Activision’s intent to add premium content to the multiplayer COD [...]
Call of Duty: Elite introduces in-game social network
05/31/2011, How many social networking accounts, usernames and passwords have you had to remember over the years? Plenty? Well, add one more to the list this time around as Activision’s Call of Duty: Elite will feature a dedicated social experience for [...]
Toyota to launch “Toyota Friend”: a car-owner social network
05/23/2011, Reuters has reported that Toyota and Salesforce.com Inc will be teaming up to build a special social network called “Toyota Friend”. You might be wondering – why doesn’t the company just make use of Facebook instead? It’s definitely not going [...]
