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Kids gain valuable skills from time online

Orlando :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The report, sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, contradicts the idea held by many educators, parents and policymakers that children should be blocked from online social networks and video games like Halo, which allow users in different locations to...

Tags: MacArthur Foundation, Mizuko Ito, social networks, technical skills

Trial Begins in Fatal Cyber-Bullying Case

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Trial started Wednesday in a cyber-bullying trial with a federal prosecutor asking a Los Angeles jury to find that a Missouri woman "hatched a plot to prey on the psyche of a 13-year-old girl" that ended in suicide...Attorney Thomas O'Brien said Lori...

Tags: tragic death, Megan Meier, Lori Drew, social networks, Missouri, Ms Drew, old boy, missouri woman, old daughter, committed suicide

TMCnet.com: Watercooler Fans Now Watching Popular TV Shows Through Hulu on TVLoop

Mountain View :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

With the addition of broadcast- quality content from Hulu, the experience is now even richer for fans. TVLoop is the one place in social media where fans can not only watch their favorite TV shows, but also interact with other fans, creating a unique...

Tags: network, social, allnews, social networks, tv shows

Social network provider Ning opens access to OpenSocial developers

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Ning , a white-label social network provider, is integrating with the OpenSocial standard in order to give more third-party applications access to its users. MySpace, hi5, Bebo and Friendster and other social networks already use OpenSocial. This has...

Tags: social, myspace, google, social networks, usa

Slide Cuts Deals With Time Warner, CBS

Bangalore :: India | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Slide Inc., a startup best known for software tools that help people personalize their profiles and amuse themselves on social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, is trying to prove it has staying power. The San Francisco company, begun in 2005...

Tags: social network, social, facebook, networking, companies, myspace, social networks, Time Warner Inc., Max Levchin, CBS Corp.

Survey: 22% employers check social networks before hiring

Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

An online job site said that many employers look on Facebook and MySpace to vet their job candidates, according to U.S. media reports Monday.     CareerBuilder carried out a survey and found out that 22 percent of 3,169 hiring managers are screening social...

Tags: social network, social, networking, facebook, social networks, myspace, google

MySpace Music - worth $2bn already?

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Thursday is the day, apparently, for MySpace Music to be launched. I know I'm always banging on about this but the music community is by far MySpace's biggest asset and I can't believe how long it has taken them to pull their collective fingers out in...

Tags: myspace, network, social, networking, facebook, google, myspace music, social networks

Christian Science Monitor: Companies warm up to social networks

Redwood City :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

At Serena Software, water-cooler talk has been replaced by Facebook chatter. Nearly everyone in the company, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., uses the social-network site to hang out with fellow workers, access internal communications, or even challenge...

Tags: social network, network, networking, social, cia, social networks, search, companies, movie, chat

Amazon Gets Social

Palo Alto :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The world's leading online retailer is buying Shelfari, a social network for reading fans, for undisclosed terms. Shelfari members create virtual bookshelves, stocked with the book covers of their favorite reads and the books they are currently reading.

Tags: Shelfari, Amazon's Talking Books Again, Amazon.com, social networks

Friendster supports applications for rival sites

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Friendster, an early online social network that has faded in the United States but remains strong in Asia, has begun letting programmers create photo-sharing applications and other programs that work on Friendster as well as rival sites. Friendster had...

Tags: social networks

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