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Social Networking Use Triples from Only a Year Ago
Written by Sarah Perez / September 25, 2009 8:00 AM / 14 Comments
Obsessed with Facebook? You're not alone. The hours you spend logging on to update your status, post photos, and make comments on friends' walls is not simply a "phase" you're Continue reading »


The Dirty Little Secret About the "Wisdom of the Crowds" - There is No Crowd
Written by Sarah Perez / September 17, 2009 7:58 AM / 41 Comments
Recent research by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor Vassilis Kostakos pokes a big hole in the prevailing wisdom that the "wisdom of crowds" is a trustworthy force on today's web. Continue reading »


Researchers Discover Botnet Commanded by Google Groups
Written by Sarah Perez / September 14, 2009 7:42 AM / 4 Comments
New Trend: Web 2.0-controlled malware? Security researchers at Symantec recently uncovered a backdoor trojan whose spread is being dictated by commands hosted in Google Groups, Google's online discussion forums. The Continue reading »


ContextVoice: Real Time Tracking with Big Picture Analytics
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 8, 2009 10:00 PM / 1 Comments
No one with any tact would ever tell you that you look fat to your face. But a sea of anonymous netizens will tell you in real-time on multiple channels. Continue reading »


Magic Beans Grow Portable Social Networks
Written by Dana Oshiro / August 19, 2009 6:30 PM / 10 Comments
You've seen the calls for open identity standards and data portability. Well, Social Beans aims to create standardized "skeleton portability" across social media publishing platforms. What is "skeleton portability"? According Continue reading »


Why Streamy Could be the Next FriendFeed
Written by Sarah Perez / August 11, 2009 12:00 PM / 96 Comments
In wake of the news of the FriendFeed acquisition by Facebook, we're faced with the real possibility that FriendFeed.com will be shut down for good. According to the press release, Continue reading »


Digg Opening Up? New Read/Write API Coming Soon
Written by Sarah Perez / August 4, 2009 7:10 AM / 6 Comments
According to news posted this morning to API-tracking website ProgrammableWeb, the social news community at Digg.com may be on the verge of opening up. In a recent message shared on Continue reading »


Social Relevancy Rank: What's Missing?
Written by Guest Author / July 26, 2009 9:00 AM / 19 Comments
The future of search almost certainly involves social networks, social graphs, or social filtering in some capacity. Companies will live or die by whether they get the "social" part right: Continue reading »


The Future of Search: Social Relevancy Rank
Written by Alex Iskold / July 16, 2009 9:05 PM / 29 Comments
FriendFeed has recently launched a search feature, and so Facebook search must be coming soon. Real-time Web search (of streams of activities) is a hot topic right now. tweetmeme_url = Continue reading »


Who Uses Social Networks and What Are They Like? (Part 2)
Written by Sarah Perez / July 9, 2009 8:31 AM / 14 Comments
Read Part 1 of this post here. In a recent study by Anderson Analytics, the demographics and psychographics of social networking users on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn were revealed. Continue reading »


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