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Unfriending: Are People Online Shedding Friends? (Debate)
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / November 16, 2009 4:05 PM / 19 Comments

The New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year today and like everyone else, the organization

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As Facebook Ages, Gen Y Turns to Twitter
Written by Sarah Perez / November 5, 2009 7:18 AM / 19 Comments

Facebook is getting old. No, people aren't getting tired of it, it's actually getting old, as in its

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Study Finds Social Media is Actually Social
Written by Sarah Perez / November 5, 2009 5:53 AM / 18 Comments

In our society, there's an image of a computer nerd as this sad, pale, and lonely guy sitting

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Facebook U.S. Visits Increase 194% Over Past Year; Tagged is Beating Twitter?
Written by Sarah Perez / October 28, 2009 6:53 AM / 10 Comments

New data released from Experian Hitwise reconfirms what we've known for some time: Facebook is killing the other

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Android Phones Get a Social Address Book
Written by Sarah Perez / October 27, 2009 5:26 AM / 6 Comments

Originally revealed at this spring's DEMO 09 conference, the Asurion Mobile address book stood out as one of

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Social Networking Sites Dominate Mobile Web
Written by Sarah Perez / October 13, 2009 8:03 AM / 6 Comments

"I didn't really use Facebook that much until I got my iPhone." Sound familiar? That sentiment and variations

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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,

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Facebook Eats Away at Email Usage on Today's Web
Written by Sarah Perez / September 17, 2009 6:35 AM / 17 Comments

According to recent analysis by the Online Publishers Association (OPA), more people than ever are spending their time

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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

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Social Media is Slowly Changing the Demographics of Political Engagement
Written by Frederic Lardinois / September 1, 2009 12:03 PM / 8 Comments

Traditionally, political participation has always been highly correlated with income and education. According to a new report (PDF),

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Social Networks: Boomers Feel Left Out
Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 27, 2009 9:17 AM / 14 Comments

Even though baby boomers make up more than one quarter of all US Internet users, and even though

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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

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Your "Real" Friends are Your Online Friends (or so Says Gen Y)
Written by Sarah Perez / August 10, 2009 7:17 AM / 33 Comments

Is it easier to talk to your online buddies than your friends out there in the "real world?"

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Do Too Many Friend Connections Harm Unique Thinking?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 5, 2009 9:35 AM / 11 Comments

Does having too many friends in online social networks make radical, innovative thinking harder to develop and foster

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Report: Social Networks Growing while Other Social Media Sites Stagnate and Decline
Written by Sarah Perez / July 29, 2009 8:38 AM / 18 Comments

Universal McCann has released a new report that looks at the state of social media today. Apparently, this

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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

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Facebook Relents, Lets You Change Your Username
Written by Sarah Perez / July 23, 2009 5:48 AM / 33 Comments

Last month, Facebook finally announced that they would allow users to pick out custom usernames for use in

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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

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Who Uses Social Networks and What Are They Like? (Part 1)
Written by Sarah Perez / July 9, 2009 8:30 AM / 7 Comments

A new study by Anderson Analytics looks into the demographics and psychographics of social networking users on Facebook,

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At GizaPage, It's All About Your (Social Media) Brand
Written by Sarah Perez / July 1, 2009 6:09 AM / 4 Comments

GizaPage is a new "social network organizer" - not aggregator, mind you - what they do is different.

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