Posts Tagged ‘facebook’

Getting to grips with Twitter

I’ve finally managed to get Twitter ingrained into the way I do things. Have you tried it yet? If so, does it work for me? I originally found it interesting, but could never see myself leaving a browser open on Twitter, or going back to visit the website, so it...

Facebook ups the ante

Here’s something interesting that I must have missed. Facebook has a system where users can create pages for products, companies, artists or anything else they wish. Each of these “pages” has a profile, and associated details, events, pictures, movies, reviews, discussions .. and best of all fans. Once a product...

Facebook as a productivity tool

I came across a great post today, Deanna down at StrivePR was talking about how FaceBook has become part of her working life in her post: FaceBook as a sausage-on-a-stick. I’ll quote part of her post: Whilst many companies may be blocking it or fawning about its use within their...

Facebook violates your data ..

… or does it? Just read an article in ValleyWag that points at a number of data privacy infractions that Facebook employees have allegedly taken part in. The infractions range from checking out a date’s details, seeing what profiles they have visited etc. The truth is, having that amount of...

I hope that’s just a codename

Just read on TechCruch that Google is preparing to rev up it’s social networking offering by preparing an API for developers to expand on Orkut, iGoogle and other applications of theirs. This will enable them to compete directly with FaceBook on an equal front. The codename of this project: Maka...

Facebook to get an IM

I read with interest this morning that Facebook was going to be getting an Instant Messaging client (IM). It would be fun to have something that was integrated into the whole Facebook experience and the feature list included: No Registration No Initialisation No Download All your friends in one IM...

Microsoft looking to buy a chunk of Facebook?

I’ve just read an article in the Wall Street Journal that almost sounds as speculative as a search engine marketing blog. It talks about how Microsoft is try to acquire a stake in FaceBook as part of their ploy to wrest Internet dominance from Google. Now I’m not sure what...

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