Thousands of Twitter users have seen their accounts hijacked after a viral phishing attack which sends out messages saying “this you??” or “hey, i’ve been having better sex and longer with this here” and other sex-related “direct” messages.
Guardian reported, the Press Complaints Commission and the BBC correspondent ‘Nick Higham’ and the Guardian’s head of audio [...]
A week after indexing MySpace user’s update in its search results, Google has now announced that Facebook Fan page updates too will stream in the real-time search results. The announcement that came via Google’s Twitter account said nothing except that the integration had been turned life and the users could now find updates from Facebook [...]
Hi5, one of the popular social Networking site has acquired Social Gaming Company Big Six. Founded in 2003, hi5 today is one of the largest social entertainment sites in the world, with approximately 50 million monthly unique visitors who use the site to stayconnected to friends, meet new people, share photos, and play games. Hi5, [...]
There is no doubt that Twitter has been growing at a very fast rate but has the rate been consistent over the period of time has been a concern raised by many. Twitter saw a huge growth in 2009 but as the growth started tapering down by the end of the year. Even though Twitter [...]
When Twitter boasted of 50 million tweets per day, it was good enough to keep the spilling mouths quite that blabbered about Twitter’s growth getting stagnant. Besides now if we hear about Twitter launching an official advertising platform soon, we may well conclude how Twitter can monetize its swarming twitter stream to reap prolific gains. And [...]
Yahoo and Twitter has recently entered into a partnership in a content-sharing deal. In an effort to attract more visitors to its website, Yahoo is plugging in its services into the rapidly growing craze of micro-blogging, or Twitter. The Yahoo-Twitter partnership would be bigger and more encompassing than Twitter’s partnership with Google and Bing.
Yahoo hopes [...]
If you were a market observer during the end of 2008 then you would have dismissed a Twitter Application as being a result of few hobbyist who just wanted to explore Twitter’s Open API. But now, its a whole new game of trying to gain the engagement of users, and there are companies working hard [...]
Facebook was the top destination for Cable TV viewers who turned to the web to view the opening ceremonies of this year’s Winter Olympics. According to the recent reports published by research agency nielsenwire, 13 percent of the Cable TV audience who watched the Olympic opening ceremonies, also simultaneously watched them on the Internet.
The website [...]
Few days back, Facebook announced that FarmVille, had officially surpassed 80 million monthly active users. Along with the announcements, there were also some rumors about FarmVille supposedly introducing a subscription fee into the game.
Today, CNET reported that FarmVille will not be charging any subscription fee. The game has been in BETA since launch, and while [...]
The use of social networking sites is good if kept in limits but some people just get overboard with the usage of Facebook and Twitter. The trouble is when these sites become a part of your life and you are almost addicted to them. The idea is to be sensible and keep a healthy balance.
I [...]
