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Man involved in plane crash survives to Twitter about it

by Sue Walsh on Dec 29, 2008 at 03:30 PM

When a passenger on the Continental Airlines flight that skidded off the runway in Denver was brought to safety, he did what came naturally.  He posted about it on Twitter. Mike Wilson used his iPhone to post entries about what he’d just been through, starting with a play by play… Continue Reading »

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MySpace introduces toolbar for Windows

by Iyaz Akhtar on Dec 10, 2008 at 11:28 AM

Need a toolbar?  No?  I didn’t think so.  MySpace figures you do need a toolbar.  If your life is still on MySpace, the toolbar will let you get updates on your friend’s activities, automatic login, links to MySpace services and is powered by Google. The toolbar works with Firefox 2.0… Continue Reading »

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Use Facebook Connect to log in to lots of sites at once

by Sue Walsh on Dec 2, 2008 at 08:25 AM

Presumably having learned something from the Beacon fiasco, Facebook has announced a new feature very similar to it called Facebook Connect.  Facebook Connect will allow sites that choose to participate to share user names and logins, so once a user logs into Facebook they will automatically be logged into the… Continue Reading »

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Social networking sparks more trouble

by Christian Milsom on Nov 24, 2008 at 09:40 PM

Social networking isn’t all poking people and sending gifts.  This is demonstrated perfectly in the case of an unnamed 14 year old boy from Canada who used Facebook to start a group with evil ends involving redheads. Inspired by a South Park episode the boy (who we will call “John”… Continue Reading »

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MySpace loving BlackBerry users break download record

by Robert Nelson on Nov 21, 2008 at 08:00 AM

RIM has just announced that the recently released MySpace app for the BlackBerry has been a record breaking success.  The app was originally made available just one week ago on November 13, and since then it has seen more than 400,000 downloads. According to Jim Balsillie, Co-Chief Executive Officer at… Continue Reading »

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Live.com goes social

by Jodie Andrefski on Nov 13, 2008 at 06:00 PM

Microsoft just announced that they are giving Windows Live a major face lift.  They plan to debut a whole bunch of new beta Windows Live features to help users combine all parts of their online life.  These features are not going to just be Microsoft services either.  But they will… Continue Reading »

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Classmates.com gets sued by user: His friends weren’t really looking for him

by Jodie Andrefski on Nov 13, 2008 at 02:58 PM

Classmates.com is one of the biggest advertisers on the ‘net.  It’s been around since before MySpace, Facebook, or Friendster grew to the popularity they have now.  They spend wicked amounts of money on their online advertising; $30 million was spent in 2005 to give you an idea.  However, now they… Continue Reading »

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Blackberry and MySpace release app

by JG Mason on Nov 13, 2008 at 10:15 AM

In news straight out of 2006, BlackBerry and MySpace have finally gotten together and jumped on the app train.  Seems straight laced corporate types have been clamoring for a way to keep tabs on their social networking bit for years and finally it is happening.  BlackBerry already has a FaceBook… Continue Reading »

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E-ventr hopes to organize all your free time

by Shawn Ingram on Oct 29, 2008 at 01:02 PM

With the release of the iPhone App Store and the Android Market, a lot of apps are trying to become the next social networking app.  E-ventr for Android tries to accomplish this goal by managing your free time.  With E-ventr you can create ope events, or join open events that… Continue Reading »

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U.S. Army fears terrorists will use twitter to plan attacks

by Sue Walsh on Oct 28, 2008 at 01:29 PM

The U.S. Army has released a report containing concerns that Twitter could be used by terrorists as a way of planning attacks and keeping tabs on each other. It also contained several scenarios of such a use such as a terrorist using the microblogging site to send a tweet to… Continue Reading »

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