Will Google Wave or Microsoft Vine Replace Twitter and Facebook?

" Google () promised to deliver something spectacular on the second day of the Google I/O conference, and they did not disappoint. Google has just announced Google Wave, a new in-browser communication and...

President 2.0/ Whitehouse.gov Updates Now Available on Twitter

In President Obama's quest for Government Reform that's Creative, Transparent and more Efficient, his administration has decided to broaden its outreach to constituents of all age groups, via the use of Social...

Black Woman, Asia McGowen, Killed by Internet Stalker in USA

It's clear to me after the death of Asia McGowen, who was Killed By Black Internet Stalker, More HERE Black woman, in-fact all woman, have to be extremely cautious on how they use Face Book, My Space, YouTube and other social networks.

Myspace hits news for all the wrong reasons........

A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been accused of child pornography after posting nearly 30 explicit nude pictures of herself on MySpace.com — charges that could force her to register as a sex offender if convicted. The case comes as prosecutors nationwide pursue child...

Last.fm Will Charge Listeners Outside US, UK and Germany

Last.fm, the popular music-based social-networking site, will no longer offer its listening services free to users outside the US, the UK and Germany. The rest of us will either have to pay 36 euros ($48) per year or use blip.fm or imeem instead. Four bucks a month isn't...

The Web world - do you know what your children are doing?

A study by Web world security giant, Symantec, indicates that our children are spending a lot more time on the internet than most parents believe, begging the question, 'do you know what your children are doing?' The...

Guns, Violence, Social Networking, and Photos

Begin rant: Whether it be driving without your headlights on down 71 at 9 p.m. at night OR just posting ridiculous pictures of yourself posing in very, *ahem* STUPID and RIDICULOUS ways. These coming only days after 6 people were killed by a cold blooded killer with a...

New Zealand: Courts Can Serve Papers via Facebook

A New Zealand court has allowed a paintiff to serve legal papers to a defendant via Facebook, in what is being hailed (and derided) as a legal first. Proponents of the ruling assert that this is just an evolution...

Facebook User Poked ... by the Courts

Another reminder, that what goes online, stays online. A Toronto court has ruled that information posted on a Facebook user's account may be revelant to a case filed after a car accident.  "In a...

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg on Oprah

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is appearing on Oprah, to talk about social networking in general, and Facebook etiquette in particular. Running up to this episode, Oprah had a comment thread open for fans to...

Facebook Spreads Virus, Corporate Management: ‘Told You So!’

Originally Posted @ Machete | The BlogWith over 175 million users Facebook has become an ideal place to proliferate and spread ridiculously potent viruses.  The only solution is to completely block social networking websites from the workplace.  The newest of the...

Online Art Community Has Offline Presence

The online art community myartspace.com now has an offline presence in Palo Alto, California. The NYAXE Gallery had its grand opening on February 26th. The gallery, located at 818 Emerson St., is operated by...

Does India need Facebook?

I know nothing about sex because I was always married. - Zsa Zsa Gabor With due respect - and with a slight twist while keeping the flavour: "We know everything about social networking because we were never social." I’d like to dedicate my...

Linkedin and Facebook Benefit from Recession But Danger Ahead

One of the beneficiaries of the recession are the word oriented social sites like Linkedin and to a lesser extend Facebook (read what I think about Facebook). According to news.com this weeked, the traffic for...

Darwin’s Birthday Celebration on Facebook; he has 210,000 fans

A group on Facebook was started to celebrate Darwin's 200th anniversary, and they are well over the 200,000 fans they wanted to acquire before February 12th. They have also organized a free phone seminar with 10 of what they consider to be the world's leading biologists and...

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