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Posts Tagged ‘facebook’
Big Data and a Critique of Geek Culture
Posted: 10th September 2010 by Harry Gilbert in UncategorizedTags: analytics, cloud computing, desktop, facebook, picture
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Google Losing Ground As Users Spend More Time on Facebook and Yahoo
Posted: 10th September 2010 by Allen woods in UncategorizedTags: facebook, microsoft, news
Americans spent more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google for the first time in August, and Yahoo edged out the search giant in monthly traffic, according to new data from marketing research firm comScore. Users spent 41.1 billion minutes on Facebook in August, 39.8 billion minutes on Google, and 37.7 billion on Yahoo. Yahoo beat out Google in monthly traffic, with 179 million unique visitors to Google’s 178.8 million.
Study: Location-Based Services Users are Passionate but Niche
Posted: 9th September 2010 by Marilyn Abad in UncategorizedTags: based-networks, data, facebook, friends, location, mobile, networks, phone, research, social-networking, social-networks, users, using-the-apps
A new report released today from mobile media provider Myxer examines the current trends among “check-in” applications, that is, the particular group of location-based mobile social networks that allow users to announce their arrival at a specific venue in return for rewards, coupons, deals or other offers. The company found that among the top mobile check-in applications, there was a clear leader: Booyah Networks’ MyTown , a location-based game built around your own city’s local shops and businesses.
First Android TV Launches Weeks Before Google TV Arrives
Posted: 9th September 2010 by Allen woods in UncategorizedTags: based-on-webkit, digital lifestyle, facebook, gwm, internet, jump-on-google, open-source, people
Earlier this week we looked at the upcoming launch of Google TV . It’s slated for this fall (U.S.) and will be integrated into a new line of Sony Internet TVs
What Does the RWW Community Think of Google Instant Search?
Posted: 9th September 2010 by David Gange in UncategorizedTags: announcement, embed-the-rest, facebook, followers, google-instant, opportunity, readwriteweb, responses, search, search-product, thoughts, twitter
Like a phoenix rising from Arizona, Google once again disrupted the search ecosystem today with the announcement and launch of Google Instant . “Google Instant isn’t search as you type, it’s search before you type,” said Google VP of Search Product and User Experience Marissa Mayer.
ResearchGATE Offers Social Networking for Scholars and Scientists
Posted: 8th September 2010 by Genni Moon in UncategorizedTags: collaboration, communication, facebook, madisch, medical-school, person, research, scientific, social-networks, university, words
Despite the continued growth and popularity of Facebook, a number of alternate social networking sites are cropping up in order to the needs of groups in ways that Facebook can’t. One such group is scientists and scholars, who want to have a platform for communication and collaboration, but one that focuses on research interest and reading lists, not just friends and family. And more and more – 2000 a day – are joining ResearchGATE , a startup that hopes to connect scientists, researchers, and scholars worldwide
The Future of Social Objects
Posted: 8th September 2010 by Ivor Miles in UncategorizedTags: architecture, country, digital, facebook, games, internet, leandro-agro, models, people, Review, social, space, tennis, time, words
The Internet of Things , when real world objects are connected to the Internet, has been slow to attract the attention of budding entrepreneurs. However, there has been some startup action in so-called “social objects.” We’ve covered two companies in this domain in recent times, StickyBits and TalesOfThings .
Enterprise Mobility Heats Up as Salesforce.com Announces Chatter Mobile
Posted: 8th September 2010 by Robin Carlile in UncategorizedTags: announcement, apple, black, chatter-mobile, facebook, internet, kraig-swensrud, mobile, news, president, salesforce-com, social, space
Forrester analyst Tim Sheedy writes in a new report that “The Internet and the mobile Internet have effectively combined.” Facebook users who access the social networking site through a mobile device are twice as active as users who don’t.
Bahraini Blogger Arrested, Probably Tortured
Posted: 7th September 2010 by Moses Malcom in UncategorizedTags: bahrain, countries, country, editor, facebook, government, sure-the-same, temerity, time, tweet-bahrain
Bad economies always drag repression in their wake and social media is no exception to this rule. One of the worst instances is the recent arrest of Ali Abdulemam , a blogger and the editor of the long-running forum Bahrainonline.org (now shut down). Abdulemam was arrested for the same reason before – he had acted as a midwife to discussion on democracy among other things.
Picture Your App With Auto-Wifi-Uploads from Camera Memory Cards
Posted: 7th September 2010 by David Faust in UncategorizedTags: api, camera, cost, creator, facebook, from-the-camera, irish, market-strategy, memory, mobile
Eye-fi , the creator of camera memory cards that automatically upload photos and videos to your computer or favorite website, has announced that it will launch a software development kit and community this Fall. That means that any approved application will be able to pull media automatically from your camera into your account online when you walk past an accessible wifi signal. Will the company be generous in approving use of its developer platform?