Who knew Twitter, Facebook and MySpace were gateway drugs? It started off as something social, but now some California medical marijuana dispensaries are using the popular social networks to update their clientele, and anyone else ...READ»
Before you jump on the web application band wagon, make sure your glimmer doesn't fail to give users a clear idea about the company, or the call to action.
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GDGT, a new gadget-centric Web site, has just gone live--joining the throng of gizmo sites that already vie for your online attention span. It's not a traditional blog, though: Think of it as a gadget discussion room, museum, ...READ»
Marientina Gotsis
Media Lab Manager
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Los Angeles, California
Gaming the System
Marientina Gotsis, 31, teaches "Games for Health" at USC, and with a grant from Health Games Research, she ...READ»
Where does the project-schizophrenic entrepreneur of the 21st-century network?...not at the yacht club.
The age of the garage-tinkerers turned Silicon Valley CEOs vaulted a generation of unsophisticated minds to the top rung of the ...READ»
The axe is falling yet again on MySpace, this time on the social networking site's overseas offices. The company announced today it intends to cut 300 workers, or two-thirds of its international employees, from its foreign ...READ»
The same technologies that have allowed for a potential democratic revolution in Iran could emerge just as readily in support of something far more sinister.READ»
Last night Facebook announced a new search feature that it's testing on "just a fraction of a percent of the people on Facebook" that allows users to search their News Feeds for the most recent status updates, notes, links, videos, ...READ»
Thought communes died along with other hippie ideals decades ago? Wrong. WeCommune, a piece of networking software launching this week, is banking on the resurgence of grassroots organizing. The software will offer ...READ»
In the largest de-friending in its history, MySpace cut 30% of its workforce today in an effort to save money and offset falling advertising revenues. Ominously, the layoffs came the same day reports emerged that rival social ...READ»
In a recent survey by Nielsen NetView, Americans are spending 83% more time on social networking sites vs. last year at home and at work. It is becoming increasingly obvious that the use of social networking is becoming part of the fabric of everyday life. READ»
The creators of Kluster--an online tool that allows designers to collaboratively workshop their ideas--have just announced another foray into crowd-sourced product design: Quirky. The site is an interesting mishmash of a bunch ...READ»
More
and more elderly people
are joining social networks, according to The New
York Times, and it may be saving
them from death by boredom.
Among senior citizens who ventured online in 2008, the number that
visited social ...READ»
There are plenty of tools out there for adding "friends" to your social network: Glue lets you connect with others who like the same media and entertainment sites as you, Twinkle lets you discover people tweeting near you, ...READ»
A Russian Internet company announced
today that it will be investing $200 million in Facebook, valuing the
social network--which has yet to turn a profit--at roughly $10 billion.
In 2007, when Microsoft invested $240 million in the ...READ»
The kind of fame Facebook finds always brings its own surprising developments. For example: The Pope just joined. But elsewhere Muslim clerics are busy debating the merits and morals of the social 'net. Did Facebook just get ...READ»
Twitter's management cleared up some of the mystery surrounding how the life-casting social networking site will make money. And it's a novel idea: instead of chasing down advertising revenues, Twitter will sell itself through tools ...READ»
The Secret That We All Forgot
Marketing is about building an incremental, long term relationship that lasts. So why do most businesses have a giant sign in their window that says "prostitutes wanted"? That's right. They ...READ»
I like to explore design's reach into unexpected places. Today, I'd like to focus on design in politics… specifically, how, by creating emotional connection, the Web site my.barackobama.com (commonly known as MyBO) ...READ»
For a little over three years, Ning has offered its platform for users to create their own online social networking sites. Now the company is adding a serious upgrade: Developers of each social network site will gain access to new ...READ»
According to research company Twentysomething Inc., up to 65
percent of 2009 college graduates are slated to return home upon graduation.
Although not the ideal choice for many young people, it’s a smart option if ...READ»
Facebook employs "Porn Cops," who roam the digital corridors of the social networking site and make sure no one's posting pictures with too many pink pixels and the like. This team's work is being profiled over at ...READ»
Apple and Twitter sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I... well, you know the rest of that rhyme. There's a fascinating little rumor that recently surfaced on the Internet: Apple is interested in acquiring the hot little social ...READ»
Josh Hug cofounded Shelfari, a social-networking site devoted to generating conversations and recommendations around books. Amazon acquired the bibliophilic company in the summer of 2008.READ»
