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• Google to connect friends across the Web

  Also missed this last week in the Washington Post: Google to Connect Friends Across the Web. Excerpt: To socialize these days, hundreds of millions of people every month visit networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. But what if the Web itself operated... Posted May 19 2008, 11:16 PM by Social Media Filed under: Web/Tech, Social networks, Search engines

• The rise of the Facebook economy

  Forbes: The Rise Of The Facebook Economy. Excerpt: Is Facebook becoming the social operating system of the Internet, poised to support a whole new generation of businesses? Or is this new industry of applications leaning too heavily on the quixotic popularity... Posted Jan 26 2008, 02:50 AM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• The 'MySpace suicide' is back

  Sue Hutchison of the San Jose Mercury News on why the "MySpace suicide" is back in the news. The now infamous case known as the "MySpace suicide" is back in the news even though it never left the minds of horrified parents and teenagers... Posted Jan 23 2008, 01:02 AM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• 5 tips to make you a better Twitter user

  e3internet: 5 Tips to Make You a Better Twitter User. Read More... Posted Jan 21 2008, 08:52 PM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• What happens when you post a revealing Facebook photo?

  Gaby David: The public story of a Facebook photograph. Read More... Posted Jan 19 2008, 11:10 PM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• Comparing the social networking platforms

  Interesting, from TechCrunch: White Label Social Networking Platforms. A Comparison Chart, including a look at the number of sites being hosted: Ning: 70,000 KickApps: 4,000 GoingOn: 1,100 and more Read More... Posted Jan 19 2008, 02:22 AM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• 'My Facebook foul-up'

  Paul Gillin: My Facebook foul-up. Excerpt: Shame on Slide for making it so easy for even an experienced user to make such a dumb mistake. If there are lessons, it’s that you should beware of the new breed of third-party apps that Facebook and other sites... Posted Jan 18 2008, 11:38 PM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• Scrabble's owners want Facebook's Scrabulous shut down

  Associated Press: Scrabble's owners want Facebook's Scrabulous shut down. Read More... Posted Jan 17 2008, 02:37 PM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• MySpace agrees to youth protections

  NY Times: MySpace Agrees to Youth Protections. Read More... Posted Jan 14 2008, 02:24 PM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• Tap into social networks to turbo-charge your traffic

  Steve Outing: Can newspapers and media companies increase their traffic by tapping into social networks? Excerpt: Photobucket has replaced Flickr as the largest photo sharingsite in the UK. Photobucket gets 55 percent of its traffic from widgets and applications... Posted Jan 13 2008, 09:17 PM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• Spring cleaning on Facebook

  CNET News.com: Wash those Zombies and hamburgers right off your Facebook profile! The social-networking site, which famously opened its gates to developer applications last May, announced late on Thursday that it will soon be instituting a way for app... Posted Jan 11 2008, 11:32 PM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks, social networking, facebook, social neworks

• Facebook will let users share content across sites

  Newark Star-Ledger: Facebook will let users share content across sites. In a move that could lead to widespread new freedoms for tens of millions of users of online social networking sites, Facebook has agreed to join a workgroup that could open up the... Posted Jan 08 2008, 10:45 PM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• Information overload in the Facebook-ABC presidential debates?

  During the ABC-Facebook Democratic and Republican debates in Manchester, N.H., Saturday night, the social-networking site launched a politics "Soundboard" (screenshot above) that racked up more than 35,000 comments during the East Coast broadcast... Posted Jan 07 2008, 12:57 AM by Social Media Filed under: Politics, Social networks

• Scoble and his Facebook data

  Dave Winer gives a summary of the contretemps over Scoble and his Facebook data. Read More... Posted Jan 04 2008, 01:18 AM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks

• Plaxo up for sale

  NY Times: Plaxo, an early social networking site that helps people keep their address books updated, is up for auction, people briefed on the offering said Wednesday night. The company, which has not made a profit, is seeking as much as $100 million.... Posted Jan 03 2008, 05:16 PM by Social Media Filed under: Social networks