Tagged: Social Networking & News
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Twitter and LinkedIn combine for business effect News
11.11.2009 Business social-networking service LinkedIn has joined forces with micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter to make it easier for users of both to cross-file updates and keep up to... -
NewBay rolls out mobile social network in Portugal News
05.11.2009 Dublin-based NewBay has deployed a mobile social network for a Portuguese mobile operator that enables users to upload photos and videos and interact with multiple sites, such...Categories: -
90pc of IT managers want social-networking sites banned at work News
03.11.2009 A broad cross section of ICT professionals in public and private-sector organisations believe social-networking sites open up organisations to reduced staff productivity,... -
The end of porn as we know it News
28.10.2009 It seems the rise of social-networking sites like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook are leaving surfers too distracted to even look up porn, with experts arguing the rise of social... -
Time-wasting Twitter users exact a toll on employers News
27.10.2009 Micro-blogging site Twitter and other social-networking services are costing businesses stg£1.3 billion a year through lost productivity as employees use these services during... -
Could mobile social networks sound death knell for text messaging? News
16.10.2009 Irish mobile-phone users spend on average 45 minutes a day accessing social-networking sites via their mobiles, a survey by 3 Ireland has revealed.Categories: Comms -
Twitter about to hit 5bn tweets News
16.10.2009 Twitter is about to hit its five billionth tweet, tweet-counting website Gigatweet has reported. At the time of writing, the number of tweets stood at 4.9 billion and was... -
NewBay’s LiveCache brings social networking to 10 million mobile users News
08.10.2009 The Irish software company that provides digital lifestyle technology to mobile operators around the world has revealed that globally some 10 million people now use its...Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
Almost a quarter of Irish adults now use social networking sites News
05.10.2009 Some 23pc of adults in the Republic of Ireland use social networking sites compared with 17pc of adults in Northern Ireland, the latest TGI (Target Group Index) data reveals. -
Facebook launches English version of Lite News
11.09.2009 Facebook Lite, the stripped-down version of the social networking site, has dumped all the extra apps, quizzes and games for a bandwidth-friendly clean look that is now...Tags: Social Networking, Facebook, -
Facebook tightening privacy controls News
28.08.2009 Facebook has announced that it will be making a series of improvements to its privacy policy, following a year-long investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of...Categories: CIO, Digital Life -
Facebook fights Twitter with FriendFeed and ex-Googlers News
11.08.2009 Popular social networking site Facebook has agreed to acquire real-time aggregator service FriendFeed along with its ex-Google engineer co-founders for an undisclosed sum.Categories:Tags: Google, Dublin, Social Networking, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg, Ireland, Social Media, -
Twitter suffers denial of service attack News
06.08.2009 Following over an hour of downtime today, micro-blogging site Twitter has reported on its status blog that it is ‘defending against a denial-of-service attack’. -
Facebook’s Mexican Wave effect shows power of social web News
06.08.2009 As companies complain about employees wasting time on social networking sites and with some asking if it is a good idea to follow the US Marine Corp’s lead and completely ban...Categories: R&D, Digital Life -
US Marine Corps bans social networking sites News
05.08.2009 Following a security evaluation by the Pentagon, the US Marine Corp has decided that access to any of the popular social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter will be... -
New Twitter front page brings search – and world news - to the fore News
29.07.2009 Social networking site Twitter has unveiled a brash new front page look that puts search to the very core of what the micro-blogging service is all about, breaking the world’s... -
New homepage planned for Twitter, getting real about ads? News
28.07.2009 It is understood that social-networking big bird Twitter will this week unveil a new homepage that will emphasise search and Twitter trends. It may also be seen as a belated...Categories: New Media -
Facebook hits 250 million user milestone News
15.07.2009 The social-networking phenomenon that is Facebook has now 250 million people using it to share information with their friends and acquaintances.Categories: New Media, Digital Life -
Social-networking site sued for spamming, ID theft News
13.07.2009 Tagged.com, the third largest social-networking site (in terms of membership numbers) after Facebook and MySpace, has been threatened with legal action from New York Attorney...Categories: Digital LifeTags: Spam, Social Networking, -
Twitter in it for the long haul as it poaches Google IP counsel News
13.07.2009 In a statement of intent to be a leading Silicon Valley company, rising social-networking player Twitter has poached Google’s general counsel for product and intellectual...