January 10th, 2011
The infamous leak of 100 million Facebook user pages in July of 2010 caused a scare among users and created what may turn out to be a golden opportunity for potential Facebook competitors. A security researcher by the name of Ron Bowes created a script that downloaded the information that users chose to make publicly available from the Facebook User Directory. Hence, this alleged leak was actually nothing more than the collection and publication of user information already made public by 100 million Facebook users.
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Tags: AOL, Diaspora, Facebook, Google Me, marketing, MySpace, security settings
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January 4th, 2011
by Liz Gannes, NetworkEffect
Mark Zuckerberg famously said: “Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.”
Although he later clarified, “I wasn’t making a value judgment,” maintaining multiple identities, whether it’s as simple as publishing some photos to Picasa and others to Facebook, is becoming a big trend in online life.
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January 4th, 2011
By Clint Boulton, eWeek.com
Facebook was the most popular Website and most searched term in 2010, according to HitWise. Facebook’s connections and the increase in time spent with them are of bigger concern for Google.
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Tags: Facebook, Google, social media
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August 28th, 2009
Most people think you can run a social media campaign on Plaxo, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or MySpace. One site or maybe just five is enough.
After all, who really visits any of those 350 other social sites? Who has the time to manage 5 profiles let alone 100?
Have you ever thought like that? You’re probably thinking they don’t matter, but you’d be wrong.
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Tags: Cafemom, Facebook, Hulu, Kiva, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Plaxo, Social Media Research Analysis, Tiwtter, Youtube
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