The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking to develop a Web app that will continuously monitor social networks, including Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, as well as other various social network news feeds. The organization’s goal is to improve its real-time intelligence when it comes to current and emerging security threats. The FBI disclosed a 12-page Request for Information document (PDF) that reveals in detail what the organization is interested in. The FBI specifies Continue Reading

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking to develop a Web app that will continuously monitor social networks, including Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, as well as other various social network news feeds. The organization’s goal is to improve its real-time intelligence when it comes to current and emerging security threats. The FBI disclosed a 12-page Request for Information document (PDF) that reveals in detail what the organization is interested in. The FBI specifies Continue Reading

The importance of social networking in today’s online experience cannot be overstated. Social networking is the most popular online activity worldwide accounting for nearly 1 in every 5 minutes spent online in October 2011, and reaches 82 percent of the world’s Internet population, representing 1.2 billion users around the globe. ComScore just released a report which analyzes the current state of social networking activity around the globe, providing key insights into how social networking has Continue Reading

Last year, Facebook received almost 250,000 résumé applications. To help those applying to the company, IB Times put together a list of five questions you should ask yourself to see if you’re ready to work at one of the hottest technology companies: Are you enthusiastic and passionate about Facebook? Do you know anyone who can assess or vouch for your cultural fit? Are you suited to work in a bold and open environment? Can you make a difference? Can you let go of Continue Reading

Recently Facebook launched its campaign and bolstered out its platform against cyber bullying. Here s the official press release. At Facebook, we believe safety is a shared responsibility. That’s why we’re thrilled that President Obama has convened today’s summit to discuss an issue we all care about deeply: bullying prevention. Bullying can happen anywhere—in the classroom, in the schoolyard, on college campuses, in the work place, and through the use of new technologies. So it’s Continue Reading

    If you go to any technology website or blog, everyone will say that Google and Facebook are fierce rivals, but I think not. As you may remember that couple of days ago we posted that "Has Google lost its Mojo in Advertising?–Recent Ads of Google on Facebook…” But yet again we see today something similar to what Google is doing done by facebook this time, advertising on its arch rivals network. Facebook, despite being going so popular due to word of mouth and friend Continue Reading

Facebook has rolled out a full redesign of Facebook Pages. The changes will make the Pages look and operate more like user profiles. The update not only removed tabs, but it gave page admins the ability to post and comment on other Facebook Pages through a “Login as Page” feature. The big difference everyone will notice will be the new layout. The left-hand menu for editing pages has been removed in favor of a new navigation menu that replaces the old tabbing system. And like the Facebook Continue Reading

Everyone likes getting a good deal, but it's not always easy to find the right one at the moment you could use one. Imagine that while you're looking for a new place to try for lunch, you could see offers from restaurants nearby on your phone. On the other hand, I already love Zachary's Pizza, so imagine if I were rewarded for coming back there every week with my friends.   Starting today, local businesses will be able to offer you deals when you check in to their place on Facebook. Deals Continue Reading

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Last week, a certain social browser released itself to the world named as RockMelt!. The world took it as a positive sign for a browser made purely up from a social point of view, heck bloggers throughout the world loved it, wrote reviews etc. We know that Marc anderson and co, did use the Google Chromium as base to work on RockMelt and yes the browser rocks. But hey if you are one of those who pioneered the Web Browser (Mosiac and Netscape) and are one of those who know how to code then Continue Reading

  Just as I logged in to my Facebook account today, I noticed that Facebook is yet again re-vamped its friend recommendation A.K.A. search list to a more appealing visual overhaul. Rather than little small iconic pictures that were previously shown, Facebook has added more eye candy for the end user not only showing the users professional, educational links to find more friends but also the mutual friend count is clearly visual appealing to the end user. What do you think of this UI change. Continue Reading

MYSPACE INTRODUCES MASHUP WITH FACEBOOK Myspace Users Can Easily Create Highly Personalized, Entertainment-Focused Streams Based on their Facebook Profile Today, Myspace announced Mashup with Facebook, a new feature that allows Myspace users to easily create a personalized stream of entertainment content. With a simple one-click set-up, the likes and interests of a user’s Facebook profile are ported over to Myspace, enabling a user’s stream to become immediately populated with the entertainment Continue Reading

    As facebook unveils its gmail killer, buzz like communication platform, which everybody is calling the next email. We heard from boz (facebooks director of engineering) that they are giving @facebook,com email addresses to everyone. The product is referred to as the social inbox by facebook. You can stream the LIVE event now from the above video link.   Mark zuckerberg took the center stage. We will be updating the story soon. By the way the apple app for messaging Continue Reading

The new windows live essentials rocks and has received fabulous response on the web so far. Here is review of the new software from Microsoft.   StartUp and login: The new beautiful startup screen.     A simple sleek design for login.   The Layout: All of your contacts from social services like facebook, msn, myspace etc all in one single location.   A simple clean look to personalize your social highlights and what's going on around the web.   Continue Reading

We all know that everybody is jumping into the bandwagon of using the internet all over the globe, be it for fun on social sites like Facebook which by the way grew more than 400million users, or be it for “Googling” information they need.   Below is a remarkable video by Jesse Thomas portraying the state of the internet how sites grew up and where are we headed… JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.   Enjoy… Leave us your comments… Continue Reading