Social Networks

Dedicated information about social networks and websites

Following a successful launched in the United States and Canada, MySpace Karaoke has now invaded the “land of karaoke” as the Internet giant officially opened its doors in Japan Tuesday.
MySpace Karaoke General Manager Nimrod Lev said that they were surprised to see how the Japanese people gave a warm reception during the launching, saying that [...]

With just two months before the 2009 Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston, a recent report from Burton Group said that business enterprise showed a promising development in tapping and replicating the functions of social networking sites to their businesses, however failed to utilize it efficiently in their internal communications and workforce cooperation.
According to the study, [...]

A scientist recently conducted a study on how a small but influential minority can persuade majority of the population in social network platform, according to a report by Philadelphia Inquirer.
Computer expert and scientists Michael Kearns of the University of Pennsylvania has concluded that even a small minority can greatly influence the majority in the aspect [...]

Social networking sites are expected to have slower growth this year as the global financial crisis continues to haunt the international economy, according to a forecast prediction of market research firm eMarketer.
Earlier prediction said the ad growth in social site will increase by 32 percent, meanwhile, the research firm trimmed down its forecast to 17 [...]

TeamPages is a social network site which targets a niche market of sports-minded users who want to interact and share ideas to other people.
Most of the features of the social site have been focused on sports but there are also some tools which are commonly found in mainstream online community such as Facebook, MySpace, and [...]

Escape Artist, in partnership with Unique Futuristic Oasis Inc. (UFO), recently introduced a social networking site which targets a niche market of artists and art-lovers who can interact and share ideas with other users.
The new social site called Escape Artists provides accredited training courses designed to help users hone and practice their artistic craft.  Artists [...]

Facebook, the world’s biggest social networking site, said on Wednesday it has begun implementing small changes in its homepage, according to AFP report.
In a statement Facebook product manager Peter Deng, the new features will be slowly introduced to the users so that everyone can be accustomed to the new changes.  In a matter of few [...]

Social networking sites and blogs are more popular online properties than personal email among netizens, according to a Nielsen report on Monday.
The research firm said the time spent in online community and blog sites is growing three times faster, adding that an average net user spends one in every 11 minutes in these web properties.  [...]

Eighty-four percent of young people notice commercial ads posted in social network sites but only 19 percent of them believe these are relevant in their lives, according to a research firm.
The Participatory Marketing Network (PMN), in partnership with Pace University, conducted a study which targeted young netizens and their use of social networking sites which [...]

Koobface, a malware which was first found in Facebook last year, continues to infect thousands of computers worldwide and threatens the security of this popular social networking site.
The online threat also appeared in MySpace, another popular social site in the US.  But compared to the severity of the attack, Facebook has been more targeted by [...]