Hi5, the third largest social networking site in the world, has recently laid off almost 15 percent of its employees, a move to cut expenses in this gloomy economic condition where industries from all sectors including the Internet field have been experiencing dramatic financial slow down.
According to a high ranking official of the company, this [...]
Social networking sites have been popular despite some dangers it can pose. According to experts, social community may be haven for people who want to steal other’s identity. It is up for the users to make sure that they will follow some guidelines to avoid becoming victims of identity thieves.
One of the best ways to [...]
With the growing popularity of social networking sites boost by easier and cheaper access to the Internet media, a lot of businesses from different sectors have realized that these sites can help raise their revenues.
Nowadays, it is not unusual for businesses to infiltrate the social network sites to promote its products and services. While this [...]
As soon as social networking sites permeated people’s lives, politicians began using this communication tool to reach people, specifically voters and supporters.
MySpace and Facebook, the two most popular sites in the US, have been used by many political leaders to reach potential voters. It is not uncommon for mayors, congressmen, and senators to have social [...]
Few years ago, most social networking sites promoted intimate correspondence among people inside the same virtual community. But driven by higher advertising revenue, most of these sites now allow public search viewing which means that anyone can view a person’s profile account even if he/she is not a member of the social networking site.
Last year, [...]
In this world where everyone seems to have their own virtual community, privacy has been increasingly subjected to intrusion, leaving us all seeming naked in front of the prying eyes of fault-finder people.
With the growing popularity of social networking sites, it seems that rumours spread much faster than the speed of light, and the truths [...]
