Archive for the ‘SOCIAL MEDIA’ Category

Digital Sky Technologies, the Russian venture capital firm that has invested $400 million in Facebook , has apparently made an offer to buy a piece of Chatroulette , the webcam network where you can chat with random strangers. Full story

Facebook has rolled out yet another small but a pretty useful change. Starting from today, you will be allowed to upload and view slightly larges photos which of course will improve the photo viewing experience a little bit if not more. The new maximum size for photo upload is 720 pixels. Full story

Yesterday, Microsoft unleashed the much awaited Facebook app for Zune HD . Unfortunately, it ran into a major issue as soon as it was launched, as the app was not able to connect to Facebook Full story

If you thought that Facebook was the only social network reaching new milestone, then you need to read this post. Twitter is getting closer to its 10 billionth tweet. The chances are that it will reach this huge milestone by end of the day Full story

Ever since the announcement of Google Buzz , I was anticipating an iPhone specific app to emerge onto the scene. That’s what precisely has occurred. Full story

Google's mobile web interface for Buzz is technically impressive, in that it behaves more or less like a native app. Cool, guys! But in use, it's just too slow Full story

Sites including YouTube were banned by the Pentagon in 2007 US troops are to be allowed to use social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook following a review of internet use and security. Defence department officials say the benefits of using social media now outweigh the risks to security Full story

A quarter of women would dump their boyfriend for flirting with other web users on social networks such as Facebook , says MyVoucherCodes . Research by the discount code website revealed that just 19 percent of men would ditch their girlfriend for the same crime. Furthermore, 22 percent of women would dump a man for following TV presenter Vernon Kay's lead and sending sexually ... Full story

Well, here's a bit of a twist on the ever popular DIY Twitter gadget . Rather than controlling a device via Twitter, or having a device simply display or read tweets aloud , the folks behind this LED-stuffed table have taken a slightly more artistic approach by relying on the tweeting masses to generate patterns of light on the table. Full story

Teresa Basich is the Content Marketing Manager at Radian6 , the social media monitoring and engagement platform. She blogs at Writing On Purpose and is @TransitionalTee on Twitter. The Olympics Full story