Before Facebook became popular, majority of the Asian social networking fans spend most of their time at Friendster. In fact, I got my first taste of social networking activities through Friendster. But that’s all a bygone era now as most of my social networking friends have moved to Facebook. Still, Friendster is alive and kicking in the Asian region, trying to maintain its stronghold and refusing to surrender over Facebook. Until now. [Read more…] about Friendster is Looking for Friends Who Will Buy Them
Does the Internet Make Us Productive
Results of the recent report on the “Global Workforce Index” by staffing firm Kelly Services showed that majority of the workers in Canada and the U.S., around 78% believed that computers, laptop and mobile phones have them more productive.
Facebook Allows Username Change, For One Time Only
Just a quick heads up to inform you all, in case you’ve missed the announcement that Facebook is now allowing users to change Facebook profile username. So, if you’re one of those who created vanity URLs and you are not satisfied with what you’ve got, here’s your chance to come up with the coolest Facebook username that you could ever think of.
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MySpace to Launch Email Service
Just a little update to remind us all that MySpace is still alive and carrying out its social networking services. Paid Content is reporting that what use to be the most popular social network will soon be launching a mail service that would give users who will sign up their own “@myspace.com” addresses. [Read more…] about MySpace to Launch Email Service
Barnes & Nobles Challenges Amazon’s Kindle Store
I’ve been closely watching the online buzz generated by Barnes & Nobles announcement regarding their eBookstore. When I first read about it, I never thought it would create that huge noise. But it did. And the reason of course is because of the fact that it is being touted as Amazon’s biggest rival yet. For one thing, B&N is one of the major players in the traditional book publishing/distribution market. [Read more…] about Barnes & Nobles Challenges Amazon’s Kindle Store
U.K. Internet Users are So Into Social Networking
There are some interesting results pointed out by comScore’s latest report on U.K. users internet activities in May. Two interesting points actually – 9 out of ten U.K. Internet users have accessed a social networking site at least once and Facebook as the the most visited social networking site. [Read more…] about U.K. Internet Users are So Into Social Networking