Do You Friend Your Dad On Facebook? This is a great story from the Washington Post on what happens when your parents ask to be your friend on Facebook. The “No Parents On Facebook” Group is getting lots of members. Read More Facebook – Making Cheating Easy Since 2004 This guy is probably getting expelled [...]
Facebook Music Launches One feature MySpace had over Facebook was the tools for musicians. MySpace really started as the social network to connect fans with bands. Now Facebook has finally introduced this feature set which could be the final nail in the coffin for MySpace. A professional music offering in partnership with record labels is [...]
This site is in private beta, so you can’t sign up for it just yet, but the idea behind Totspot is to create a private space online for your little bundle of joy and update it as you go with their progress in the first few years – first time crawling, first solid foods etc. [...]
I had previously posted about MC Hammer’s latest venture. A niche online video site where you post your best dance videos and battle with other dancers by getting people to vote for you. The site is open to public beta. It’s Hammer Time people! Technorati Tags: dancejam, mchammer
Sorry this issue is a little late. Facebook Cracks Down on Apps But Opens Arms to Flash Facebook has finally given you the option to permanently block an application and stop receiving vampire, texas hold-em, etc, etc requests continuously. This is a great news for users, not so great for app developers who rely almost [...]
Facebook Clones in Foreign Language Markets I have previously suggested that Facebook will need to be aware of the possibility of losing out to local competitors if they don’t naturalise the site for foreign languages quickly enough. Well, it seems they have a bit of a fight on their hands for Latin America. Sonico has [...]
We have seen a few briefs in the marketplace for clients wanting to build their own virtual worlds. I have avoided these types of projects to date, as I just think it is crazy to try to go down this road. The numbers around Second Life are widely overstated, with them still averaging about a [...]
This is a very interesting campaign executed by Dell on Facebook using the Graffiti Wall application. This was to help promote Dell’s ReGeneration campaign. The competition involved entrants drawing “what green means to you” with graffiti. Here are the stats: 7,302 entries 150 finalists Over 1 million votes! 6 category winners The best overall winner [...]
This is the second weekly Facebook news summary. Zuckerberg Appears on 60 Minutes Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, appeared on current affairs TV show 60 Minutes. Here are the clips from YouTube: Some highlights: “Beacon makes Facebook less commercial.” “we have to make money” “it is highly unlikely we will go public in 2008″ For a [...]
I’m in like with you is a social networking/dating site where you create games and people earn points from interacting with the game. Confused? I sure am. I don’t think I’m in the target demographic, but you should definitely take a look as it is a very different approach to a user interface.