social networking

Identi.ca, or the clone of Twitter is getting a lot of hype lately.  Personally, I have not used the service.  However, I have looked at the website and the resemblance to Twitter is astonishing.  Identi.ca allows users to post small updates about what they are doing.  This website seems to be an exact clone of [...]

I have been hoping for months and months that Facebook did not make changes that go in the direction of MySpace.  Thankfully, you still cannot change your background on Facebook — however the staff is planning on implementing a new feature that allows friends to comment on others mini-feeds.
“We aim to help users share information [...]

Having a backup of photos and videos is something that almost every person dreams of having.  The security of know that your photos will be safe if something happens to you computer is a definite pro.  However, where do you store you files?  Is the place secure, reliable and accessible?
As part of the new release, [...]

Hospitals rely on blood donations for life saving efforts every day. However, there comes a time when a patient has a rare blood type — and the hospital is unable to stock enough of that particular blood. Organizations such as the Red Cross have made it an effort to notify the public when [...]

Spammers.  This is a term that everyone is familiar with.  Whether your spam comes from email, IRC chat, WordPress comments or even a DDoS on your server - you know and hate spam.  MySpace, a popular social network, has had enough as well.  They have been part of an ongoing battle to legally stop these [...]

Websites like MySpace and Facebook claim to be about the social networking.  For years they have been avenues for friends across the country to keep in touch with one another.  What happens when these social networking stop being about the people, and more about the money?
With an eye toward monetization, MySpace is being redesigned beginning [...]

How often have you wished that you could send an instant message from your AIM account to your friend on Yahoo IM? It is a pain to have to have an account with each of the instant messaging account; however programs like Digsby, Trillian and Pidgin have made the process a lot easier to [...]

Social networking is usually seen as a way for family and friends to stay in touch with one another. However, scientists are starting to realize how powerful social networking really is. These researchers noticed something quite remarkable about social groups dedicated to quit smoking. They realized that the majority of the people [...]

With social networkings being the next best thing to actually seeing your friends in person, there is a lot of information that is contained within those websites. What may surprise you is that the information you think is exclusive to that website is actually available to the entire internet, in most cases.