‘Social Networking’ Archives
Facebook Threatens to Sue Daily Mail Over Sex Predator Claims
According to the Guardian and Global Dashboard, Facebook has threatened to sue Daily Mail over an article which wrongfully claimed Facebook makes it easy for older sex predators to approach and seduce minors.Daily Mail’s article, which can (in edited form) be found here, was written by a former police detective Mark Williams-Thomas, and had [...]
Take a Virtual Walk Through Hong Kong With Google Street View
If you’ve never been to Hong Kong, and you’ve heard legends about the busy streets of the city, you can now see how it looks for yourself without leaving your comfy chair, as Google has launched its Street View service for Hong Kong.The huge city has been covered extremely well; just zoom out of Street View, pull the little yellow [...]
Opera Mini 5 Beta Comes to Android
Opera Mini 5 Beta was first introduced about 5 months ago, but owners of Android-based smartphones had to wait until now to get their hands on Opera’s nifty mobile browser.This version is nearly identical to the Opera Mini 5 Beta for other handsets; biggest improvements are speed dial, tabbed browsing, password management and better [...]
Revamped Foursquare for iPhone Hits the App Store
Last week, an App Store error got the latest version of Foursquare for the iPhone into a few users hands a little bit early.That hiccup resulted in the app briefly disappearing from the App Store before finally returning early yesterday. Now the newly designed version of the app is in the App Store and available for everyone to check out. [...]
Share Your Latest Purchases With Scordit
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.Name: ScorditQuick Pitch: A social site where you share the stuff you’ve bought or want [...]
The Truth About the Average Twitter User [STATS]
![The Truth About the Average Twitter User [STATS]](http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/03/10/twitter-follow-stats/ "The Truth About the Average Twitter User [STATS]")
A new study from security firm Barracuda Labs provides some interesting insights into the state of the Twitterverse. Unfortunately for the microblogging startup, the stats say that most of its users aren’t very active.The study looked at around 19 million Twitter accounts (PDF) in order to figure out how people are using Twitter. It [...]
15 Famous Tech Titans Hit Forbes’ Billionaire List
Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s billionaires and when it comes to technology, the list includes many of the same faces we see year after year.After regaining the throne last year, Bill Gates has once again been displaced as the world’s richest man — this time by Carlos Slim (who held that post back in 2007), [...]
Twitter’s Website Now Attaches Location to Tweets [PICS]
![Twitter’s Website Now Attaches Location to Tweets [PICS]](http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/03/10/twitter-geolocation-tweets/ "Twitter’s Website Now Attaches Location to Tweets [PICS]")
Twitter has just flipped the switch on geolocation within Twitter.com. Now at least some users can pull up location-based information from individual tweets on the microblogging website.While attaching locations to tweets has been possible for several months now through third party apps, Twitter.com itself hasn’t done much geolocation until [...]
Sony Answers Wii Remote With PlayStation Move
Sony has named its forthcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller “PlayStation Move.” The controller is Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 — a way to use motion to play video games instead of (or at least in addition to) buttons.The controller was originally announced at [...]
Google Reader Play Transforms Feeds into Entertainment Experience
Google has just released an alternative player for Google Reader that gives those with a penchant for browsing news the ability to do so in an image-heavy, TV-like fashion.Dubbed Google Reader Play, the new tool is an experimental Google Labs project that presents stories one by one — based on their Recommend Items technology — using [...]
Brizzly Launches a Guide to Twitter Trends and iPhone App
Web-based Twitter client Brizzly has three major developments to report: a new free iPhone app, a new Brizzly Guide (which gives trending topics on Twitter their own hub pages as permanent resources for information on the top Twitter discussion items over time), and the acquisition of WikiRank.The Brizzly Guide is a user-editable area that fleshes [...]
Google Apps Marketplace: 6 Great Apps to Try Now
Last night at its Campfire One event, Google officially launched the Google Apps Marketplace. The Google Apps Marketplace offers third-party developers and services a way to integrate directly with the Google Apps platform and sell that integration at whatever price point they choose. This is a huge win for the cloud because it finally allows [...]
Rock Out with PixieTea and Her Amazing iPhone Band [VIDEO]
![Rock Out with PixieTea and Her Amazing iPhone Band [VIDEO]](http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/03/10/pixietea-iphone/ "Rock Out with PixieTea and Her Amazing iPhone Band [VIDEO]")
Remember the Stanford iPhone Orchestra and their kick-ass musical stylings? Well, there’s a new smartphone virtuoso on the scene by the name of PixieTea who could become more synonymous with the word “telephone” than Lady Gaga herself. The Chinese artist created a video and song — mostly on an iPhone 3GS — that has [...]
Google Fiber Sparks Online Competition Between Cities Nationwide
It seems like every city in America wants Google Fiber. And who can blame them? Ever since Google announced its plan last month to bring ultra-high speed Internet connections (as in, up to 100x faster than what most of the country has today) to between 50,000 and 500,000 people, cities across the U.S. have been clamoring to curry the favor of [...]
SXSW 2010: The Complete Social Media Guide
This year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is rapidly approaching. Beginning with the Interactive Media events on March 12th, Austin, Texas will be the place to connect with the brightest in tech and media and get the scoop on some exciting new ventures.Whether you plan to physically attend or not, social media will be critical to how [...]
Google and Facebook Sued for Mobile Patent Infringement
Facebook may have secured a patent for its news feed technology, and Google for location-based ads, but that doesn’t make the two companies immune to other patent challengers. In fact, both Google and Facebook are being sued by Winksite over mobile social networking technology.The complaint, first reported by Bloomberg, was said to be filed [...]
YouTube Wants You to Grill the FCC’s Chairman
YouTube is pushing itself further into citizen journalism with an interview with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, and just as it has in the past, the world’s largest video portal is allowing its users to submit questions via CitizenTube.The interview, which takes place right after the release of the National Broadband Plan on Tuesday, March [...]
MySpace Courts Gamers and Developers with New Platform
One of the many initiatives on MySpace’s upcoming roadmap is a renewed focus on the applications platform, most notably surrounding games. The company announced this morning at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco the launch of a new Games Gallery experience, a gaming-specific iPhone app, and a number of new tools and analytics [...]
FarmVille Adds Facebook Credits Payment Option
The Facebook platform game FarmVille now supports the Facebook Credits virtual currency.The popular online game uses two units of in-game currency: Farm Cash and Farm Coins. Previously, you could buy them with a credit card or PayPal. Now the game offers Facebook Credits as an option.Facebook Credits are the number-one option, actually. [...]
Video Games On-Demand from OnLive Arrive in June
Today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, OnLive CEO Steve Perlman revealed a U.S. launch date of June 17 and a monthly price of $14.95 for his subscription-based, on-demand video game-streaming service.We wrote about OnLive previously when it went into beta testing. You can think about the service as essentially “Netflix [...]
Lady Gaga and Rock Band Caught in a Bad Romance
The first Lady Gaga song pack for the Rock Band music video game is coming next week. It will include the songs “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” “Monster” and “Poker Face.” You’ll be able to buy each song for $2 or all of them for $6.99.Yes, “Paparazzi” and “LoveGame” are [...]
CNN Sees Facebook As Major Competitor
When it comes to competition, CNN president Jon Klein fears Facebook. The man at the top of the news network believes that the social network is more of a threat to his business than other broadcast media organizations.In a recent question-and-answer session with BusinessWeek, Klein specifically states, “We want to be the most trusted [...]
Daytrotter Launches New Paid Downloads Option for Bands [EXCLUSIVE]
![Daytrotter Launches New Paid Downloads Option for Bands [EXCLUSIVE]](http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/03/10/daytrotter-payments-platform/ "Daytrotter Launches New Paid Downloads Option for Bands [EXCLUSIVE]")
Daytrotter is celebrating its fourth anniversary promoting music discovery of emerging bands with a new business model. Now bands who sign on for one of Daytrotter’s unique daily live sessions have an opportunity to sell high-quality digital recordings for a revenue split using a new in-house payment system that additionally gives artists [...]
5 Free Android Apps for Web Developers
This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.If you’re a web developer on the go, you may sometimes find the need to test some code, fix an error, or manage remote files when you’re away from your desktop. If you have an Android device, you’re in [...]
Corey Haim Dies: Fans Pay Tribute on Social Media Sites
Corey Haim, best known as one half of “the two Coreys,” was found dead in his home this morning at the age of 38, apparently from an accidental drug overdose.The actor was a teen icon and heartthrob in the late 1980s, known for his roles in films like Lucas, The Lost Boys, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream. While his more [...]
