@katiecouric web based show to be hosted by Katie Couric

@katiecouric web based show to be hosted by Katie Couric
CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Katie Couric would now host a web based show interestingly titled @katiecouric.

@katiecouric is in the format of a Twitter mention. Facebook has also adopted the same method to connect to an individual or brand.
The first episode of [...]

INQ Mobile launch INQ Chat 3G and INQ Mini 3G with Twitter and Facebook support

INQ Mobile launch mobile devices with Twitter and Facebook support
Support for social networks is becoming an essential aspect of any new smartphone in the market today.
Apple iPhone changed the way people communicated online through their mobile devices.
And almost, every mobile phone maker is working on smarter smartphones to enable their customers to [...]

Yahoo starts offering their new homepage to interested users

Yahoo starts offering their new homepage to interested users

If you visit Yahoo.com, you are likely to see their offer for you to checkout their new updated homepage.
The new Yahoo homepage features less clutter. It is also much more customizable.
You can add your own favourite sites on the interface for quick access…
You also get the [...]

Michael Jackson death: Twitter once again dominates MSM

Michael Jackson death: Twitter once again dominates MSM
Mainstream media once again lost out to social networking services like Twitter and Facebook to spread the news about the dead of Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson is one of the most loved musicians in the world and it was pretty visible on Twitter streams.
As soon as [...]

Google’s Greg Badros is the new Director of Engineering of Facebook

Google’s Greg Badros is the new Director of Engineering of Facebook
Google has lost yet another senior executive, this time to social networking giant Facebook.
Facebook has hired Greg Badros as their new Director of Engineering.
He was previously with Google.
He was part of the original Google AdSense engineering team. He has also worked on their [...]

Grady Burnett latest to leave Google. Joins Facebook

Grady Burnett latest to leave Google. Joins Facebook
Grady Burnett is the latest high profile Google employee who is leaving the search engine giant to join a rival company.
He was the head of Google’s AdWords division. He is now joining social networking service Facebook.
He would now responsible for Facebook’s online advertising sales.
These advertising revenues are one [...]

Google sees Facebook as a rival in search!

Google sees Facebook as a rival in search!
Google has been dominating the search engine market for a long time now.
Both Microsoft and Yahoo have failed to provide enough challenge.
However, social networking is changing the market scenario and Google has admitted that Facebook is turning into a major rival in the search engine segment.
Google said [...]

Digital Sky Technologies wants to invest in Facebook

Digital Sky Technologies wants to invest in Facebook
Wall Street Journal has reported that Russian Internet group, Digital Sky Technologies has shown interest in investing in the world’s most popular social networking service Facebook.
The deal offered by Digital Sky puts the value of Facebook at around USD 10 billion.
Facebook declined to comment on the rumours. A [...]

HP MediaSmart Server LX195 launched

HP MediaSmart Server LX195 launched
US based PC maker Hewlett Packard has launched their latest Windows Home server product MediaSmart Server LX195.
This new model is slimmer and better looking compared to the existing models available in the market.
HP said that this is their first such product to be powered with an Intel Atom processor.
Intel [...]

Facebook provides more power to third party developers

Facebook provides more power to third party developers
Facebook continues to open up their platform to provide more powers to third party developers as they compete with rivals like MySpace and even Twitter.
The social networking giant is now enabling developers to access user’s news streams.
This would enable users to access their data outside the Facebook [...]

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