Yahoo all set to index Twitter to show up to date information
Yahoo has become the latest search engine company to take help from Twitter to stay up to date.
The company has announced that they would start indexing data from Twitter and show it along with search results in the coming days.
Microsoft and [...]
Unfriend: New Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year
New Oxford American Dictionary has announced that they have selected Unfriend as their word of the year.
Unfriend essentially means remove someone from your Friend’s list on a social network.
This word was made popular by Facebook which is the most popular social networking service on [...]
Shakira to debut her new music video through Ustream
Social networks have gone mainstream and celebrities are now using them to connect with their fans.
Shakira is all set to launch her new music video and it would go live on her Facebook page through Ustream.
Chamillionaire was probably the first artist to take this route [...]
Digg launches Digg Shoe!
No, It is not a joke. Social Bookmarking service Digg has launched their own branded Shoe in collaboration with TOMS Shoes.
It has been designed by one of the designers at Digg and features the official Digg branding.
Two models are available, one for guys and the other one for gals. [...]
MySpace continues to struggle against Facebook
Facebook opened up their network to anyone online a few years ago and they have been dominating ever since.
They overtook MySpace to become the most popular social networking service on the web.
And this has turned into a disaster for MySpace which could now lose as much as USD [...]
Sanford Wallace ordered to pay for Facebook spam
Facebook has won a lawsuit filed against Sanford Wallace for spamming on their network.
The courts have awarded damages worth 711 million dollars.
Wallace is popularly known as the Spam King and Spamford due to his company’s profile.
He also now faces criminal charges and a possible jail [...]
TwitterPeek: A device just for Twitter!
Peek is a hardware company that makes cute devices enabling users to check their emails on the go.
They have apparently launched a new product named TwitterPeek which well provides a single function. Stay connected to the world through Twitter.
It costs around USD 200 and is available through [...]
Yahoo to collaborate with OneRiot for real-time search?
TechCrunch has reported that Yahoo is working on their own real-time search solution.
They are not going to enter into deals with Facebook or Twitter but are likely to be partnering an existing player in the market OneRiot.
Yahoo has not revealed anything on such rumored plans. [...]
Google Social Search to arrive soon
Google is set to launch a social search engine through Google Labs.
Google Social Search would be launched in the coming days.
This search engine would make use of your contacts to provide personalized search results.
It would be connected with your Google Profile and it would be an opt-in [...]
Jack Thompson sues Facebook for hate groups
Jack Thompson is back in news for all the wrong reasons once again.
He has now filed a lawsuit against the popular social networking service Facebook.
The lawsuit claims that Facebook is allowing its members to run groups which are ‘a threat’ to his safety.
Facebook has some [...]
