Palm Pre to feature Twitter search inbuilt
Palm has been releasing some new information about their upcoming smartphone model Palm Pre.
One of the exciting features is that the Pre would work with Apple iTunes.
Pre owners would be able to sync DRM free media files from iTunes to Pre without any third party software.
Another interesting feature [...]
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 [...]
Yahoo considering acquiring social media properties!
Yahoo might be struggling to compete against Google and Microsoft but they are still looking for good deals in the market.
Yahoo CTO Ari Balogh said in a statement at the Reuters Global Technology Summit: “It’s a good time to be buying now.”
He added: “I can guarantee you there will [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
US Army is now on Facebook and Twitter
US Army has announced the establishment of their Online Social Media Division.
They have created a fan page on Facebook social networking service and are also now present on the Twitter micro-blogging site.
US Army spokeswoman Lindy Kyzer spoke about the new developments: “Young people today don’t watch the [...]
Owen Van Natta to be the new CEO of MySpace
MySpace is getting a new CEO.
News Corp has announced that they are appointing Owen Van Natta as the new CEO of the MySpace.
Incidentally, Owen Van Natta was previously with Facebook which is the prime rival of MySpace in the social networking industry.
Facebook overtook [...]
Rumors say Twitter is in talks with both Google and Microsoft
AllThingsD has reported that both Google and Microsoft are in talks with Twitter for a possible advertising deal.
Twitter is currently free of any form of advertising.
The service is very much in news for its explosive growth and potential uses in real world scenarios. [...]
Facebook now has 200 million registered users
Social networking giant Facebook has revealed that they now are home to more than 200 million registered users.
The growth is phenomenal as they have managed to double the registered users in just eight months.
Incidentally, Facebook now has more members than population of countries like Brazil and Japan. [...]
Nissan Cube being promoted as a mobile device!
Nissan Motor has launched a new small car named Nissan Cube.
The company is promoting this new vehicle as a mobile device!
Nissan is aiming this new car at the younger audience.
Nissan is essentially promoting this car as a part of a fun, busy life that can [...]
