Diaspora announced on its blog the availability of source code for developers. An alpha version for the general public is raised for the month of October. On Sept. 15, the four founders of the project announced on their blog the release of source code to developers. “It becomes a community project whose development is open [...]
Sep
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2010
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2010
Sep
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Twitter’s New Interface
The micro-blogging site Twitter has announced a new version of its web platform. Twitter revealed a new two-pane layout which will be rolled out to all the users over the next few weeks. The new interface enables users to navigate more easily in the flow of messages and provide more room for advertising. “A new [...]
Sep
10
2010
10
2010
Facebook eclipsed Google
Online Social Network, Facebook has overshadowed Google, the search titan in internet surfing minutes. According to, online researcher comScore, Americans spent 685,000 hours or 41.1 million minutes on Facebook in August, compared with 39.8 million hours spent on Google. The third place was taken by Yahoo with 37.7 million minutes. comScore reported, Americans spent about [...]
Aug
27
2010
27
2010
Facebook or Diaspora, Take your pick
One more social network will be launched in mid-Sep. One More? Well not exactly. Named as Diaspora, the developers of this system – four students from New York aged 19-22 years who are as “big nerds – indicated on the blog that will be delivered in open source and start working on Sept. 15. Diaspora [...]
Jul
8
2010
8
2010
Google Me: No more Facebook domination!
In June, rumors began circulating that Google is preparing its own social network, which would be called Google Me, which would become a direct competitor to Facebook. However, the online giant opted not to make any statements. The executive director of megabuscador in England, Matt Brittin, although not confirm or deny the project, hinted that [...]
Jul
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2010
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2010
Facebook integrates face detection to photo uploads
The Facebook is also introducing innovative things to keep the subscribers happy and fascinated. The social network has now added a new face detection algorithm which will help out people in tagging and sharing photos in an easy way. The company has acquired Divvyshot in April month and now there is no need to click [...]
Jun
7
2010
7
2010
Yahoo and Facebook now share more data
The Internet Group YAHOO ! continues its policy of integration and bridge with the most popular community services (Facebook, Twitter…) to keep the attention of Internet users and advertisers. The portal and social networking extended their partnership by enabling their members to consult their information shared on both sites. Since Monday, June 7, 2010, users [...]
May
31
2010
31
2010
Today is “Quit Facebook Day “, will you leave Facebook?
They are more than 25,800 Facebook users already close their account at the QuitFacebook Day (the day you leave Facebook). This campaign has started because Facebook privacy settings are not clear, because some private pictures hanging on the internet, some Facebook users have already formally announced their departure from the social network. Originally this Quit [...]
May
10
2010
10
2010
Facebook and McDonald’s plans e-mail ordering service
According to “Advertising Age (AdAge) website,” the world’s leading fast food chain McDonald’s plans with the world famous social network Facebook to provide customers with “e-mail ordering service.” The social network is expected to launch in the coming weeks, a geolocation service on mobile. This new service will be offered to its 425 million users [...]
Apr
7
2010
7
2010
Will Bebo leave the bosom of AOL?
AOL has purchased Bebo at the price of gold in 2008, But now the social network Bebo.com could leave the bosom of AOL or even disappear for lack of a buyer. Will Bebo leave the bosom of AOL? Two years after it was bought for 850 million dollars? In the midst of restructuring, the pioneering [...]