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Facebook Credits: A Gamechanger

Posted on 07/14/10 in News, 1 Comment

Facebook have announced the launch of ‘credits’, their micro-payments platform, in October. Through Facebook Connect it’s likely they will become ubiquitous across the web.

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Facebook overtakes Google in US

Posted on 03/17/10 in News, 1 Comment

Somewhat incredibly Facebook has overtaken Google as the most visited website in the US…

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Facebook and Twitter IPOs

Posted on 11/25/09 in News, 2 Comments

Facebook have moved to quash rumours of an IPO – whereas Twitter have admitted it may be an option. Interesting to see the contrasting stances of the Social Media giants.

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Facebook Bans Commercialism

Posted on 08/13/09 in News, No Comments

An interesting story that has not recieved the level of exposure that is perhaps merits – Facebook has banned the commercial use of their status update facility, as reported by Mashable, amongst others. This is an interesting move from the Internet behemoth – Twitter is currently a haven for commercial enterprise, and it’s clear Facebook [...]

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Microsoft Continue Living Room Domination

Posted on 06/02/09 in News, No Comments

Following last week’s announcement that Sky Player will be supported via Xbox Live comes today’s revelation that Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm will also be integrated. This is major news, and gives Microsoft a definite advantage over Sony in the console war. The 360 is finally looking like becoming the all-in-one entertainment system that the online [...]

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Social Networking… For Dogs

Posted on 03/26/09 in News, No Comments

Social Networking is already The Next Big Thing – Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace are modern day phenomenons. It’s difficult to see where it will go next, what has not been done, what avenues are yet to be explored… unless you’re Dogtree, that is. Dogtree have created a Social Networking site – for dogs. Based in [...]

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BBC iPlayer tops Google search list

Posted on 12/11/08 in News, No Comments

The explosion in IPTV is exemplified by the BBC iPlayer topping the list of Google’s fastest rising searched terms in 2008 (UK). The full list is: Fastest rising search terms in the UK iPlayer Facebook iPhone Youtube Yahoo Mail Large Hadron Collider Obama Friv Cam4 Jogos And this is the top 10 most searched overall: [...]

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