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Nearly 40 percent (39%) of Facebook users who become fans of a brand do so to show their support of a company to their friends, according to new study by ExactTarget....

Facebook Tops Orkut In India

For a long time, Orkut has been the one bright spot in Google's social media stable; it's been the sole product that became really popular in some markets, even as everything el...

Here’s an Invitation to the New Digg

Digg is giving out invitations to the new Digg. Specifically, it's giving out handfuls of invitations to publishers to offer to their readers. "We want to s...

Murders Organized Using Facebook

From time to time, we get a reminder of the true power of social media, and the fact that sometimes that power is used by evildoers. The latest example comes...

AOL Gives Parents Tool for Eavesdropping on Kids’ Social Networking

AOL has released the results from a new survey, conducted by Nielsen, about parenting and social networking. The survey found that over half of children don't knows all of their...

MySpace and Fox Audience Network Get Integrated

News Corp. is integrating its Fox Audience Network (FAN) business directly with MySpace. The company says this will allow MySpac...

Study: 20% Of Americans Have Played Social Games

FarmVille, Happy Aquarium, Mafia Wars, and the like are gaining ground. A new report from the NPD Group indicates that about 20 percent of the U.S. population has played a...

Twitter Names President Of Revenue

Here's something for individuals who have expressed concern about Twitter's underwhelming financial achievements: three and a half years after the company was officially founded...

You Can’t Block Mark Zuckerberg From Your Facebook Profile

Update: A Facebook spokesperson tells WebProNews, "This error isn't specific to any one account. It's generated when a person has been blocked a...

Chatroulette is Down, and is About to Relaunch

Chatroulette is currently not available. The Chatroulette that we've all known has apparently just been an "experiment". It w...

Tweet Button Bookmarklet Introduced

Eight days ago, Twitter introduced its Tweet Button for the sake of letting people share links from many other sites. Now, to allow for the fact that not every publisher h...

Facebook Catches a Hot Potato

Last month, rumors emerged that Facebook may have been buying Hot Potato. As Doug Caverly...

Using and Attracting Customers with Facebook Places

Facebook Places is going to be huge for businesses. It already is. You've probably been hearing about all of the opportunities that come with check-in apps like Foursquare, Gowa...

Facebook Moves Toward OAuth 2.0, IFrames, Drops App Tabs from Profiles

Facebook posted an update for the Facebook Platform Roadmap today. Interestingly,...

People In The UK Spend Nearly A Quarter Of Their Time Online

Consumers in the UK are spending nearly half (45%) of their time watching TV, using mobiles or other communication devices, according to a new survey by government regulator Ofc...

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