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According to TechCrunch (and now confirmed via press release) Facebook has purchased the social media aggregation site FriendFeed, although the terms of the deal are not yet public.
Social networking threats are the new threats of physical violence. The Funny Or Die link if they take this down.
Tech Buzz OMG, Trent Reznor is leaving social networking for good! He says he is tired of all the haterz. :( You can read his full rant about why social networking is bringing him down on his website. Then leave him a comment saying why you love him and that you want him back!
A social-networking site that calls itself “Facebook meets Jackass” is made up of a community daring each other to do wild stuff. It's mainly a British site, so there's less low-brow fratboy stuff than you might think.
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New stats from Nielsen Online show that by the end of 2008, social networking had overtaken email in terms of worldwide reach. Cue old person rant: don't people even have the time to write emails anymore? I remember when you had to go to the post office and buy a stamp to mail the letter you had written with a typewriter! None of this “poking” nonsense!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29534317/
Twitter backlash from Technotica: “Twitter is the snuggie of social networking.” Not that this metaphor even really means anything, but Twitterers are very excited about this blog because it is about Twitter. And there's nothing Twitter likes more than Twitter.
Tech Buzz The Twittersphere is excited today that Jon Stewart did a whole segment on trying to make sense of Twitter last night. It's definitely funny, but it doesn't really seem like the coming out party everyone's saying it is. Like, when John McCain is happily tweeting from his Blackberry, it seems like the service has got to be pretty mainstream already.
You thought you knew what Facebook was for, but you didn't. This awesome, greyish guy lays it out for you.
Demographic info for four major social networks may make you rethink how you're spending your time online.
Celebrity Buzz The former Reading Rainbow host (and star of Star Trek and Roots) has taken back his Twitter after an impostor set up a fake account in his name, consequently turning Burton into somewhat of a new media junkie. See what happens when one proudly waves his nerd flag? Celebrity reborn, y'all.
Tech Buzz A Poken is a small gadget for your keychain that allows you to share all your social networking information with other people just by touching your Poken to theirs. A less dirty-sounding description is that it's like an electronic business card that stores your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn profiles. So your new friends and business contacts can see your goofy-ass Facebook photos without even having to Google you.
Tech Buzz National Public Radio has a launched a social networking element to their site, which builds upon their noticeably aggressive (and successful) foray into accruing digital prowess with free podcasts and downloads. While it’s all well and good, we’re still waiting for a Carl Kasell video blog.
Music Buzz Soulja Boy’s MySpace and YouTube accounts were hacked! It’s a case of social network kidnapping! The hacker changed log-in info for both of Soulja Boy’s sites, then demanded a ransom of $2500. Dutifully, Soulja Boy released a video more or less explaining what happened to let the world know he’s back.
Tech Buzz Finally, a social networking feature that mirrors the half-attention of real life. FriendFeed now lets you tell people you’re following them when, in fact, you’re ignoring their feed. Sort of like a cocktail party or family gathering, minus the face-to-face.
Tech Buzz The New York Times has launched a plug-in (still in beta form) that will function as an intra-site social network without the whole “self-branding” thing. Academics and liberal boomers will finally have the chance to imitate their kids, only they’ll be swapping shared interest in “random play” with, you know, “foreign policy” and stuff.
The web designers at Fox Interactive take their stab at making MySpace look more like Facebook. It’s not an earth shattering change, but, for the ugliest social networking site of all time, its a welcome one. It should launch sometime next week.
Celebrity Buzz Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, the notorious couple from The Hills, have announced the launch of their own social networking website Speidiweb. Watch out, Mark Zuckerberg! Heidi and Spencer claim their site does everything Facebook and Myspace does, and more. The site’s been down for the past few hours (hax0rs??) so we can’t verify if this claim is actually true or not.
Imagine if your life worked just like it does on the mammoth social network. Scary, right? Because, really, if someone ever actually claimed aloud to be looking for “random play,” you’d probably suggest they immediately get tested for “random STD’s.”
Celebrity Buzz Jessica takes part in an online staring contest in order to promote Cash Warren’s new social networking site. This makes me feel dirty, either because this is the second Jessica Alba thing I’ve posted within 24 hours, or because I can’t help comparing Jessica Alba to Magibon with bigger boobs.
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