Si Jobling's Bookmarks Tagged With "social"
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Facebook and MySpace users could be deluged with safety warnings
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/02/facebook.myspace
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The Home Office have issued regulations on how social networks should act in accordance with data privacy and under-aged users with the likes of Facebook, Bebo and MySpace requiring to adopt these practises.
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Yahoo joins OpenSocial developer platform
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/25/digitalmedia.news
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More intelligent moves from Yahoo! proving they are keen to move forward with internet technologies and initiatives, implementing open standards alongside other key players in the industry.
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AOL acquires Bebo social network
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7294174.stm
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AOL obviously think the $850USD price tag is worth it for that huge young audience. When will someone cough up the estimated £1.5bn for Facebook and who will it be?
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Why people really love their web apps
http://www.carsonified.com/web-apps/why-people-really-love-their-web-apps
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Carsonified did a poll on 3,000 people over the last few weeks about their favourite Web apps and the top 4 are hardly surprising (Gmail, Flickr, Twiitter and Facebook). Lisa Price looks at why we love them so much
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Why are there no spam or trolls on Twitter?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/06/socialnetworking.spam
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Another Guardian journalist has caught the Twitter bug, this time Kate Bevan takes a look at why Twitter is free of ridiculous amounts of spam.
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Welcome to Fire Eagle!
http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/
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More of an API than fully-fledged website, the strangely named Fire Eagle is geo-based web service which allows you to share your current location with others.
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Why short is tweet for the blogging community
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/25/digitalmedia.blogging
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Jeff Jarvis of of the Guardian has rediscoverd a love for Twitter and writes up why he loves it and how it seems to be penetrating the mass market, from political updates at the White House to promoting journalism. See, everyone loves Twitter!
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Professionals' networking site LinkedIn launches mobile service
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/25/socialnetworking.digitalmedia
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Proving that Facebook is not the only professional looking but equally useful social network out there, LinkedIn have now launched a mobile service, ideal for finding and establishing business contacts while on the move.
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The New LinkedIn Platform Shows Facebook How It's Done
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/12/the-new-linkedi.html
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The social network LinkedIn shows a lot more potential on a professional level, giving you the opportunity to create an online CV. Now with the API going public, this should make it a lot easier to create a portfolio website with full contact details too.
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Facebook bans 'forced invites' in apps
http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9871148-36.html
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Its a bold but important move to rid Facebook of too many spammy applications and I'm glad they're doing something about it. Well done FB.
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