Things added in June, 2008
Facebook Planning to Add Inbox Search
Facebook is planning to roll out inbox search this month. Users will be able to query their friends' names or keywords. The search system was built in-house and has already been ...
FriendFeed and the Need to Control the Noise
FriendFeed is all the rage among early social media adopters right now, but there is one thing that is so desperately needed: consolidation. I don't have all of the same "friends" everywhere. ...
AP to Restrict Content Use on Blogs
The Associated Press apparently is not to thrilled about how bloggers use their content. So they're setting out to establish standards by which their content can appear on blogs, according to ...
10 Fake Facebook Profiles for Sale
They've already been taken down, but earlier eBay user pseudopr415 was attempting to sell 10 of his fake Facebook profiles, according to Silicon Alley Insider. Each profile reportedly had a minimum ...
MySpace to Launch Site Redesign Next Week
MySpace is launching the redesign of their enormous social networking site next week. The changes aren't just cosmetic, according to Reuters. Beginning next Wednesday, June 18, expect to see changes on the ...
Would You Quit Your Job If You Couldn’t Access Facebook?
If you're reading this blog, the answer should be YES. Most people who read this blog do some form of social media for a living. If you can't access Facebook, your company ...
Social Network Updates for the week ending June 13, 2008
Social networks update their sites frequently. So, for the minor updates, I'm just going to combine the updates into one post so the rest of the week can be taken up by ...
Man Uploads Vacation Video, Gets Free 7 Night Stay
Are you rewarding the creators of social media content generated around your company? If not, you should be! Recently, Aaron Schwartz posted video from his stay at a Marriott Renaissance Ocean Suites in ...
TownSquare: Microsoft’s Enterprise Social Network
Infoworld is reporting that Microsoft has been developing a Facebook-like application for internal use. The application is expected to be unveiled tomorrow at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston. Dubbed TownSquare, the ...