LinkedIn probes theft of 6.5 mn passwords
June 6th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 6 (IANS) Professional networking website LinkedIn said it was investigating claims that 6.5 million of its users' passwords have been stolen and published on a Russian computer hacking ... Read more...
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Bing to integrate social networking with search results
May 11th, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, May 11 (IANS) Microsoft Thursday announced that its search engine Bing will integrate information from social networking sites into search results.
According to Bing's official blog, the ... Read more...
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‘India has world’s youngest internet population’
February 24th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) India has the world's youngest internet population with 75 percent of all users under the age of 35 years, said research firm comScore Friday.The ... Read more...
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RIM launches upgraded PlayBook operating system in India
February 24th, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Canadian BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (RIM), battling tough competition from Apple's iPad, Friday launched PlayBook OS 2.0, an upgraded version of the operating system ... Read more...
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US stocks fall amid Greece uncertainties (Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) US stocks closed lower Friday as uncertainties about the Greek debt crisis and poor economic data weighed the market.The Dow Jones industrial average lost 89.23 ... Read more...
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Now, a social network only for women
December 15th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) A 30-year-old Canadian woman has come up with a social networking website exclusively for females.The site Luluvise.com bans males from joining, the Daily Mail reported.It ... Read more...
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LinkedIn sinks, Silicon Valley fears doom
August 9th, 2011 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) LinkedIn, the world's largest professional networking site, bore the brunt of the Monday mayhem on Wall Street, sinking more than 17 percent.The market drubbing ... Read more...
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Microsoft showcases next version of operating system - Mango
May 25th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Seattle, May 25 (IANS) Microsoft Wednesday showcased the next major release of its superior version of operating system for smartphones -- code named Mango."Mango will deliver more than 500 ... Read more...
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LinkedIn listed on the New York Stock Exchange
May 20th, 2011 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 20 (IANS) Professional networking website LinkedIn listed an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, and surged over $90 dollars a share shortly after ... Read more...
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BlackBerry buys software company to beef up apps store
April 29th, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 29 (IANS) Desperate to catch up with Apple and Google Android devices in apps, BlackBerry has bought Montreal-based software company Tungle that develops apps that allow users ... Read more...
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Now, an iPad app that can predict what you want!
April 21st, 2011 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 21 (ANI): An application is being developed that will "give you what you want before you knew you wanted it."According to Futureful, a Finnish startup is building a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Updates on social networking sites worth more than $30m a day
April 13th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 13 (ANI): Penn State researchers have claimed that updates on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other real-time content sites could be worth more than 30 million a day, or nearly ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
LinkedIn reaches 100 million members worldwide
March 23rd, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 23 (ANI): Professional social network LinkedIn has claimed that it has reached 100 million members worldwide.According to the service's own figures, the site, which aims to facilitate professional networking in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
People lie more online than in face-to-face chats
March 6th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): A person more is likely to lie on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and online dating portals than in a face-to-face conversation, suggest experts."Most ... Read more...
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Report: UberMedia to acquire TweetDeck for $30 million
February 14th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- TweetDeck, the company behind the popular application to monitor messages on the social networking website Twitter, is close to agreeing to a multi-million dollar takeover deal, according to ... Read more...
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LinkedIn files registration for proposed public stock offering
January 28th, 2011 - 2:21 pm ICT by BNO News
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- LinkedIn Corporation on Thursday announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of ... Read more...
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Only Millionaires And Billionaires Can Invest In Facebook And Not Ordinary Folks
January 4th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Facebook is of the value of $50 billion, as per the New York Times (NYT). That is sizably bigger from the $15 billion that was its value in 2007. This stupendous growth ... Read more...
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Investing In Facebook May Not Be A Possibility
January 4th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The user base and asset of Facebook is growing with time. The popular social networking service has over 550 million users and it is worth $50 ... Read more...
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Why you shouldn’t write ‘dynamic’ or ‘proactive’ in your CV
December 23rd, 2010 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 23 (ANI): Do you consider yourself a 'team player', 'proactive' or 'dynamic' when it comes to work? Even if you do, refrain from mentioning it in your CV, says a ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Employees beware! Facebook, Twitter can harm your job prospects
November 14th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 14 (ANI): It seems employers and recruitment companies look beyond the resume, letters of recommendations and other information when evaluating a prospective employee - they are increasingly scrutinising the ... Read more...
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Cartoonist maps world of social networking
October 20th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 20 (IANS) A cartoonist has created a map which imagines websites as countries and shows their size based on how popular they are.
Randall Munroe, a university graduate ... Read more...
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How To Find Jobs Through Social Networking Sites
October 18th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In today's world of networking where people spend most of their leisure times socializing with people through social-networking sites, what better way to look for a ... Read more...
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Employees prefer sex to LinkedIn to get ahead at work: Study
October 17th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 17 (ANI): A new US poll has suggested that employees prefer using sex to get ahead at work than connecting to a boss on the business networking website LinkedIn.Adecco ... Read more...
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Paul Writer launches India’s first community for B2B marketers
September 17th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore (Karnataka), Sept.17 (ANI-Business Wire India): Paul Writer has launched India's first community dedicated to B2B marketers at www.paulwriter.com.Envisioned as a place that provides the B2B marketing community access to high-quality ... Read more...
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Facebook is now a $33 billion entity
August 26th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 26 (ANI): Facebook is now worth a whopping 33.7 billion dollars, after investors paid up to 76 dollars for a share in the company ahead of its much-hyped flotation ... Read more...
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Gays more frequent blog readers, social network users
July 14th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 14 (ANI): Gays and lesbians are more frequent blog readers and social network members than their heterosexual counterparts, revealed a US survey.In the Harris Interactive survey, 54 percent of ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Now, follow your Facebook friends automatically from Twitter
June 24th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 24 (ANI): Now you can follow your Facebook friends directly from Twitter, all thanks to the micro-blogging site's latest applications.Twitter has declared that it is launching major upgrades to ... Read more...
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Boomers as active on Facebook as their grandkids
June 16th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 16 (ANI): Grannies and grandpas have become experts in posting status updates, poking their friends and changing their profile picture on Facebook, just like their grandkids, who introduced ... Read more...
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Making personal data fade away to protect net privacy
June 10th, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) A method that makes personal information of netizens fade away online over time - just letting the details gradually disappear from view - can be formulated, according ... Read more...
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New software to recruit employees through Facebook, LinkedIn
May 31st, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, May 31 (ANI): Using a new software program, employers are scanning social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn to recruit and evaluate staff.The software categorizes candidates under age, ... Read more...
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‘Ninja’ dethrones ‘Guru’ as newest hot job title!
April 8th, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 8 (ANI): "Guru" ready to take leave. And "ninja" enters the scene. The warriors of the Japanese folklore have been uprooted and installed in the resumes of today's professionals.No, it ... Read more...
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Now, website that allows users to anonymously review boss, co-workers
April 7th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
New York, April 7 (ANI): A new website has been created that allows you to anonymously review your boss or co-workers online.According to MSNBC, GetUnvarnished.com says that it will be used for ... Read more...
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Beware: The FBI might be your Facebook friend
March 17th, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Mar 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to reports, the FBI agents are very much a part of the online social networking world, and have a lot of fake profiles on Facebook, ... Read more...
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FBI - the new friend on Facebook
March 17th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Mar 17 (Pen Men at Work): US investigative agencies will be using disguises on internet again. A decade ago they kept a watch on chat rooms of MSN and AOL to nab ... Read more...
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Online social networks can help in disasters too
February 10th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) Online social networking sites could solve many problems plaguing information dissemination and communications when disaster strikes, according to a US report
In the wake of natural disasters ... Read more...
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