Social Networks

Facebook Launches Subscriptions. A Jab At Twitter?

by Mike Mansell September 15, 2011

As similar as Facebook and Twitter are in the sense that they’re both social networks that allow users to communicate between, interact with, and stalk follow one-another online, the fact of the matter is that the two sites are entirely different. While Facebook is meant to serve as a mechanism for more “intimate” connections such [...]

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Twitter and Bing’s Awkward Tweet Conversation Raises Questions

by Jeff Weisbein September 6, 2011

In a rather odd and clearly scripted conversation on Twitter (screenshot below), it appears that both Twitter and Bing may be working on some kind of new partnership. It could be further integration of Twitter within Bing or perhaps even other Microsoft services and products. Whatever it is, we don’t know at this point. Nonetheless, [...]

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Google Learns From Facebook Failure, Implements Games Into Google+

by Mike Mansell August 12, 2011

If you’re a long-time Facebook user I’m sure that you still remember the “good old days” when Facebook “applications” had a huge tendency to cause frustration right and left because of the horrid levels of spam that would get passed onto the end-users. While I for one was a pretty big Facebook fan at the time, even [...]

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Google Plus Taking a Nose-Dive Already?

by Mike Mansell July 29, 2011

It seems that users have been fed up with Facebook and Twitter for nearly as long as each respective service has been around, and if only in day-dreams I think it’s safe to say that just about everyone has wished for the “perfect” social network to come along at one point or another. After opening its doors as an invite-only service on June 28th, yesterday officially marked the one month milestone for Google Plus.

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Google Plus: I’m Really Not Impressed

by Mike Mansell July 20, 2011

Let me start out this post by saying that Facebook is far from perfect. Back in September I expressed my growing frustration with the social network that at the time was being riddled with levels of spam that many like myself deemed simply unacceptable. And while I still think that Facebook has a lot of room to grow and that there are definitely improvements to be made, I must say that the social network is heading in an alright direction in my eyes.

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How To: Set Up Facebook Video Calling on Lion

by Keaton Taylor July 6, 2011

You might have heard that Facebook announced Video Calling with the help of Skype on their service today. You might have also noticed that if you are running a pre-release version of Mac OS X Lion it simply does not work. In reality the Facebook video calling feature will work on Lion but is blocked due to the unofficial nature of Mac OS X Lion. Below are a few simple steps to get Facebook Video Calling working on any modern browser in Mac OS X Lion.

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MySpace Sells for $35 Million

by Mike Mansell June 30, 2011

It’s amazing how quickly things in life can change. Just a few short years ago social networking website MySpace was legendary and considered hip amongst the younger generation. Really, I remember a time when you would meet a person in line at a grocery store, and instead of swapping mobile numbers or even email addresses [...]

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Will Google Plus Be Able to Compete with Facebook?

by Mike Mansell June 29, 2011

Yesterday Google unveiled their new social suite known as Google+ (Google Plus). While currently available only by invite and not yet released to the general public, Google+ promises (yet again) to change how we communicate and integrate with other users. But this time, I think that Google has really hit the nail dead-center on the head.

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Facebook to Hit the High-Note on Music: MySpace to Lose Big?

by Mike Mansell June 21, 2011

While the once-popular social network MySpace has declined significantly in recent years with the uprising of more popular social media sites such as Twitter and sites like Facebook, the site has managed to hold on to one audience; the music industry. But now it is becoming apparent that MySpace may soon lose that strongpoint.

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