Archive for April, 2007

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Bebo Hires MTV VP

Monday, April 30th, 2007

This is a newly-created position for the social networking company, and Gambino will be responsible for helping artists and labels to leverage the sprawling reach of Bebo's 31 million users across the globe. via Mashable

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Yahoo Answers Google with Right Media

Monday, April 30th, 2007

"We believe that Yahoo's open approach is a clear differentiator from others in the industry and provides significant benefits to advertisers, publishers, and Yahoo itself."

While Google recently acquired DoubleClick for $3.1 billion and won advertising business from both MySpace and AOL, Yahoo is attempting to answer Google's developments by extending its advertising relationship ... via CIO Today

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MySpace, `Survivor’ creator plan political reality show for online, TV

Monday, April 30th, 2007

MySpace and "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett plan a political reality show for the Internet and television next year to spur young voters' interest in the U.S. elections. via San Jose Mercury News

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Student debuts album nationally

Monday, April 30th, 2007

"Now I feel like I'm at this point where I really have an artistic vision for myself. "This is the perfect time, the perfect place, to release my debut album. This is what I'm choosing to do with my life, so I'm getting excited about it."

Kate Voegele frets about keeping up her grade point average, spends hours on social networking online sites and passes a lot of time just hanging out with friends on campus. via BG News

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Juvenile in custody after online threats

Monday, April 30th, 2007

"As a result of the investigation, we were able to identify the author of the death threats"

SAPULPA DAILY HERALD SAPULPA, Okla. - Sapulpa Police officers have taken into custody a juvenile who has been identified as the alleged source of a series of death threats left on several Sapulpa students' ... via Chickasha Daily Express

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Oregon woman sues ambulance service, medic in rape case

Monday, April 30th, 2007

"My advice: fight. It's only a knife, and any rapist is a coward who will probably turn tail at any resistance"

PORTLAND - A Portland rape victim is suing a local ambulance paramedic who posted details about the attack on his MySpace Internet page. via Statesman Journal

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24 Hours of Flickr : Global Photo Project

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Flickr, the popular photo sharing service invites you to 24 Hours of Flickr , a day-long global photo project. via Quick Online Tips

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Where have all the eyeballs gone?

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

With younger viewers flocking to the Internet chat sites and mobile messaging devices, television is not the mass medium it once was, Kate Taylor writes When the new NBC science-fiction series Heroes returned ... via GAM

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How to Use Social Bookmarking Sites to Your Advantage

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

I've been getting really excited lately about the whole social bookmarking trend in internet marketing. via American Chronicle

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Tech Software: Drupal a true content management system

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. via Reinke Faces Life

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Web 2.0 Social Media: Voyeurs rule, not amateurs

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Categories: Web 2.0 , Google , User-Generated Content , Social Web , Video , YouTube , Amateur Content , Social Networking In my "Social Freeloaders" User Generated Content series last year. via ZDNet

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Are social-networking sites making us reclusive?

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Some of them appear to be promoting varied versions of new-age schizophrenia RECENTLY A friend of mine did the unthinkable - she deleted her profile from a popular social networking site of which she was a ... via The Hindu

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Purdue uses Facebook as part of emergency alert system

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

"Kids are very plugged into the latest electronic technology, so we're going take to advantage of that."

Purdue University plans to use a popular social networking Web site to contact students and staff in emergencies, and other schools around the state say they are working to improve ways to alert people if ... via Chicago Tribune

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Michigan Couple Turns To MySpace For Adoption Help

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

"We hope you feel our family is the right family for your child."

A suburban couple who spent five years trying to conceive has turned to MySpace.com in search of birth parents so they can adopt a child.

Sherry and Karl Dittmar already have a biological son and two adopted sons, but they also want a little girl.

"Dear birthmother," their MySpace posting begins. "We cannot imagine how difficult making an adoption plan for your child must be. ... Thank you for including our profile in your search for the right family to raise your baby."

The MySpace page had not drawn any offers of a baby by Wednesday morning, although the couple got a lead on a pregnant teen who was considering adoption, Sherry Dittmar told The Associated Press. She said she had received more than 1,700 messages since Monday alone. Read more

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8th-grader creates local networking site

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Megan Snyder-Brown gives a simple explanation for her Web site. "I wanted a MySpace page," she says, "but my parents said no because they didn't want me talking to old creepy guys." So the 14-year-old from ... via Hampton Roads Daily Press