Google 's OpenSocial initiative to establish common, standard APIs for creating social-networking applications is still in its early days. via LinuxWorld
AMBULANCE and police attended the scene of an assault in Ipswich involving two people. via Ipswich Evening Star
As it turns out, Windows Live Spaces, Microsoft's social network fared poorly, with 3 hours downtime in the measured period. via Mashable
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"YouTube has been the Internet success story of 2006. However, when subjected to conventional usability evaluation it appears to fail miserably. With this and other social Web services, the purpose of the user is fun, uncertainty, engagement and self expression. Web2.0 has turned the passive ‘user’ into an active producer of content and shaper of the ultimate user experience. This more playful, more participative, often joyful use of technology appears to conflict with conventional usability, but we argue that a deeper ‘usability’ emerges that respects the user’s purposes whether acting as homo ludens."In this interesting academic research paper recently published by Paula Alexandra Silva and Alan Dix from Lancaster University, you can get a lot of insight into the whys and hows of YouTube tremendous online success. Here the details:
"To strengthen our manpower, we will utilise the services of our reservists, and also use Bambanani volunteers as well as neighbourhood watches"
By Natasha Joseph It's not just bad weather that will have residents in Plettenberg Bay battening down the hatches and locking up their sons and daughters: the matrics of 2007 are coming to town. via The Mercury
"Young people are not turning to physical papers for their news. This is particularly true in the U.S. but applies in the U.K., too"
LONDON News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said he maintains editorial control over which political party his U.K. newspapers The Sun and News of the World support in U.K. general elections. via Editor & Publisher
MILLIONS of people have made themselves vulnerable to identity theft as well as putting their professional prospects at risk by recklessly posting personal information on the internet, a new report has warned. via Sunday Tribune
"We're constantly working to improve the quality and accuracy of the information available in Google Maps"
Tired of getting bad directions? Google Maps, Google's popular mapping and driving directions tool, is now letting users correct its maps, Wikipedia-style. Google, the company with the most frequently used ... via Medford Mail Tribune
"When I talked to her on the phone, conversations lasted two minutes."
His date kept her cell phone sitting on her leg throughout dinner. Every few minutes she'd glance down and type a few strokes. via The Daily Herald
Educators and advocates for children are debating whether social-networking websites should join lunch boxes, clothing logos and soda machines as a route for advertisers to reach kids in school. via StarTribune
Small Finnish handset maker Benefon , which has changed its business name to GeoSentric, said Nokia has picked its social networking application for the Nokia GPS handsets N95 and 6110. via Reuters
"There's the people you'll want to know right away, and there's people you may never want to know (your relationship has ended)"
Breaking up has always been hard to do, but lately, the suddenly single are discovering a whole new heap of heartaches with Facebook. via Slam Sports
"Initial thoughts -- who cares? Subsequent thoughts - omg!!"
Young people are compromising their career prospects and opening the door to online fraud by posting personal information on social networking sites without thinking about the consequences, a U.K. privacy ... via PC World
"Consumer demand for mobile location based services is rising dramatically"
GyPSii the leading geo-location and social networking platform and service for mobile phones and other Internet-connected devices, today confirmed that the Symbian version of the GyPSii application has been ... via SymbianOne
"Customers are just too savvy ... and cynical about big brands attempts at viral marketing. It's one of these (areas) where you have to be incredibly careful. It's incredibly hard to engineer."
A hunt for Britain's top university is helping mobile firm O2 tap Facebook's burgeoning audience and reflects the innovation advertisers need to tap the potential of such sites, analysts said on Friday. via The Sydney Morning Herald
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