Social Blogging

Li Ka-shing, the 79 year-old chairman of Hutchison Whampoa , upped his stake in Facebook to a reported $120 million, according to a couple reports. via Wired News

"The thing that separates Thisis50 from MySpace is we control the e-mail database"

So like a growing number of artists, he's started his own social networking site. via Scientific American

"I wish this hadn't happened, but it did"

A Delaware judge ruled Friday in favor of IAC Chief Executive Barry Diller in a dispute with Liberty Media Corp. that could help to determine the fate of the company.

A judge decided Liberty had failed to prove Diller violated an agreement between them by pursuing a plan to break the IAC/InteractiveCorp Internet conglomerate into five parts. Vice Chancellor Stephen Lamb of the Delaware Chauncery Court ruled that Diller isn't required to get Liberty's approval for splitting up the company.

New York-based IAC owns such brands as Ask.com, Match.com, Evite and Citysearch. Read more

March 28th, 2008 by Julie Kent In just one month, Google has lost two top executives to the wildly popular social networking site Facebook. via Search Engine Journal

"If you look back at the Virginia Tech situation, the aftermath, there were several people who knew that student had problems, but because of privacy and different issues, they didn't talk to others about it"

On the agenda: A student who got into a shouting match with a faculty member. Another who harassed a female classmate. via The Dispatch

Google has invested $1 million in Comsenz, a Chinese provider of social network software. via VentureBeat

A mixtape is a compilation of music tracks recorded in a specific order on a compact audio cassette. With Mixwit now you can create your own mixtape, with any music or artist you like, on the type of tape you like best and with revolutionary newly added ability to share your mixtape with as many people you want simultaneously.

Possibly because of my past DJ life and so many memories still connected to mixtapes, I find Mixwit a supercompelling, irresistible tool I would just recommend to any friend I have. I truly love it.

In essence what Mixwit (which is still in its very early beta phase) allows you to do, is to:

a) search and select any song you can think of and add it to a simple and easy to manage list - you can easily remove, add, delete or shuffle around any track

b) personalize your virtual audio cassette tape by selecting its look and feel, and the title and notes that will go on its cover

c) publish your virtual mixtape audio cassette tape anywhere you want on the web either as an embeddable widget or as a simple link to your "original" stored on Mixwit.

It's very easy, super-intuitive to use, it costs nothing, and, for now, it carries no ads.

Here more details:

"These increases confirm that 'cybersquatting' remains a significant issue for rights holders"

If you tried to guess the web domain for FIFA without knowing the exact address, chances are, you would get to an Internet page that has nothing to do with the International Football Federation. via The Age

"I may raise my investment in Facebook -- anything is possible"

Social networking site Facebook has closed a second $60 million investment round with Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing through his foundation, a source familiar with the deal confirmed on Thursday. via Scientific American

"People are not very well-versed in Hinduism, so this might be their only exposure"

In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Mike Myers is shown in a scene from "The Love Guru." LOS ANGELES - As the people of Kazakhstan know all too well, mockery of culture and religion seems to be kosher ... via Florida Times-Union

"It's about being very open about the potential dangers. It's not about prohibition. If we build walls, young people will climb over them"

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Thursday March 27 2008. It was last updated at 09:58 on March 27 2008. via Guardian Unlimited

"We have to make child digital safety a priority. If you are under 18, you should not be able to buy an 18 game and if you are under 12, you should not be able to buy a 12 game"

A British review has proposed cinema-style age classifications to stop children accessing violent video games, and a code of practice to protect young users of social networking internet sites. via The Age

"There are too many. I'm sick of getting constant email alerts telling me that some nobody I haven't spoken to in 10 years has updated something on their site"

A British judge has made official what many of us have long suspected - that being "Facebook friends" with someone doesn't necessarily make you their friend. via The Sydney Morning Herald

"We've seen a convergence of trends where the everyday consumer is becoming overwhelmed with the number of images and they have the desire to share images in new and interesting ways"

Adobe Systems will open up Photoshop Express on Thursday, its long-anticipated Web-based image editor aimed at the millions of consumers that want a simple way to touch up, share, and store photos. via CNET News.com

"He's a genuine person, and he's not shy."

Musical heavyweights such as 50 Cent and R.E.M. can't get by with just a MySpace page and a Web site any more. via The Clarion-Ledger