Category: Social Networking
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Facebook face recognition tagging banned in Germany
Controversial tech hits a legal barrier in Deutschland
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Old Twitter Page to Disappear This Week
Micro-blogging site Twitter has confirmed that it will be banishing the “Old Twitter” page design as of this week. Twitter posted the news in a tweet (how else?), confirming that the “New Twitter” layout would be coming into full effect by the end of the week, with no way back to the trusty old version.…
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Google+ Android app gets an update
After we reported earlier that Google + gathered a massive 25 million users in a month, it makes it an ideal time for the search engine giant to update their Google + Android app. In the latest version of Google + for Android, users can expect to get improved notifications, as well as the ability…
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Facebook purchases digital publisher Push Pop Press
Facebook has snapped up digital book publisher Push Pop Press – turning a new page in the evolution of Zuckerberg‘s Social Network. Push Pop Press is a relative unknown and its big break into the world of online publishing came last year when it made digitally available the book written by Al Gore entitled “Our…
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Google+ gets 25 million users in one month!
Google’s Social network attack on the likes of Facebook and Twitter, Google+ certainly is gaining momentum as the big G has announced that it now has more than 25 million users, 1 million or which are from the UK. The stats come from ComScore a website who specialise in “Measuring the Digital World” and the…
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Microsoft apologises to Amy Winehouse fans after “vile” tweet
Microsoft has issued an apology via Twitter after offending Amy Winehouse fans by suggesting that music lovers snap up the recently passed singer’s back catalogue on Microsoft owned digital media service Zune. Following Winehouse’s death last week at only 27, Xbox 360’s official tweet presence asked that fans should, in tribute, remember Amy “by downloading…
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Skype 5.5 launches for Windows – Facebook integration shifts out of Beta
The full-fat Skype 5.5 is now available to download for Windows. Shifting out of the Beta version which was launched last month, this version brings full usage of the Facebook integration feature – allowing you to access and chat to your contacts through a designated tab on the Skype interface. A lot’s happened since June…
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BBM news: RIM officially launches BlackBerry Messenger 6
Latest update to the popular instant messenger adds in-app talks
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Blackberry Messenger 6.0 Officially Launched
With a user base of 45 million and millions, if not billions of messages sent every day, Blackberry Messenger (BBM) is one of the biggest mobile social networks in the world, and one of the key selling points of Blackberry smartphones. Research In Motion has today announced Blackberry Messenger 6.0, a brand new version of…
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Anonymous & LulzSec appeal for PayPal account closures
Forsaking the usual route of intrusion and crippling of high profile targets it seems the mischief making hacktivist pair Anonymous and LulzSec – together forming AntiSec – are taking a backwards step in latest operation against the online payment transaction site PayPal. They posted an appeal on a hacker-safe forum asking us to close our…
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Anonymous & LulzSec appeal for PayPal account closures
Forsaking the usual route of intrusion and crippling of high profile targets it seems the mischief making hacktivist pair Anonymous and LulzSec – together forming AntiSec – are taking a backwards step in latest operation against the online payment transaction site PayPal. They posted an appeal on a hacker-safe forum asking us to close our…
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The Guardian releases “Media 100” 2011 results – The Zuck is up while Ballms bombs!
A few of the Gadget Helpline’s regular namedrops pop up in The Guardian’s annual list of 100 most influential people in UK media, and Mark Zuckerberg – social mogul and founder of Facebook has it topped. Experts in tech, PR and media put together the “Media 100” list, which saw social networking take the top…