Facebook Messenger to test ads
Facebook has picked Australia and Thailand to test running advertisements on the home screen of its popular app Messenger.
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Friendships cut over online rudeness
Friendships cut over online rudeness
Rudeness and throwing insults are cutting online friendships short, with a survey showing people are getting ruder on social media and two in five users have ended contact after a virtual altercation.
Schools advised on social media attacks
Schools advised on social media attacks
TheHE growing number of schools on the receiving end of attacks from parents using social media has prompted the New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA) to provide schools with information about how to combat the phenomenon.
MySpace users can sync posts to Facebook
MySpace users can sync posts to Facebook
MySpace, which recently revamped itself to look more like Facebook, is now allowing users to sync their posts to Facebook, too.
Facebook celebrates 500m users; aiming for 1b
Facebook celebrates 500m users; aiming for 1b
Facebook has issued its own eye-popping status update: the world's most popular social networking site had surpassed 500 million users.
US uses Facebook to sow unrest: China
US uses Facebook to sow unrest: China
A Chinese government-backed think tank has accused the US and other Western governments of using social-networking sites such as Facebook to spur political unrest and called for stepped-up scrutiny of the wildly popular sites.
DailyBooth: social media that's not for the camera-shy
DailyBooth: social media that's not for the camera-shy
Every day for six years, New York photography student Noah Kalina took a picture of himself with a digital camera. He toiled on the art project in obscurity until 2006, when he strung together...
Twitter's character limit sparks new style of writing
Twitter's character limit sparks new style of writing
I was once quick to mock Twitter as yet another sign of society's incredible shrinking attention span. Now I find myself searching for the perfectly written tweet. And I'm not alone.
Privacy is not what it used to be
Privacy is not what it used to be
The other day on the internet, one man's Facebook circle received a public service announcement of sorts: "This goes out to any girl that ive ever been with. I got tested today for herpes and i came out positive."
Facebook tops for online evidence: divorce lawyers
Facebook tops for online evidence: divorce lawyers
Forgot to de-friend your wife on Facebook while posting vacation shots of your mistress? Her divorce lawyer will be thrilled.
Man convicted for hacking Obama's Twitter account
Man convicted for hacking Obama's Twitter account
A court in central France has convicted a young Frenchman accused of infiltrating Twitter and peeping at the account of President Barack Obama, and given him a five-month suspended prison sentence.
Twitter reaches settlement after accounts hacked, privacy breached
Twitter reaches settlement after accounts hacked, privacy breached
Twitter has agreed to settle charges by federal regulators that it put the privacy of its users at risk by failing to protect them from data security lapses last year that let hackers access their accounts.
Facebook the key in search for new blood: Lancet
Facebook the key in search for new blood: Lancet
A leading medical journal says the world could boost its blood supply from young donors by tapping into social networks like Facebook.
World Cup contributes to Twitter outages
World Cup contributes to Twitter outages
When a World Cup goal is scored, Twitter celebrates.
Bebo sold to bankers at fire sale price
Bebo sold to bankers at fire sale price
AOL is selling Bebo, the struggling soicial media site that it bought a little more than two years ago for $US850 million (SNZ1.2 billion) in what may have been the worst internet deal of all time.
Twitter takes Japan by storm as millions 'mumble' online
Twitter takes Japan by storm as millions 'mumble' online
Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions "mumble" - the translation of tweet - and give mini-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor.
Big changes for Flock browser
Big changes for Flock browser
Flock, a web browser designed to give users easy access to the online social scene, has dumped Mozilla Firefox and is now based on Google's Chrome browser.
Should pupils who ridicule principals on the web be punished?
Should pupils who ridicule principals on the web be punished?
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia is considering whether adolescents with home computers and lewd vocabularies can be punished for ridiculing school principals on the internet.
Friend the world: Diplomats tap into social media
Friend the world: Diplomats tap into social media
Teenagers clicked away on their cell phones in a bustling Iranian marketplace. Ignoring the cold, they exchanged information about parties, dates and potential bandmates with strangers, using Bluetooth technology.
Slacktivism: activism in a digital age
Slacktivism: activism in a digital age
A few years ago, Kit Mueller would have gladly linked virtual arms with 5000 others and joined an online group for the preservation of old-time hobos. He might have even signed a petition to support the wearing of baggy thongs. But lately, he's gotten serious.