TECH.BLORGE.com » Social Media http://tech.blorge.com Top Technology news Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Kayak, Halliburton dropping Blackberry http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/07/kayak-halliburton-dropping-blackberry/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/07/kayak-halliburton-dropping-blackberry/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:57:24 +0000 Ronald O Carlson http://tech.blorge.com/?p=42223 Slip sliding away. Once upon a time, if you worked for a big corporation that provided a smartphone, chances are that device was a Blackberry — it was the device to have. No more as developers and corporations flee the platform for the greener and more secure pastures of the iPhone.

Last week, [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/07/kayak-halliburton-dropping-blackberry/feed/ 0 The $200 million Facebook wall post http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/06/the-200-million-facebook-wall-post/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/06/the-200-million-facebook-wall-post/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:04:42 +0000 Ronald O Carlson http://tech.blorge.com/?p=42215 The big news of last week was the announcement of Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO) and the 1,000-plus soon to be minted millionaires that will result. Perhaps the most unlikely of these is David Choe, the guy that took options in lieu of payment for a bawdy wall mural he painted in Facebook’s [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/06/the-200-million-facebook-wall-post/feed/ 0 Social media and business leaders are banding together to fight mother to infant transmission of HIV http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/28/social-media-and-business-leaders-are-banding-together-to-fight-mother-to-infant-transmission-of-hiv/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/28/social-media-and-business-leaders-are-banding-together-to-fight-mother-to-infant-transmission-of-hiv/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:29:48 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/28/social-media-and-business-leaders-are-banding-together-to-fight-mother-to-infant-transmission-of-hiv/ Social media and business leaders are banding together to fight mother to infant transmission of HIVAIDS is a horrible [...] Related posts:
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  2. Social media takes a dark turn with Please Rob Me
  3. Mother posts video clip on YouTube to keep her baby
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/28/social-media-and-business-leaders-are-banding-together-to-fight-mother-to-infant-transmission-of-hiv/feed/ 0 Twitter treads thin line on censorship http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/27/twitter-treads-thin-line-on-censorship/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/27/twitter-treads-thin-line-on-censorship/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:13:32 +0000 John Lister http://tech.blorge.com/?p=42100 Twitter treads thin line on censorshipTwitter has announced a new policy that allows it to remove tweets from viewers in one country only. It’s defended itself against claims of censorship by saying the move is a practical way of maintaining free speech.

The new policy hadn’t previously been possible, [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/27/twitter-treads-thin-line-on-censorship/feed/ 0 Over 90 million reasons to join Google+ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/21/over-90-million-reasons-to-join-google/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/21/over-90-million-reasons-to-join-google/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:07:50 +0000 Ronald O Carlson http://tech.blorge.com/?p=42002 There’s no question Google’s going all-in with its new social networking service. There are search, promotional and advertising tie ins that are designed to pull us in and keep within searchzilla’s warm embrace, but can Google succeed where so many others have failed?

Facebook claims that it has 800 million users with [...] Related posts:

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  3. Facebook edges out Google in taking most of users’ time
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/21/over-90-million-reasons-to-join-google/feed/ 2 Rupert Murdoch reveals truth about MySpace http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/13/rupert-mudorch-reveals-truth-about-myspace/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/13/rupert-mudorch-reveals-truth-about-myspace/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:21:21 +0000 John Lister http://tech.blorge.com/?p=41909 Rupert Murdoch reveals truth about MySpaceMySpace was, in every aspect, a complete screw-up. That’s not editorial comment, that’s the thoughts of former owner Rupert Murdoch.

As you may recall, Murdoch’s News Corporation bought MySpace in 2005 for $580 million, right around the time that social networking was starting to [...] Related posts:

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  3. News Corp. loses big in MySpace debacle
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/13/rupert-mudorch-reveals-truth-about-myspace/feed/ 2 British police need lessons on what not to do on Facebook http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/31/british-police-need-lessons-on-what-not-to-do-on-facebook/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/31/british-police-need-lessons-on-what-not-to-do-on-facebook/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:30:25 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/31/british-police-need-lessons-on-what-not-to-do-on-facebook/ British police need lessons on what not to do on FacebookPeople getting fired over what they put on Facebook is nothing [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/31/british-police-need-lessons-on-what-not-to-do-on-facebook/feed/ 1 The future of Google+ is still in the balance http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/28/the-future-of-google-is-still-in-the-balance/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/28/the-future-of-google-is-still-in-the-balance/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:03:50 +0000 Dave Parrack http://tech.blorge.com/?p=41691 Is Google+ going to topple Facebook or has it already died a very quick death? That all depends on who you choose to listen to.

Paul Allen predicts a big future for Google’s social network. This [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/28/the-future-of-google-is-still-in-the-balance/feed/ 1 Get Facebook Timeline now, if you dare http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/15/get-facebook-timeline-now-if-you-dare/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/15/get-facebook-timeline-now-if-you-dare/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:08:12 +0000 Dave Parrack http://tech.blorge.com/?p=41564 You can now get Facebook Timeline, a feature which has been promised but undelivered to all but those willing to jump through hoops until today. You can get it right now, whoever you are. If you dare.

Facebook Timeline [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/15/get-facebook-timeline-now-if-you-dare/feed/ 1 Reasons why the new Twitter sucks http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/09/reasons-why-the-new-twitter-sucks/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/12/09/reasons-why-the-new-twitter-sucks/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:48:29 +0000 Dave Parrack http://tech.blorge.com/?p=41467 Twitter has rolled out a brand new look, with some features added, others removed, and a very different feel to the whole thing. Reactions to the new design have been mixed. And the following are the reasons why the new [...] Related posts:
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