Digg's new "recommendation engine" could be a boon to advertisers
After what seemed like endless hints and pre-announcements, social news site Digg will finally start rolling out its "Recommendation Engine" this week.
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From Facebook to MySpace, YouTube to Second Life, social software is reshaping the world we live in. Steve O'Hear provides daily news and analysis of the emerging social web.
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AOL to offer "guaranteed" ad rates for Bebo and Facebook application developers
In an attempt to attract developers to its own ad platform, AOL announced today that it will "guarantee CPM revenues to developers on Facebook and Bebo's platforms if they opt to use its Platform-A ad technology", reports CNET's Caroline McCarthy.If the offer sounds to good to be true, it probably is.
MySpace's "data portability" initiative goes live today - prepare to be locked-in
News Corp.-owned MySpace will today officially launch its MySpace Data Availability Project, the company's previously announced so-called "data portability" initiative in which users will be able to optionally share their public profile data with participating sites, along with their MySpace photos, MySpaceTV videos and friend lists.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos invests in Twitter
Everybody's favorite micro-blogging service, Twitter, has confirmed its much rumored third round of funding, which includes two new investors: Spark Capital and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions.
Nokia to take location-based social networking mainstream
Location-based social networking could soon go mainstream with today's news that Nokia, the world's leading mobile cellphone manufacturer, has acquired Berlin-based Plazes.
Young people and social networking services - not another moral panic
A new UK-focussed report published by Childnet International aims to support teachers and lecturers who wish to explore the use of social networking services by young people. In this guest post, Josie Fraser, one of the report's authors, explains more.
Reddit: open source not special sauce
Social news site reddit today announced that it is open-sourcing the majority of the site's code, including parts of the algorithm that determines what stories hit the front page.
MySpace redesign is about ad dollars more than aesthetics
If you thought MySpace's pending redesign was a sign that the News Corp.-owned social networking site had suddenly developed a sense of aesthetics -- you may want to think again.
MySpace makeover announced
MySpace today announced a significant redesign of the site that incorporates a number of user interface changes that include the site’s home page, navigation, profile editing, search, and MySpaceTV player.
Native Facebook app for Palm OS smartphones
Palm have released a native Facebook client for its latest line of PalmOS-based Centro and Treo smartphones -- a move that is perhaps overdue considering that the Centro is aimed squarely at consumers and has been a hit with the youth market.