News Highlights: Social Networks & Online Video
Posted by Mort Greenberg on April 6, 2008
Source: http://news.google.com
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Video boom threatens to gridlock the internet
Guardian, UK – 3 hours ago The worst-case scenario is not so much a crash as a global gridlock in which email, social networks and everything else on the internet slows to a crawl, … |
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Vigilance can thwart online predators
Carlisle Sentinel, PA – 2 hours ago “Today, they stalk a variety of online sites, including chat rooms; social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook; Internet message boards; video … |
 New York Times |
Online Commercials: Now That’sa Hard Sell
New York Times, United States – 2 hours ago … on social networking sites or anywhere else, without directing viewers back to Hulu. Hulu describes itself as the online destination for “premium” video … One-Stop Shop For Streaming Movies, TV Online Hartford Courant Welcome to Hulu vision Fort Worth Star Telegram Web-a-vision: Why watch TV on the TV? Portsmouth Herald News all 10 news articles » |
 Sky News |
Virtual nightmares about social networking
Spiked, UK – Apr 3, 2008 Alongside violent video games and pornography, social networking sites, such as Bebo, Facebook and MySpace, are both the principle focus and main source of … Q&A: Children and safer net use BBC News all 26 news articles » |
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Going site-seeing
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN – 18 hours ago By Emma Downs It was just a matter of time before you discovered that other World Wide Web – the online communities of social networking sites, wikis, … |
 The Canadian Press |
Baby Boomers troll for fun, friendship and sex on social networks …
The Canadian Press – Apr 4, 2008 Eons is one of at least two dozen social networks aimed squarely at baby boomers, the population bubble born between 1946 and 1964 that has defied … |
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Can the UK government regulate US-based social networking sites?
ZDNet – Apr 2, 2008 For some time now, the social networking phenomenon and issues around safety – child protection, identity theft etc. – have been very much in the media spot … |
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Marketers Size Up New Metric System
Brandweek Magazine, NY – 3 minutes ago Now, engagement through online communities, video sites and other methods offers the potential to measure more. Social media companies like Slide and Bebo … |
 The Australian |
Mouse clique that roars
The Australian, Australia – Apr 4, 2008 But while the new social media offers political artists unprecedented networking opportunities, it is a quagmire for politicians using the same sites to … |
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Adult social networking sites attract young users
Guardian, UK – Apr 1, 2008 Almost half (49%) of all under-18s online said they were using social networks regularly, equivalent to some 3.8 million children around the country. … |
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