MySpace has won a nine-figure judgment against two spammers, Sanford "Spamford" Wallace and Walter Rines, who targeted members of the social networking site.[...]
There is an interesting dynamic taking place in the social web space: developers are being pushed to their limits thanks to the countless platforms that have launched. Only a few large players have been able to adapt. Companies like Slide, RockYou and iLike have enough development power to extend across [...]
The idea of leaving sticky notes on the Web for others to find has been tried many times, but has never really taken off. Third Voice dotbombed with the idea in the late 1990s, then Activeweave tried it with Stickis (only to abandon the idea in favor for an app [...]
Last year I raved about the potential of a possible Blackboard application. If you don't already know, Blackboard is the educational tool that is ubiquitous across college institutions within the United States. The company sells a platform which helps educational institutions build robust systems for teaching. Teachers and students share [...]
As one developer points out on his blog that platform activity is slowing, Facebook and the people making a living off it will have to adapt to a more crowded market.[...]
These past few months LinkedIn has been building a platform that lets you use your LinkedIn network both on and off LinkedIn. We’ve talked about taking your network with you as you navigate the web and using it to get work done, advance your career, and discover connections. We facilitate [...]
Today, we'll focus on recruiting, the challenges in finding the right candidate all the time and how LinkedIn makes that process painfully simple. Also, moving forward, we will provide a succinct summary of the user (see user snapshot below) before presenting the video and the LinkedIn tips. User Snapshot Who: [...]