Tag Archives: Facebook
Facebook Search: Will BING swamp Google?
Earlier this week, it was reported by Hitwise and commented upon by Frisky Mongoose that Facebook had surpassed Google as the most visited site in the United States, capturing 7.07% of traffic in comparison to Googles, relatively static 7.03%. This … Continue reading
Facebook: The Private Internet
This article popped up on Wired a few days ago and has elicited a number of spirited discussions amongst my colleagues and friends. The great wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet – and Keep Google … Continue reading
Social Media at Work: Yes or No?
Even accounting for duplicate and inactive account logins, collectively, there are 750,000,000+ registered potential users (that’s 750 million for those of you that got dazed by the zero’s) that are spending time online frittering away their lives looking at what … Continue reading
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Tagged Areeba, Facebook, LinkedIn, My Space, social media, Social Media at work, Twitter
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My Space vs Facebook
Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch fame noted on his blog a couple of days ago the fact that My Space’s growth is stagnating compared to its arch rival Facebook . Getting too it – why is My Space in decline? … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting & Noteworthy, Opinion
Tagged App Store, Apple, Areeba, Facebook, iPhone, Michael Arrington, My Space, Tech Crunch, User Interface
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BBC Book List
[Thanks to Kate M for this one, which landed on my Facebook page] The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? Instructions: Look at the list … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting & Noteworthy, Make me smile
Tagged BBC Book List, BBC Nations Favourite Books, Book review, Facebook
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Facebook – one step closer to real life
Kiwi judge follows Australian Facebook precedent It seems our progressive Australian Court System isn’t the only one in the world wading into the virtual reality of Facebook and its 170 million plus inhabitants with virtual writ in virtual hand. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Areeba, digital, digital communications, Facebook, new media, Online Law, Opinion, Privacy, social media
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Facebook & the Implications of Privacy
A number of articles published in today’s ‘The Age’ online have equally disturbed and intrigued me on a number of levels. The first was the identification of the arsonist in the Victorian Bush Fires in the article ‘Vigilantes publish alleged … Continue reading
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Tagged Areeba, digital, Facebook, legal, new media, Online Law, Opinion, Privacy
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Facebook Retrospective
How the Face of Facebook has change – Happy 5th Birthday! http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=87231&id=20531316728&ref=share
