It seems that a surprising number of people couldn’t care less about Facebook, MySpace, and other social networks with hundreds of millions of users. Namely because, according to new statistics from Synovate, a whole lot of people are completely unfamiliar with social networking.
Mobile Social Networking Set To Take Off
Online social networking continues to grow, but mobile social networking is on track to attract 140 mobile users who will generate $410 million in subscription revenues by 2013, according to ABI Research."Subscriber numbers for mobile social networking will climb at a relatively modest rate for the next three or four years, but will then start to accelerate sharply," said Michael Wolf, ABI research director.
Yahoo!’s Social Network Aspirations Mashed
While most other outlets seem to be finding new ways to get more social, Yahoo! has accepted the fact that it is not their strong suit. Yahoo!’s social media project Yahoo! Mash is about to become a corpse. It appears that a lack of interest has caused the company to give up on it. Users of the social network received an email from Yahoo! saying:
Amazon About to Get More Social
Amazon has acquired Shelfari, a social network focused on books it has been involved with for a while already. A year and a half ago, Amazon invested $1 million in the site.
Disney the Latest Looking to Score with Social Media
Disney launched a new social network today as an extension of its site Family.com. The social part encourages moms and dads to "share the pride of being a parent". Focusing on Parents
Another Social Network Bites the Dust
It appears that social network Sconex is no more. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. Admittedly, I am not familiar with it myself, but according to Silicon Alley Insider, it was around in the early days of social networks. In what seems like an interesting (if not noble) concept for a network, Sconex’s aim was to connect high school kids within their own school communities, as well as stay connected with school activities.
Movable Type: Blogs Not Social Enough
Moveable Type from Six Apart has a new incarnation out that aims to take blogging in a more social direction. As Om malik points out, blogging has always been a social form of media. On the flipside, sites like MySpace incorporate blogs into their profile pages. But where platforms like Wordpress miss the boat, this new Movable Type incorporates the ability to set-up networks into it.
Social Networks’ Popularity As Determined By Search
MySpace is on top in the U.S., Facebook follows, and so on; we’re all familiar with the usual social network rankings. But here’s some interesting news: Orkut seems better suited to Iran than America. And Facebook, while successful here, should consider relocating its headquarters to Turkey. Or so imply some new stats, anyway.
Social Media’s Role In The 2008 Olympics
The opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing gets underway at midday GMT today, an event that will be broadcast live on television across the world. During the next two weeks, you’ll be hard pressed to avoid seeing and hearing about the Olympic Games whenever you turn on the TV or radio or pick up a newspaper at the newsstand.
Parents Monitoring Kids Social Network Use
Close to a quarter of children in the UK between the ages of 8 and 12 are able to get around age restrictions imposed by social networks Facebook, Bebo and MySpace, according to a survey by online identify firm Garlik.Because of this the majority (72%) of parents are monitoring their kids online activity. Twenty-five percent of parents secretly login to their child’s social networking page and over a quarter (26%) have created their own social networking profile to monitor their kids.