Users of widgets are more likely to receive them from friends than from companies that created them, according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "Widgets: Delivering Applications Users Want." User between the ages of 18-24 are six times more likely to receive widgets from friends than from a company.
Social Networks Open To ID Theft
More than 10.8 million people across the UK are registered to a social networking site according to new research by Get Safe Online.
Bebo – Trying to Help TV Get Social
As several sites are reporting — including PaidContent’s UK division and Mashable — Bebo has launched a social-media platform with a pile of traditional TV and media partners including the BBC. Bebo often gets forgotten when people are writing about social networking, because the majority of coverage focuses on Facebook and MySpace.
UK Very Attuned to Social Networks
The UK has the most social networkers in Europe, with almost a fifth of all internet users regularly visiting sites like Bebo, Hi5, Facebook and MySpace.
An Expansive Social Media Tool
Social media optimization is a big right now. There are a lot of sites that want to be featured on Digg, Del.icio.us, Facebook or one of the many other social networks.
Jango and “Social Radio”
Does the “social radio” market — which features well-established players like Pandora and Last.fm — need another entrant?
Social Network for Artists
Every niche needs a network. With that, a Canadian publisher and philanthropist has launched a new social-networking site for artists. The name doesn’t sound like a social network – you’d think artists could be more creative. The site is called MyArtInfo and the man who started it does have a properly artistic (or should I just say French) name, Louise MacBain.
Social Media Stirs Up Sports Fans
Sites like Yardbarker and Ballhype descend from the model popularized by tech-centric Digg. The vote up or down, user-powered ethic meets sports fanaticism.
Wikipedia War Over the Social Media Agency
Over the past week I’ve literally been in a “Wikipedia War” over an article that I had submitted about the evolving definition and role of the Social Media Agency.
Understanding the Social Media Landscape
My first session of BlogWorld was Chris Heuer and Marshall Kirkpatrick presenting "Understanding the Social Media Landscape."
Social media Web sites are places where people, businesses and organizations can connect with each other. Chris described some of the tenets of social media: