UK government and Cameron are looking into ways to censor social media sites Facebook, Twitter…
UK government and Cameron are looking into ways to censor social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Ian katz, Deputy Editor, The Guardian Tweeted Cameron: Govt is looking at whether police could stop people using networks such as BBM. Police will be able to ban facial covering #ukriots Sky News Political Correspondent, Sophy Ridge also Tweeted Sources close to Cameron say he hasn’t ruled out clamping down on social media:”we’re [...]
Take that Larry Page and Sergey Brin- I am richer than you guys- Mark Zuckerberg Facebook founder
If you remember, GSV Capital bought 225,000 shares of Facebook, valuation of about $70 billion. As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the major shareholder in Facebook, so now he ranks third richest tech guys in the world with net worth is over $18 billion behind Microsoft’s (MSFT) Bill Gates worth $56 billion and Oracle’s (ORCL) Larry Ellison worth $39.5 billion. Well ahead Google (GOOG) Sergey Brin and Larry Page ($17 billion).
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Top 20 Hottest and Sexiest Women in business and Politics Of 2011
Dreaming of becoming rich, successful and famous is not so easy – Here’s a list of top 20 Hottest, Sexiest, fabulous, and business and Politics women whose names alone can “green light” projects that make a difference in our lives.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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How to earn AAdvantage miles with American Airlines through Twitter and Facebook?
American Airlines Inc has launched Facebook and Twitter account with wide range of opportunities to earn AAdvantage miles. American Airlines is the first U.S. airline to launch dedicated social media channels focused on earning miles.
AAdvantage Facebook and Twitter account Followers can see a variety of posts detailing ways to increase their mileage balance, including special mileage offers and promotions. The channels also encourage followers [...]
A massive network of employment Web sites launched by DirectEmployers Association this week
The Indianapolis-based nonprofit DirectEmployers Association launched massive network of employment Web sites this week, and by the end of the month will have 40,000 worldwide. The 40,000 sites, with Web addresses that all end in “.jobs,” have the potential to upend jobs classifieds online companies such as Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com. A so-called Sponsored Top Level Domain, .jobs was created in 2005 at the behest of Employ [...]
Why Facebook and YouTube co-founders Eduardo Saverin & Jawed Karim Invested $8M In Qwiki?
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim are among the leading investors in an $8-million round of financing for a Silicon Valley start-up Qwiki. Qwiki is a startup that responds to search queries with interactive multimedia presentations rather than links, co-founded by entrepreneur Doug Imbruce and Internet industry pioneer Dr. Louis Monier (founder of AltaVista). The site is currently in invite-only alpha [...]
Top 10 Social Media Tips for Job-Seekers- I wish I had started sooner
Today’s social media websites, simple web content editing tools, and easily created blogs and personal website applications give job seekers the ability to add content and manage their personal brand and search engine results as never before. Remember that every time you use social media to communicate, you’re developing your personal brand. Think about how you want potential employers and clients to perceive you before you post. [...]
Web discovery engine StumbleUpon rolling out new features
Popular social web discovery engine StumbleUpon that returned to startup status in 2009, is making a strong comeback. StumbleUpon, the company that recently surpassed Facebook to become the number one website for generating social media traffic in the U.S, just broke a new record with 27.5 million stumbles yesterday, according to a recent tweet from StumbleUpon CEO and Founder Garrett Camp.
The metric was shared via Twitter on Tuesday. StumbleUpon; [...]
Now you can buy shares of Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, Zynga, etc. before IPO
Now There are ways to buy shares of social network companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, LinkedIn, Zynga, etc. Two Web sites SharesPost.com and SecondMarket.com, which is also a registered brokerage, provide electronic platforms that allow qualified investors to buy shares from company insiders and employees who want to cash out before a company goes public.
SharesPost.com- The SharesPost Venture-Backed Private Company Index is a [...]
Facebook temporarily disabled Address And Number Sharing On Hold
The social networking site Facebook has courted a fresh privacy row, when Facebook announced that it had expanded the information users are able to share with external websites and applications, to include home addresses and mobile phone numbers.
On Friday night at exactly 9:00 p.m. Jeff Bowen posted a new entry on the Facebook Developer blog, that it would give developers of applications access to the contact information of users who install [...]
Goldman Sachs to allow only non-US investors to buy shares in the Facebook
Goldman Sachs (GS) which had already invested $450 million in social networking site Facebook, decided to restrict its scale of shares to investors outside the United States. Goldman Sachs is expected to raise as much as $1.5 billion from investors for Facebook. Facebook would certainly benefit from not being seen as a totally US owned company.
The Goldman said, “the shares will be restricted to non-US investors because, the level of media [...]
Be careful- Third-party Facebook apps will now be given access to a users phone number and address
On Friday night at exactly 9:00 p.m. Jeff Bowen posted a new entry on the Facebook Developer blog, that it would give developers of applications access to the contact information of users who install their apps. “These permissions must be explicitly granted to your application by the user via our standard permissions dialogs,” Facebook’s Jeff Bowen said. “Please note that these permissions only provide access to a [...]
Facebook VS ConnectU- Divya Narendra, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss
A settlement Facebook Inc. agreed with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss for a package of cash and stock worth about $65 million two years ago, but they have sued to upend the deal, they charge the deception cost them millions and now want more money.
In a courtroom in San Francisco, lawyers for the twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Mr Divya Narendra asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to allow them to re-open a $65m settlement forged [...]
Top 10 Events or News Stories of the past Decade of 21st Century- Major World Events
When the millennium started in 2000 we were worried about Y2K, Clinton was US President, the World Trade Center stood tall and no one knew about Facebook! We’re taking you back over 3,000 days into the past – back to 2000, reminding you of the biggest events that have shaped our present-day lives.
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CEOWORLD Live!- Tips and Techniques for Online Marketers
CEOWORLD Live! is a social network and micro-blogging platform enables you to discover and discuss the interesting stuff your friends find on the web and it takes just a couple clicks to post anything or to start a discussion. With posts on CEOWORLD Live!, you can let your friends know what you’re up to, share links and cool resources, communicate with your customers, drive traffic to your website, and much more.
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What does geolocation-based Google HotPot do- Yelp-And-Foursquare Killer, share place recommendations?
Google have announced on its blog their new location based recommendation engine called Google HotPot. Google Hotpot is a local recommendations engine powered by you and your friends. You start by looking for a certain place category in your area – or any other area you’re interested in.
Results are displayed as cards, including a picture of the place, the average rating so far and links to save them for later or hide them from results [...]
How to make a Facebook application in Ruby with Heroku?
Leading cloud application platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider Heroku has launched a Facebook App Package and guide for building Facebook applications on Heroku’s PaaS. If you’re in the market for building Facebook apps, Heroku a new Facebook App Package may be worth checking out.
Facebook is the most popular social platform for these applications. Facebook applications are being used to reach new and prospective customers and [...]
Former Bebo CEO Joanna Shields leaves Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine Group to join Facebook
Former Bebo president and CEO Joanna Shields has left Liz Murdoch’s Shine Group and joined Facebook in a senior European role. She will runs sales and business development for the Facebook in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Blake Chandless, who had been running the EMEA group for Facebook, will run sales in “emerging markets” — Eastern Europe, Asia, etc.
Last week, Facebook hired top-ranking Google ad exec David Fischer as its [...]
Greece Prime Minister George A. Papandreou on Twitter
Greece Prime Minister George A. Papandreou has a Twitter @PrimeministerGR account. Along with his Twitter account, the Prime Minister also has links to accounts on Flickr, Facebook and YouTube. The account is not verified yet, but there should be no doubt about the authenticity as it is mentioned on http://www.primeminister.gr website.
For the unfamiliar, Twitter is a free ‘micro-blogging’ service which allows users to exchange [...]
