social networking

Social networks are the Internet-powered relationship engines of the twenty first century.  Popular sites like Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn are all examples.  These services specialize in facilitating connections between people who share similar interests or professional pursuits.

The magic of social networking lies in its interconnected nature which constantly delivers updates on the background and daily activities of users’ “friends.”  Social networks make it easier than ever before to stay in touch with old friends and make new ones, too.

The rapid adoption of social networking services worldwide demonstrates the hunger for human interaction that we all share.  While these services are quickly changing the definition of a “friend,” they are concurrently exciting online marketers with the promise of extremely targeted customer audiences for their products.

Whether for fun, family, or business purposes, social networks are the online rolodexes, resumes, singles bars, career fairs, and watering holes of the digital age.

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• New York voting machines hit by malware to lead to allegations of voter fraud and machine failures

  
  Windows 2008 Security — Authority: 155
  Voting machines in a New York town have been hit by a virus casting doubt on the accuracy of counts retrieved from any of the machines. According to the Gouverneur Times Cathleen Rogers, the democratic elections commissioner in Hamilton County, claimed that a problem had been found with their voting machines the week ...
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• The Three Things Every Blogger Needs to Understand About Social Networking

  
  Blogging Tips by Liane YoungBlogger — Authority: 104
  I cant even describe how big of a role social networking is to blogging nowadays. For some critics, social networking might just be the new blogging or worse, the start of blogging decay. Whichever way you look at it, only one thing is very clear - that social networking is there to stay. Now, we bloggers are on the ...
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• Tweetmeme launches buttons for re-tweetable advertising

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 153
  Twitter said it’s planning a large-scale advertising network soon, but U.K.-based Tweetmeme beat them to the punch with a monetization effort of its own today.The startup, which creates those green ‘Retweet’ buttons you see everywhere (including on this site), is rolling out the same feature for ads. ...
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• Internet Marketing This Week…What They Said

  
  Internet Marketing & Social Media Connections — Authority: 115
  It’s been a while since I did a “What They Said” post but after listening to Epidose 26 of IMTW, here we are =)What I liked about this week’s episode was the diversity in thinking when it comes to social networks, friending & following people, and ultimate utilization.You have Mari who does friend a lot ...
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• Free Online Addicting Games

  
  video game reviews — Authority: 141
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• Romance sites seem like a license to print money

  
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  At some point I’d like to work on one of the dating sites. They seem to often make huge money. Lots of people meet their mates online nowadays. It is clearly one of the main things that people use the Internet for. And some really interesting sociology data comes out of it . The interesting thing on the OK Cupid ...
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• Web Application

  
  Get a Freelance Job — Authority: 181
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• Latest Hello Vino Wine Application to iPhone

  
  Iccellphone — Authority: 152
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• Low-cost NAS gains USB ports, social net sync

  
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• Scarier movie

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
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• “The Long Hot Marriage” by Todd Creager

  
  The Life Shed — Authority: 487
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• Woman Declared “Not Depressed,” Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo

  
  ModCool — Authority: 456
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• MySpace Email Client is Overlaying Ads on Emails In The Inbox

  
  Deliverability.com — Authority: 485
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• Need Ads Posted On Craigslist

  
  Get a Freelance Job — Authority: 181
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• Follow Friday #4

  
  Bloc Raisonneur — Authority: 126
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• My face on a cupcake = delicious!

  
  Cupcakes Take The Cake — Authority: 585
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• Just1Word

  
  webdev2.0 — Authority: 138
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• Blog Comment Link Project

  
  ScriptLancer Blog — Authority: 170
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• Merlin Finally Makes Indie Deal With MySpace

  
  Sell Off Music — Authority: 165
  Indie licensing agency Merlin, which represents almost 10% of the global music market, has reached an agreement with MySpace Music on behalf of its labels. The deal covers both streaming and purchase; and will be extended to indies that are not members of Merlin. Some Merlin members we’re outraged last year when ...
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• Merlin Finally Makes Indie Deal With MySpace

  
  hypebot — Authority: 650
  Indie licensing agency Merlin, which represents almost 10% of the global music market, has reached an agreement with MySpace Music on behalf of its labels. The deal covers both streaming and purchase; and will be extended to indies that are not members of Merlin.  Some Merlin members were outraged last year when ...
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