Tag Archive | "identity"

Social Media

Google are building a social network under our very noses. It could be bigger and better than Facebook.16 Apr

Google’s first attempts at a social network with Orkut have not proved fruitful, apart from in Brazil of course. Other more standard social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo have seen great success with large rounds of investment and major acquisitions. Little did we know however that whilst we thought Google had made a conscious [...]
Social Media

Is Twitter Turning Into MySpace?02 Apr

The following guest post was written by Mrinal Desai, who was an early employee of LinkedIn before he co-founded CrossLoop, a startup funded by El Dorado and Venrock. You can follow him on Twitter. I try and test many social services and since 2003, there are only three that represent me—LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. MySpace was [...]
Social Media

chi.mp Lets You Own And Keep Your Web Identity All In One Place02 Apr

Are you a chump for putting all your data on social networking and media sites and not having any real control over it? chi.mp thinks so. chi.mp is a service for owning and managing your online identity, and is now open to the public. Previously in private beta, chi.mp ( which stands [...]

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Did you know that more people access the internet using a mobile device than a PC?

Facebook currently has in excess of 350 million active users on global basis. Six months ago, this was 250m… meaning around a 40% increase of users in less than half a year.