Archive for category Social Networking News

Angry Digg users flood home page with Reddit links

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Social Networking News on August 31st, 2010

Longtime users express frustration with dramatic changes made to the social-news site, attempting to carpet-bomb the front page with links to a rival site.
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Vail Resorts unveils ski slope geolocation system

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Social Networking News on August 30th, 2010

As apps like Foursquare and Facebook Places permeate the mainstream, one ski resort operator is hoping that it can use similar tech to its advantage.
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MySpace finally plugs into Facebook

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Social Networking News on August 30th, 2010

Individual users and--more importantly--artists and musicians using MySpace can now push their updates to Facebook, an effort that MySpace probably hopes will keep them from jumping ship entirely.
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In protest, Reddit rolls its own pot ads

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Social Networking News on August 27th, 2010

Parent company Conde Nast tells social-news site to quit running ads promoting marijuana legalization, saying it doesn't want the revenue from them. Reddit's solution: run the ads and don't charge for them.
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‘Social Network’ raises questions as debut nears

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Social Networking News on August 27th, 2010

The film about Facebook's origins, with a plot the company denounced as fiction, is stirring up Oscar buzz already after a few stellar first reviews. What's it mean for the movie and Facebook?
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