Tag: bebo
Opinion: Social networks reach the parts other sites can't reach – yes, even sexual ones!
Jonathan Weinberg writes… According to MySpace, virtual friends are replacing real-life mates, with more people than ever using the Internet to socialise and find love. Well they would say that, wouldn’t they!
But interestingly, research by the social network has found they are also using the sites to “lose their virginity” with three per cent of under 24s questioned for the poll saying they’d paired up with a ‘friend’ for that purpose…
Opinion: Vodafone gives us an early Christmas pressie and unwraps Social Networking on the move
Jonathan Weinberg writes… I saw a quick demonstration of this yesterday and it certainly looks like being a brilliant idea that I hope other mobile networks follow. With Internet prices dropping like stones across all the mobile firms thanks to bundled ‘unlimited’ data and use of social networking growing by the millions in the blink of an eye, it makes sense to match up the two.
Vodafone has designed a downloadable application that sits on your handset connecting you to Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and Bebo. Nothing majorly new there, because you can surf them at present and many have their own download applications too like the excellent Facebook program for Blackberrys…
Analysis: What is Bebo's Open Media initiative, and why does it matter?
We missed this earlier in the week, but it’s worth covering in depth. Bebo has announced its Open Media initiative, which it describes rather grandly as “a new vision for social media and entertainment”. Translation: they’re partnering with lots of broadcasters to distribute their video via Bebo’s social network.
Bebo adds live video through deal with Ustream.tv
Bebo’s been busy this week, first announcing its Open Media initiative (more of which later today), and now revealing a partnership with lifecasting startup Ustream.tv. The latter is one of the companies letting web users stream live footage of themselves as online TV channels.
Bebo and Ministry of Sound team up for a remixing competition, tempt thousands of underagers into their clubs
Admit the truth – you used to be a Ministry of Sound fan, if not a Ministry of Sound club-goer. I’m happy to admit to the embarassing truth, many years back when I was a 15-year old anglophile living in Australia, I loved nothing more than scouring their magazines, dreaming of their amazing club nights.
And then I moved to London and discovered they’re shite. Whoops. That hasn’t stopped Bebo from targeting other 5-year olds with the temptations of MoS clubbing and probable-illicit drug usage, as they’ve just signed a big deal with each other allowing kiddywinks on Bebo to upload their own dance mixes.
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Top 20 ways to embarrass yourself on Bebo, Facebook or MySpace
It’s a hard life being a British tennis player. You’re constantly being compared unflatteringly to Tim Henman, you have to schlep around the world’s minor tournaments before going out in the first round at Wimbledon, and worst of all, you can’t boast about your burger and cider habits on Bebo without getting suspended by the Lawn Tennis Association. Harumph.
However, it’s not just tennis pros who are getting caught out. Social networks are meant to bring us closer together – which they do – but they’re also a minefield of potential shame and embarrassment. Here’s 20 more ways you can come a cropper – you get a prize if you’ve done more than ten of ’em.
1. Get dropped by your hard-partying kebab-munching friends when they read your Bebo profile and realise you’re really a teetotal fitness-focused tennis professional.
2. Reveal yourself as a two-faced hypocrite by praising both pirates AND ninjas on your Facebook profile. For shame.
Tennis stars David Rice and Naomi Broady suspended for Bebo use
Beware, Bebo/Facebook/MySpace users, it seems there’s an international move led by employers, cracking down on their minions by spying on them through their social-networking sites.
Following the story yesterday about the Nintendo employee fired for keeping a blog, it’s been publicised today that two of Britain’s brightest tennis stars, David Rice (the second-best British junior) and Naomi Broady (the national Under-18 champion) have both been suspended. The Lawn Tennis Association…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 13-Sept-07: Google, Mushiking, Revver, Trent Reznor, Yahoo
– Google’s Larry and Sergey’s annual perks include a NASA-operated private jet runway minutes from their offices (New York Times)
– Increase in illegal stag beetle imports blamed on Japanese arcade game, Mushiking (Kotaku)…
Facebooking employees could be costing companies £130m a day
The rise in popularity of social networking sites, with Facebook being the scapegoat, could be costing British business at least £130m each day in lost productivity due to employees surfing these sites during the working day. That's according to a…
Mobile social networking to be worth over $2.8bn by 2012, reckons analyst
The mobile industry is full of analyst predictions on how many billions mobile content will be making in five years’ time. I wonder if in 2012 we’ll remember to check back to see if they were right.
