Mar 05
By ANI
A person more is likely to lie on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and online dating portals than in a face-to-face conversation, suggest experts.
“Most people believe that given the opportunity, everything else equal, people will lie more online than they would face-to-face,” ABC News quoted Jeff Hancock, of the Cornell University as saying.
Hancock called this the “cues heuristic,” which means the fewer deception-detecting signals at our disposal, the less we’ll trust someone.
At the same time, research indicated that technology, which allows us craft picture-perfect social networking profiles or e-mail in sick when we’re lounging on the beach, isn’t tempting us to lie any more than we normally do. (
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Mar 01
Solar as a Social Network?
By Stephen Lacey
Patrick Crane knows a thing or two about building networks. As the Former VP of Marketing for the popular business networking website LinkedIn from 2007 to 2010, Crane helped dramatically expand the site’s reach and influence at a time when Facebook was beating down competitors like Friendster and Myspace.
Today, LinkedIn has become the go-to place for business networking – racking up more than 85 million users, 900 employees and, according to Bloomberg, growing to an estimated $2.9 billion in worth. The company is currently positioning itself for an IPO.
Now Crane is taking his understanding of building business around online networks and applying it to the solar industry. Last week, the web-based solar-services company Sungevity announced that Crane had joined on as Chief Marketing Officer – beefing up the company’s already internet-savvy team. (More Information)
Mar 01
App Watch: Ning Tries to Turn Smartphones Into Social Networks
By Geoffrey A. Fowler
Ning, the startup backed by Internet entrepreneur Marc Andreessen, is known for hosting social network-style websites. Now it’s seizing on smartphones, hoping to move users past conventional texting, email and instant-messaging.
On Monday evening, the company unveiled an app for Apple iOS, Android and other mobile devices that is designed to turn a phone’s contact list into a social network that lets users live chat, share photos and video and even do goofy things like play videogame tennis with cartoon sheep. (More Information)
Feb 22
BBC – The Virtual Revolution
In this series, Dr Aleks Krotoski explores how the World Wide Web is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. She explores how far the web has lived up to its early promise. (More Information)