IBM gives developer portal social-networking makeover
IBM is looking to drive interest in its DeveloperWorks information portal for programmers with a major dose of social-networking mojo.
IBM is looking to drive interest in its DeveloperWorks information portal for programmers with a major dose of social-networking mojo.
An early morning blog post by Facebook's Ted Ullyot has noted the preliminary results of the site governance vote. About 3/4 chose the new Facebook Principles and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities over the existing terms of use, he says.
Highlighting the rising popularity of real-time action notifications in social networks, Facebook will let external developers access the "activity stream" its members display on their profiles.
Facebook, Inc. Monday moved to virtually free the activity streams of its users.
News Corp. has chosen a former Facebook executive to lead MySpace, the company said Friday, a day after announcing that the current CEO would step down.
The votes are in and the initial tally shows that Facebook Inc. users want a new set of governing documents.
The man arrested for allegedly targeting women who advertised massage and other exotic services on Craigslist is getting some support - on Facebook anyway.
With MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe stepping down, analysts say it's the perfect time for the social networking pioneer to reinvent itself and try to regain some momentum against rival Facebook Inc.
About two months after outraged users <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9128169">hammered Facebook Inc.</a> for taking too much control over their content, the social networking site is now giving users a chance to vote over site governance issues.<br/>
Need your kids to pick their grades up? Tell them to spend less time on Facebook.
Facebook has ended its brief e-relationship with The Pirate Bay, the controversial BitTorrent search engine.
Just a few months after its fifth anniversary, Facebook Inc. Wednesday is set to welcome its 200 millionth user.
Each year thousands of people from country NSW descend on Sydney for the Royal Easter Show, but this year millions of people around the world can experience the show online via social media portals like Facebook, YouTube and MySpace in its biggest Web 2.0 technology push ever.
Facebook members will get a chance to vote for or against the company's revised governance documents later this month.
Needing to better deal with 50 billion files worth of photos, engineers at Facebook are installing a new photo storage system they say is 50% faster than traditional systems.
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By Kalyan Madala, CTO, IBM ASEANZK