http://socialnetworknews.today.com Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:52:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday, the United States Marines Corp issued an order banning the use of social network sites Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. According to a Mashable.com report, "The ban, which will last a year, essentially rules out use of all public social networks by Marines, unless a mission-critical need exists." The order states:  THESE ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/08/04/us-military-caps-social-network-sites/ Last Wednesday, Ben Huh, CEO of FAILBlog.com and a number of other funny LOLing websites, launched EmailsFromCrazyPeople.com.  The name is self-explanatory and any reader with a half wit of internet pop culture can already guess its content. The business of funny went cyber as soon as users were able to upload ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/07/31/ben-huh-cashes-in-on-crazies/ The following is from the EMAILS TO THE EDITOR and does not reflect the views of SNN: I've just about had it with these social network sites.  The wonderful irony is that governments, big businesses, and complete strangers have access to view the information on social network sites and use it ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/07/11/give-yourself-away/ A July 4th poll carried out by iStrategyLabs showed the number of Facebook users aged 35 to 54 has grown 190.2%, while the number of users older than 55 years has grown a tremendous 513.7%. This significant growth ratio, considering Facebook's bread-and-butter 18 to 24 year old demographic is now the ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/07/07/old-dogs-learn-new-tricks/ With over 200 million users world-wide, Facebook is one of the most innovative (and potentially hazardous) sites on the web.  The massive corporation is planning to simplify the process of registering by including uniformity in the type of personal information displayed. But, the process could lead to members being persuaded to ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/07/04/facebook-revamps-privacy-settings/ 27-year-old Australian technology worker and gaming chief executive banker, a.ka. Ricdic, was thrown out of Eve Online, a game where players build massive corporations by mining astroids and take over virtual space, after being caught trading space kredits for real cash.  Ricdic stole 200 billion space kredits, according to a ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/07/03/bank-employee-steals-billions/ Yesterday, good news came to British social worker, Ben Southall, as he was announced Caretaker of an Australian tropical island for the next six months. "I've really got a very full itinerary, flying away to different parts of the Barrier Reef to go and explore it, to go and write about ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/07/02/southall-wins-best-job-in-the-world/ Earlier today, Reuters reported that the Chinese censor software, Green Dam, has been postponed due to national and international pressure not to have the software factory installed.  "This is a very rare example for the government to suddenly push back an important decision the night before it is due to ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/07/01/chinese-officials-postpone-green-dam/ BView, a popular UK network which provides local business vouchers, partnered with Google Maps last week.  The partnership will display business vouchers found within the local Google Map search region. According to SociableBlog.com,"The voucher market both online and offline has exploded over the last 12 months...BView has seen a 10 fold ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/06/30/bview-partners-with-google-maps/ Myspace is running a music competition for emerging artists that ends July 2nd.  All submissions, according to contest rules and regulations, will be owned exclusively by Myspace "for eternity." Winners will receive a spot on Myspace's music label and some inexpensive Fender gear. By submitting a song entry, the artist agrees he ... http://socialnetworknews.today.com/2009/06/29/myspace-music-contest-robs-artists/