Social-Media

The Social Network won only 3 Oscars out of eight awards it had been nominated for. Aaron Sorkin won best adapted screenplay, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won best soundtrack and Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter won best film editing. The Social Network didn’t score on its nominations for direction, actor, supporting actor, sound editing nor best picture. The Social Network is a movie about the founder of the most popular social network website ‘Facebook’....

Say Goodbye to the Facebook ‘Share’ button, because the new functionality of ‘Like’ button is taking it over. Facebook is rolling out new functionality changes to the ‘Like’ button. Facebook is slowly rolling the update for Like button and has stopped developing the Share button. The company will continue to support the Share button but Like is the “recommended solution moving forward.” Currently, hitting just the ‘Like’ button on any site is not just working just like ‘Share’ button does....

After the micro blogging site Twitter, it appears that LinkedIn is the latest victim of the anti-government protests in China. The Great Firewall (read China) now blocked the professional social networking site LinkedIn. The site had recently seen growth in China and was holding off the challenges of several clones like Ushi and Tianji. Protesters are moving from various social network sites, such as Twitter and LinkedIn, to organize protests....

After a dramatic turn of events earlier in the week of Twitter’s suspension on UberMedia’s popular apps UberTwitter and twidroyd under the auspices of privacy, monetization and trademark violations; UberMedia has had its API access reinstated for at least two of its apps. From official Twitter post: UPDATE 2/20/2011: We’ve given the developers of twidroyd and UberSocial for Blackberry (formerly UberTwitter) access to the Twitter API again. Our initial review indicates that steps have been taken to remedy the violations for these applications....

According to the official post from Twitter, it has suspended UberTwitter and Twidroyd for violating its policies. Summary of the post - “Regardless of how you access Twitter, we are dedicated to making Twitter better, faster and more reliable for you. As part of this effort, we ask applications that work with Twitter to abide by a simple set of rules that we believe are in the interests of our users, and the health and vitality of the Twitter platform as a whole....

Facebook recently rolled out the new Photo Viewer to everyone where you can browse more photos faster without having to lose your place in Facebook. Instead, the photo opens in the center of your screen, and you close it when you’re done. There’s no need to go back and forth between pages or reload the page. A new light box (the dark frame around your pictures) makes viewing photos a richer experience....

Mark Zuckerberg said it before: there will be no Facebook phone. And now its clear what he meant – his strategy is to integrate Facebook into every phone telling us today at the HTC launch event in Barcelona. He also gave a sign with expectation of dozens of Facebook phones featuring deep social integration coming this year. HTC just made its Facebook phones official. Featuring a dedicated Facebook button, HTC Chacha and Salsa will be available to customers globally starting in Q2 2011....

Many of our friends administer one or more pages on Facebook, but there is one essential feature Facebook “forgot” to make - the option to get email alerts when somebody posts or comments on one of your pages. Now, Facebook pages are getting an updated layout and several new features to help you engage with your fans more effectively. Here’s some of what you’ll be getting: Notifications when fans interact with your page or posts A place to showcase photos along the top of your page A news feed for your page The ability to Like and post on other pages as your page

Spam messages are spreading across Facebook claiming to be from users who have calculated the total hours they spent on the social network during 2010. Would you be tempted to find out how long you had spent on Facebook in the last year? Well, I would be cautious if I were you as you could find yourself assisting scammers who are using rogue applications to make themselves a quick buck. I’ve instantly alerted its members about these kind of spams in the past....

Facebook is introducing two new measures to gripe up security – a secured connection and Social Authentication. These features are especially useful when you’re uncertain whether your network or computer is secure. A Secured Connection – Facebook currently uses HTTPS only when your password is sent, but today it is expanding its usage in order to help keep your data even more secure.You will now have the ability to experience Facebook entirely over HTTPS....