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Facebook now has 300 million users, and has announced that it has finally started making a profit. This is solid proof that although social media and networking sites are good fun, they are not a good business model, at least not for start ups.
If an online store had as many returning customers it would be [...]

Wordpress, the most popular open source blogging platform, has just introduced its new piece of software, BuddyPress. Wordpress describes BuddyPress as a sister to Wordpress, although it actually requires the WPMU (Wordpress Multi-user) version of Wordpres to run. The idea is that website owners can easily build their own social networking sites. Rather than just [...]

Just noticed Facebook is looking a little smoother around the edges, and also that user “status” has been replaced with “What’s on your mind?”.
User profile photos now have rounded edges too.
On the home page there is more detailed information on what you can see in your own Facebook homepage, i.e.
“You’re looking at the [...]

Recent studies carried out by Travelsupermarket.com have revealed an unexpected side effect of the Web2.0 internet phenomenon – holiday flings are becoming less common, and the internet is to blame. In the days before social networking and Googling, people felt that they were safe to have some passionate fun while on holiday, in the knowledge [...]