What is Facebook? Social Software What is social software? The term "social software" refers to a wide range of web-based programs, services and tools. A key part of these new technologies is their collaborative aspects-- social software allows users to contribute, create and customize in ways that earlier models of software do not. Social software includes user-created items like blogs, wikis and podcasts; user-enhanced services such as photo-, video- and music-sharing sites; alternative
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Competitor Analysis Viadeo: Founded in June 2004, Viadeo is one of the many online sites for networking and recruiting for students, alumni and professionals. This site offers networking capabilities for students, recruiting abilities for businesses, and the ability to showcase career achievements for its members. This is a free service, as many of these sites are (CrunchBase, 2010). Viadeo competes with many sites, such as LinkedIn and Facebook. The chart below shows the steady, but declining
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Facebook: Online Social Networking SOC 100 December 6, 2012 Donnetta Hawkins Facebook: Online Social Networking Facebook is an online social networking site founded in 2004 (Facebook.com, n.d.). The purpose of this website is to connect family and friends and to share content such as pictures, status updates, and event invites between the user’s contacts. The site also has numerous games that many users participate in for entertainment. The website states the mission of Facebook is to
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assignment I choose the 3 main social networking sites available today; Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn. Facebook - Facebook is a social networking site that was first launched in 2004. (Eldon, 2008) Facebook is definitely the number one site throughout the globe when it comes to social networking. Through the years Facebook has had some tough competition and has seen many ups and down’s from various lawsuits, but it is still arguably the most popular social networking site used today. (Facebook
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Social Web Chari N. Clayton INF103 Catherine Doughty 12/16/2010 Social Web The Social Web is so changing and is expanding each and every day. From online education to Social networking, Social Web has become a part of everyone’s life some way, somehow. We are now able to share websites, share photos, and use Social networking as a friend locating tool, free of charge. With all of the options and choices we have available, we can do just about any day-to-day function if we have a
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Acitivity in Netherlands Jul 2009 Jan 2010 Mar 2010 Apr 2010 May 2010 Growth % of total NL Uniques NL (x duizend) 12007 11940 11927 11922 11928 0.05% 100.00% Hyves 7110 7572 7692 7818 7946 1.64% 66.62% Facebook 1892 3302 3717 4530 4658 2.83% 39.05% Windows Live 8478 8278 8598 3.87% 72.08% YouTube 7841 8094 3.23% 67.86% Netlog 487 362 410 515 523 1.55% 4.38% LinkedIn 1388 1686 1830 1761 1737 -1.36% 14.56% Twitter 1190 1729 1923 1901 2186 14.99% 18.33% Minutes NL (x miljoen) 18994 24485
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Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr are but a few examples of social networking sites. People of all ages are converging to the Internet and are signing up for social networking sites by the millions. Facebook, for example, boasted 1.32 billion monthly active users and 1.09 billion mobile monthly active users resulting in 829 million daily active users on average in June 2014. http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/ This popularity of social networking sites is constantly growing. Educators are looking forward
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Social Web Social Networking via the web can be dangerous. It sometimes produces ways for online predators to gain access to your personal information. Social can also be is advantageous and fun even though there are some potential risks. Millions of people use the Social web mainly for socializing with friends and family but many also use it to promote their business. “The social web is a set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web. The Social web encompasses how websites
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The Social Network: Something for Everyone Janice Benson Computer Literacy INF 103 Professor Louisa Verhaart March 10, 2012 The Social Network: Something for Everyone Social networking websites have flooded the internet. They are everywhere. What do these websites offer that has captivated the young, the elderly, and everyone in between? Have these social networking websites affected how we communicate with one another? This research paper will contain the definition of social network
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The Social Web Jess Losa Info 103 Instructor: Rodney Greer April 16, 2012 The social web has evolved at an astonishing rate over the past few years. Brilliant innovations have empowered it to soar to greater heights providing users an infinite amount of conveniences. Numerous tasks from shopping, researching, and to even providing online education are now much easier and made possible. Never before until now, has society been drawn closer together if it were not for sites like
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