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It’s complicated: Thoughts on why Facebook doesn’t like you to be alone

Jane Austen was a big fan of an advantageous marriage, and so it seems, is Facebook. One’s changes in relationship status are the most…

Would you pay $2 to promote your Facebook status?

Are you afraid all your friends on Facebook will miss out on your latest status update? You know, because it’s super-important? Well fret no…

Rumours of Google’s demise have been greatly exaggerated

Recently, Eric Jackson at Forbes, wrote an article that suggests that Google and Facebook will struggle to maintain their market dominance as technology increasingly…

Facebook announces App Centre, just like everyone else

Facebook has been has been big on apps for a little while now. It’s a little surprising therefore that it’s taken it so long…

Abe Lincoln Facebook story likely hoax

So we all know Abraham Lincoln was a pretty badass president. He reunited a country torn apart by civil war, helped end slavery and…

Facebook’s Yahoo! dodge: The best move in tech history?

When Facebook’s IPO goes into full swing next week, the company is expected to be valued at around US$100-billion. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg…

Ning launches social network tools for any website

Bands, politicians, charities and many more organisations are turning to Ning to imbue websites with the kinds of social networking features credited with making…

Five world leaders using social media effectively

What happens when politicians come face-to-face with a personal thought-broadcasting platform? It’s a match made in heaven. We decided to find out which of…

The speed of Google or the stickiness of Facebook?

Google’s most important launch this year was its recent debut of Google Instant search which cuts user search time down by as much as…

Why Zuckerberg needs a ‘dislike’ button

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg may finally have a reason to add a “dislike” button. “The Social Network,” the movie about the origins of Facebook, paints…

Thinkup: A web app to help analyse your social network

ThinkUp, a free software project founded by Gina Trapani of Lifehacker fame, helps you harvest insights from the conversations you have on social networks…

Skype in partnership talks with Facebook

Skype announced an agreement on Wednesday with corporate telephone provider Avaya to bring the internet communications service to US business customers. A technology blog,…

How do SA’s stand-up comics use Facebook?

Our first look at the biggest local Facebook pages created such a stir we decided to dig deeper into the different ways South Africans…

SA poised for massive adoption of mobile web

South Africa is poised to see runaway mobile web expansion, according to Dr K.F Lai, CEO of mobile media company, BuzzCity. Speaking at the…

Innovative social media campaign arrives from the future

A bank statement from the year 2050 arrived at the office the other day. I was happy to see I received R300 000 back…

Five simple ways to add value on Facebook

With Facebook’s stringent rules regarding contests and competitions on its site, you need a lot more than free giveaways to build your Facebook community….

Should you be using ‘official’ or ‘community’ Facebook Pages?

You can call Facebook many things, but “simple” is no longer one of them. In the last three years they have piled on the…

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