Social networking sites are a part of everyday life and they have brought revolutionary changes in communication between people. These sites provide different resources such as email and instant messages in one place. Availability of these resources makes the communication easy and faster. When we look at the social impact of social networking sites, we find that these sites have both positive and negative effects. Because of this fact, it is necessary to analyze both advantage and drawbacks of social
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The Social Web: It is what you make it Instructor Debra Austin INF103 Computer Literacy Heather Miller August 6, 2012 The social web is a somewhat new and exciting place where people from all over the world can connect without leaving the comfort of their own homes. Like any type of newfangled technology there are upsides and downsides that need to be considered before deciding if this is a good or bad thing. Like many other activities that utilize time and provide an escape from
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Orkut? – The gaming way! Eastern Institute of Management MBA 2009-2011 Prepared by: Mohul Mukherjee Pratim Banerjee Mou Biswas Sukhdeep Kaur How Facebook overpowered Orkut? – The gaming way!2 1. Executive Summary The web based social networking platform in India was always ruled by the giant from the house of Google called Orkut. Launched in 2004, within 5 years of its time Orkut grabbed a whopping 17.5 million visitors in India alone. But since the year 2008 Facebook is experiencing
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people, their careers, employers, and other work-related social information in 2003 as a beta site. In May, launched a $9 billion public offering, launching at a share price of $45. On Friday, it closed at just under $70. For Facebook users, the most important aspect is probably the ability to create a network of professional contacts, which can be kept separate from the connections among friends and family which make up most Facebook social networks. Users will also be able to hunt for jobs and to
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...........................................8 Executive Summary Future of LinkedIn. Becoming more like Facebook. Despite being widely recognized as the undisputed champion of the professional networking industry, LinkedIn has made several recent changes to become more like the competition, most notably, Facebook. In an effort to attract daily users, LinkedIn has added many new features, such as, notifications and photo/video sharing. All of these
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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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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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