Tag: social networks

Will Twitter's Ad Strategy Work?

By Erica Naone | 04/15/2010 | 2 Comments

Twitter will have to overcome several challenges for the scheme to be successful.

Computers Can't Answer Everything

By Erica Naone | 11/19/2009 | 9 Comments

A startup says natural language processing works best with human intelligence.

Can Video Games be the New MTV?

By Erica Naone | 04/03/2009 | 0 Comments

Selling songs via console games, the Web, and phones may help the ailing music industry.

Popularity Poll Ranks Startups

By Kristina Grifantini | 02/19/2009 | 0 Comments

Measuring online buzz could help investors, a company claims.

Can't We All Just Get Along?

By Erica Naone | 12/18/2008 | 1 Comment

Competing attempts to unite people's online social networks may end up sowing more division.

Making Money from Social Ties

By Erica Naone | 09/18/2008 | 1 Comment

Advertisers are building complex applications to try to engage users on social networks.

Jennifer Chayes

By Erica Naone | 04/22/2008 | 1 Comment

The director of the new Massachusetts-based Microsoft Research lab wants to use mathematics to design better search engines, recommendation systems, and online auctions.

Evolving Privacy Concerns

By Erica Naone | 12/11/2007 | 0 Comments

Facebook's advertising system provokes questions about how companies share data.

Mapping News

By Erica Naone | 11/09/2007 | 3 Comments

YourStreet connects news stories to places, creating a different kind of social network.

Why Did Google Buy Jaiku?

By Kate Greene | 10/12/2007 | 0 Comments

The acquisition could signal that a Google phone is in the works.

Refining Facebook's Applications

By Erica Naone | 09/20/2007 | 0 Comments

Programmers struggle to adjust to changes at the social-networking website.

Building onto Facebook's Platform

By Erica Naone | 07/31/2007 | 3 Comments

Developers search for killer apps for the social operating system.

Marking Your Territory

By Kate Greene | 07/30/2007 | 0 Comments

Plazes lets you leave electronic bread crumbs for friends.

The Future of Search

By Kate Greene | 07/16/2007 | 1 Comment

The head of Google Research talks about his group's projects.

The Rise of the Miniblog

By Kate Greene | 07/09/2007 | 2 Comments

The founder of Twitter talks about upcoming features.