Social Media News Page: 14

This is page 14 of the social media news archives.

Photobucket Dominates Photo Sharing Market (2006-06-23): Flickr is a popular photo sharing tool but a Hitwise report shows that Photobucket is actually the industry leader with a strong 44% market share.

MySpace Tightens Security After Lawsuit (2006-06-21): MySpace.

Art Teacher Tops Technorati After Flickr Photo Incident (2006-06-21): Tamara Hoover, an art teacher at a high school in Austin, Texas, has quickly become the #1 search term on Technorati.

New Social Network is Based on Music Preferences (2006-06-20): MOG is a new social network that helps people find other people that have similar tastes in music.

DatingAnyone.com Folds After Receiving MySpace Legal Demand (2006-06-20): Jared Chandler, the founder of DatingAnyone.

MySpace Dating Tools Connect MySpace Users (2006-06-18): Mashable blogs about a site called DatingAnyone that will monitor profiles on your friends list and notify you if there is any change in their dating status.

Social Networks, Digital Expression and Similar Business Plans (2006-05-30): Robert Young has an interesting post on the GigaOM blog where he explains how social networks enhance self-expression in a brand new way.

MySpace as a Google Threat? (2006-05-27): A Macworld article includes comments from Bill Tancer, Hitwise's general research manager, that MySpace is Google's biggest threat.

MySpace Downturn Talk is Premature (2006-05-26): MySpace.

Bebo Raises $15 Million in Venture Capital Financing (2006-05-22): Paid Content reports that Bebo, one of the most popular social networks, has received an investment of $15 million from Benchmark Capital.

Flickr Moves Into Gamma Phase (2006-05-17): Flickr, a popular photo sharing site and blogging tool, has moved out of Beta and into Gamma phase.

MySpace to Sell TV Show Downloads Starting With 24 (2006-05-16): These days it seems like every major media company and Internet portal is quickly becoming a video store.

Social Networking Sites Grow Nearly 50% (2006-05-15): A new report from Nielsen//NetRatings shows that April's top 10 social networking sites collectively grew 47% since last year -- a climb from 46.

ClubMom Launches Social Network for Moms (2006-05-14): It's Mothers Day so it is an appropriate day to mention a new social network for Moms.

DOPA Would Ban MySpace, IMs, Blogs at Schools and Libraries (2006-05-11): CNET reports that some Republican lawmakers including Mike Fitzpatrick and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, are proposing a new law that would ban minors' access to commercial websites that "let users create public 'Web pages or profiles'.

Jack Box Debuts on MySpace (2006-05-09): Jack Box, the Jack in the Box fast food character, now has a MySpace profil and blog.

MySpace and AOL Battle Intensifies (2006-05-09): We raised this question before but it now looks like MySpace is really going to make an attempt at being an AOL IM Killer.

Facebook Pursues Corporate America (2006-04-27): Inside Facebook reports that Facebook has started offering its social networking service to large corporations.

Death and MySpace (2006-04-27): An article in the New York Times discusses how profiles on social networking services like MySpace have become memorials after people have died.

Is MySpace the AIM Killer? (2006-04-21): AOL's Ted Leonsis has blogged about the recent MySpace competitor rumors.