It’s pretty common for companies to scout out the social media accounts of prospective hires — and now a new study from Northern Illinois University says Facebook profiles are actually a pretty good predictor of job performance.
Family dinners for one Minnesota clan probably got a lot more uncomfortable after an uncle was sued for posting embarrassing photos of his nephew on Facebook. Unfortunately for the embarrassed nephew, it seems that a district court says the lawsuit has no merit.
We may think of the older generation as being less internet-savvy, but when it comes to love, that’s not entirely true — in fact, recent research indicates people over the age of 60 are the fastest growing demographic using online dating sites.
After Whitney Houston’s untimely death on the eve of the Grammys, the Sunday night awards show saw a 50 percent increase in viewership, but that didn’t stop Oprah Winfrey from trying to poach some of those eyeballs — and it’s gotten her into a lot of hot water with ratings powerhouse Nielsen.
Is a great Internet comeback story in the works? Myspace, the presumed-dead social networking site that was purchased by a group including Justin Timberlake, has revamped itself as a music-listening destination and added more than 1 million new users last month.
Unless you have a lot of spare time on your hands and enjoy reading privacy policies and terms of use, there are probably many things about Facebook that you aren’t aware of. Here are ten things you probably didn’t know about the agreement between you (the user) and Facebook.
There are people who love Facebook and people who love Twitter — and now scientists think they’ve discovered why those preferences exist, and what they say about the people who hold them.
Calling all little monsters. Forget Facebook. Toss Twitter. Move on from MySpace, if you haven’t already. The Mother Monster AKA Lady Gaga is launching her own social networking site that is specifically designed to create a community among little monsters and that which will allow some communication with Gaga herself.
While it’s unclear exactly how much social media giant Facebook is worth — some have placed the value of the company between $75 – $100 billion — founder Mark Zuckerberg stands to become very, very rich now that the company filed for IPO on Wednesday. And on Thursday, the site went down for the first time in a while.
It’s been a busy week in the social media sphere for Lady Gaga. While she and Rihanna duke it out over Facebook “Likes” (RiRi is currently atop that heap) and YouTube views (another battle won by RiRi in the social media war), Gaga cruised passed a whopping 18 million followers on Twitter over the weekend.
Justin Timberlake debuted a new look this week, stepping out with a full beard. The newly engaged star was entertaining techies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (where another Justin will promote a robot company today). Timberlake he was on hand to discuss his plans for MySpace’s revival. What does ‘The Social Network’ star have in store for this social network?