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200 Million Members! >> Official LinkedIn Blog

guardiantech — 2013-01-09T23:51:26+00:00

We recently crossed an important and exciting milestone for the company. LinkedIn now counts over 200 million members as part of our network, with representation in more than 200 countries and territories. We serve our members in 19 languages around the world.
I’d like to thank each of you for helping build the LinkedIn network into what it is today. It’s been amazing to see how our members have been able to transform their professional lives through LinkedIn. You truly grasp the power of LinkedIn when you start to focus on these individual success stories.

Any chance of a deathmatch with Google+?

Should your child play in Habbo Hotel? >> Channel 4 News

guardiantech — 2012-06-13T08:20:50+00:00

Exclusive: a Channel 4 News investigation uncovers shocking lapses in the moderation of a hugely popular online game used by young teenagers, including interactions of an explicit sexual nature.

Apple Will Discontinue Ping in Next iTunes Update >> AllThingsD

guardiantech — 2012-06-13T08:13:51+00:00

John Paczkowski: Sources close to the company say that Ping, which still exists today in iTunes 10.6.3 and the iOS 6 beta — where it doesn’t work, will be gone with the software’s next major release, likely scheduled for this fall. And at that point Apple’s social networking offerings will shift to Twitter and new partner Facebook entirely. It was as late to the game as late can be.

Internet trolls targeted in new bill to tackle defamation online >> Guardian

guardiantech — 2012-06-12T08:20:03+00:00

Cannot see Facebook welcoming the removal of court authorities.

"Major reforms of the libel laws will see a duty placed on internet service providers to try to identify internet trolls without victims needing to resort to costly legal action. Websites will also be given greater protection from being sued if they help to identify those posting defamatory messages, under government plans.

Google+ trending down? Data suggests users only visit the site three times a month >> The Verge

guardiantech — 2012-03-01T06:45:59+00:00

To go with the ComScore data from the other day:

according to Compete, Google+ visitors went to the site less than three times a month and spent about three and a half minutes per visit (on average from July 2011 through January 2012). Facebook visitors, on the other hand, ended up visiting Facebook about 21 times each month, spending almost 20 minutes each time they visited. This works out to a little over 10 minutes spent on Google+ compared to about 7 hours spent on Facebook.

The question is whether people have the spare time to make that additive, whether they'll abandon Facebook, or what.

SABAM vs Netlog European Court of Justice press summary [PDF] >> European Court of Justice

guardiantech — 2012-02-16T15:33:51+00:00

Here is the press summary from the ECJ on the judgment, which we will post if and when we find it.

EU court: Social networks can't be piracy brakes >> Reuters

guardiantech — 2012-02-16T15:30:15+00:00

Importing ruling from the European Court of Justice:

The owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system, covering all its users, in order to prevent the unlawful use of musical and audio-visual work

iPhone Address Book Fiasco Should Be Apple's Cue to Build Its Own Social Network >> ReadWriteWeb

guardiantech — 2012-02-16T08:18:44+00:00

Curious suggestion by Dan Frommer. Leave it at Ping?

Exclusive: The Bleak Financial Numbers From The MySpace Sale Pitch Book >> TechCrunch

guardiantech — 2011-04-13T07:31:53+00:00

"Notably, that pitch book doesn’t include any historical financial or user data about MySpace at all. Everything is projected out and forward looking, and even then it’s bleak."