Archive for November, 2008
Woman cleared of felonies in MySpace suicide case
By Dan Whitcomb and Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A suburban mother who prosecutors say drove a love-struck 13-year-old girl to suicide by tormenting her with a fake MySpace persona was acquitted on Wednesday of the most serious charges against her.
Lori Drew was found guilty of three misdemeanor counts in the high-profile case, which made [...]
Online networks a magnet for job-seekers
By Tarmo Virki
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Janel Landon, who runs a small PR consultancy in Chicago, has long been aware of the potential of online networks: now in her mid-50s and facing a global recession, she’s decided to sign up.
“Given the state of the economy, I recently decided to jump on board,” Landon told Reuters. “Professional [...]
Mobile apps find a home on touchscreen devices
By Gabriel Madway
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Touchscreen phone users are discovering that much of the fun in their devices stems from applications — those little nuggets of convenience, amusement and distraction available for download on the slightest whim.
A good example is Google Inc’s newly updated Mobile App for Apple Inc’s iPhone, which has been generating [...]
Lycos Europe admits defeat in search for investor
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Loss-making Lycos Europe plans to sell some of its assets and close the rest after failing to find an investor, the company said on Wednesday.
Lycos Europe — which provides Internet search, Web hosting, email, social networking and online shopping tools — said its management and supervisory boards had concluded that the best [...]
FACTBOX: LinkedIn, Xing winning clients as gloom spreads
(Reuters) - The financial crisis slamming firms across the globe has sparked a spike in professional online networks usage, as worried workers hedge against losing their jobs and laid-off employees seek new work.
Following are key facts about the two key destinations in online job search:
LINKEDIN
– has more than 31 million members now, compared with 18 [...]
Two bids lodged for Australia broadband network
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s two largest telecommunications firms lodged bids on Tuesday to build an around $6 billion fast broadband Internet network that would give a much-needed boost to the country’s infrastructure.
Telstra Corp, the largest phone company, and main rival Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications and backed by a consortium called Terria, said they had [...]
Former MTV exec named MySpace Music president
By Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MySpace, the popular social networking website owned by News Corp, said on Tuesday former MTV executive Courtney Holt will become president of its MySpace Music joint venture with the four major record companies.
Holt’s name has been circulating on blogs for several weeks as a likely appointee. He will take [...]
Online networks a magnet for job-seekers
By Tarmo Virki
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Janel Landon, who runs a small PR consultancy in Chicago, has long been aware of the potential of online networks: now in her mid-50s and facing a global recession, she’s decided to sign up.
“Given the state of the economy, I recently decided to jump on board,” Landon told Reuters. “Professional [...]
