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Social discovery site StumbleUpon has really been coming along well recently, hitting an impressive landmark. The sharing service reached 25 billion clicks on its "StumbleUpon Button", leading to a celebratory Twitter announcement from the site. The social discovery tool is also celebrating … [Read more...]
At OSM we like to report all different kinds of news to you, one in particular making you aware of dangerous scams going around. Many that we see originate from Facebook, with the latest one being "BREAKING: Lil Wayne Nearly Dies In FATAL Car Crash!". This one in particular caught out many people … [Read more...]
Yesterday we saw the launch of Facebook's instant messaging app that is aimed at rivaling BlackBerry's BBM service and also Apple's upcoming iMessages feature. The downloading of the app has been rapid and as a result it has topped the chart of free iPhone apps in the App Store. The app has so far … [Read more...]
Crime and social media have been 2 things used in the same sentence a lot this week. Obviously the London rioting has attracted plenty of attention, but we also know that inmates in California could soon be losing their privilege of using Facebook. The social networking site is used as a means of … [Read more...]
Since the London riots started a few days ago, the internet has been a hive of activity. Be it people surfing social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, or even heading on over to news sites such as the BBC or Sky News. Here at OSM, we've brought you a handful of articles since Sunday … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Facebook since its initial launch in 2004, is now seeing over 750 million users take to its pages. Set up by co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the site allows its followers to find and add friends to a list, share and tag photos, play games and so on. But rumored … [Read more...]
Like many others, here at OSM we've been following the upsetting scenes taking place within boroughs in London, we'll talking about the riots throughout the city which coincidentally are now spreading to other parts of the country. Following on from the shooting of Tottenham's Mark Duggan, scores … [Read more...]
As the Google+ bandwagon rolls on and on, it now brings an update to be accessible on more of your devices. The iPad and iPod touch are the latest gadgets to get Google's social circle treatment, adding to the iPhone and Android apps. Google's social network is still in the beta stage and now has … [Read more...]
Facebook, the phenomenally successful social networking site, is now part of many people’s everyday lives but as well as the many positives about social networking, Facebook has sometimes received some criticism in studies. A new study, which we are going to look at today shows negatives for teens … [Read more...]
With much attention being directed towards the rise of Google+ we didn’t want to lose sight of something we often report on, the scams that hit the largest of the social networks Facebook. Recently there have been a few including a sick one about Lady GaGa being found dead in a hotel room. Now … [Read more...]
When it comes to social networking you now have a very diverse range of them that you can sign up to. They are all very different and when you think about Google+, Twitter and Facebook we want to know which your network of choice is? We will go through a few and point out their positive and negative … [Read more...]
For the majority of us, tuning into our favorite social networking site be it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and so on poses no problem. Depending on our circumstances, we have the freedom to go on the sites as much or as little as we choose, add or block certain friends, upload, share and … [Read more...]
As we all know social networking and social media have both become two of the biggest things on the Internet, Facebook boasts the most users with well over 500 million, Twitter has a large chunk too with more than 200 million and now we have Google+. With that being the case, we were wondering of … [Read more...]
At OSM we love to help you guys out by reporting on the latest scams that hit our beloved social network, Facebook. We have seen quite a few in recent times including the “dad who drops his daughter to try to catch a baseball” along with some bogus offers. Now we have another dirty Facebook scam … [Read more...]
For online social networking site Facebook, it has seen a tremendous jump with user numbers, currently at a staggering 750 million and that's growing. Set up in 2004 by co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with what started as a small group of Harvard students, the site begun to see global … [Read more...]
We regularly keep you up to date and in the know on the latest scams floating around Facebook, with well known ones such as "this girl will never forget to turn her webcam of again", regularly tricking users. You may be pleased that the sinister man who sits on the other side of the computer screen … [Read more...]
It looks like Treyarch are taking the game for one last money spin as they announced via their official Facebook page earlier that a much desired 4th map pack would be launched. Facebook as a result has been fired up into action with the shock announcement sending many fans into fits of joy. The … [Read more...]
The launch of Google+ has been like a runaway train and it does not look like slowing down anytime soon. Google's social network has raced past the 25 million user mark, breaking a record as the fastest ever site to pass that milestone in the shortest amount of time, according to Tech Radar. Has … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Facebook attracting over 750 million people, can be used for uploading and sharing of photos, live streaming an event such as the UFC or in some cases music concerts, adding friends to an expanding list, updating your daily status to let those around you know exactly … [Read more...]
At OSM we have reported on a number of different Facebook scams that we have come across, some of the popular ones that keep reappearing include one titled “This is what happened to his Ex Girlfriend” and of course the crooks are already all over the tragic passing of Amy Winehouse with various … [Read more...]
Popular online social networking site Facebook has gone from strength to strength in terms of user numbers. From what started off as a site used just by Harvard students, has now become a global phenomenon pulling in some 750 million people and that figure is growing by the day. … [Read more...]
With Twitter's millions of users you kind of expect plenty of colorful content to fly around the site. Although the site is a place for anyone and everyone, members are free to tweet and upload images of what ever they want. This can prove tricky for parents who's kids use the site as sensitive … [Read more...]
Social networking site Facebook is still actively pulling in a huge amount of people, so much so that this month wikipedia stated that it has over 750 million users and there's no sign of it stopping. Used for many different purposes, Facebook can be used for updating your status on a daily basis, … [Read more...]
There's no doubt that when we think of The Beatles or the Fab Four as they're also known, that we associate the band members as Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Star and George Harrison. But what a lot of us may not realise or tend to forget is that it wasn’t always this way. Aged 69 years of … [Read more...]
Facebook has been the dominant social network for a long time, but one of the main criticisms it received was its lapse approach to security. Many of Facebook’s features are set to public by default, and users often find themselves opted into extra features that aren’t advertised. Meanwhile … [Read more...]
