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With the ever increasing amount of usage social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter get nowadays, we knew it wouldn’t be long before we started to see new variations of these popular sites popping up. Recently we brought you news on many of these sites such as Gransnet for grandparents and … [Read more...]
Whilst Facebook has many uses such as reconnecting with your old friends it also has its downfalls such as the mass of Facebook malware, virus and scams that we have been reporting on recently. Some of them include the apparent addition of the Dislike button, the HCG diet and why you shouldn’t eat … [Read more...]
Groupon, popular for its “deals of the day” has now joined forces with location-based social networking site Loopt, in a bid to bring more deals onto the current mobile app. Puzzled by what this means? … [Read more...]
While some of us want to truly get away from it all while on vacation, and that includes weaning ourselves off technology for a precious few days, there are others that actually find that quite difficult and it’s important to try to find a balance. Saying that however, we should remember that … [Read more...]
When it comes to virus and scams circulating around Facebook we have reported on quite a few in recent times. We are trying to raise awareness of them and help you not to keep spreading it further around the network, that way we can eventually prevent them from appearing at all with the help of … [Read more...]
In the last few months here at OSM we have seen a dramatic increase in scams and malware exploding onto Facebook, in the past we have brought you news on the Facebook dislike button scam and the verify my account scam. … [Read more...]
Its that time of the week again where we bring you the top 10 trending topics that have occurred on Twitter in the past week. This week's chart as normal is full of celebrities and events, provided as normal by Mashable's Matt Silverman. … [Read more...]
As we all know and as we previously reported, Facebook and its sign up procedure is open to misuse. More and more under-age users are signing up every day falsely inputting their age to clear themselves of the 13-year old age bracket. … [Read more...]
In the past here at OSM, we have brought you many Google Doodles or the logo on their homepage, in relation to specific dates on the yearly calendar, for example it could be a date such as Halloween, Easter or an individual's birthday. Examples of this have been escapologist Harry Houdini or … [Read more...]
If you’re an avid user of social networking site Facebook it’s always good to have your wits about you every time you log on, this is best practice if you don’t want to find yourself in trouble like the young boy who was visited by secret services or the thirteen year-old schoolgirl who was … [Read more...]
Back in 2005 when YouTube was born, it was made with the simple purpose of having users record themselves and "broadcast" it. All sorts of crazy content has been uploaded over the years, but is YouTube now in danger of losing its identity? … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we like to keep our readers in touch with news about Facebook, the social networking giant, and earlier today we told how the teaser world premiere of Modern Warfare 3 was detailed on Facebook. Now we want to bring you news of a rather intriguing study, which shows that the amount of … [Read more...]
As the use of sites like Facebook grow and grow on a daily basis it’s no wonder that social networking is starting to influence the way in which people live their lives, whether they are naming their child after it’s like button or organizing reunions through its interface the influence seems to … [Read more...]
Google and AOL have finally come together to offer users an interoperable partnership between Gmail, Google Talk and AIM. … [Read more...]
Facebook is the biggest social network of them all with more than 500 million people signed up and more than half of them returning daily. We have seen quite a lot of stupid things happening on Facebook that normally end in tears such as the boy who got into trouble for ranking his female class … [Read more...]
It was only yesterday that OSM’s Mike Smith reported on a young boy being questioned by the Secret Service after a comment he made about President Obama on Facebook. Now we have more news about the U.S. Secret Service, this time with the organization having to apologize for a remark made on … [Read more...]
Facebook is the largest of all the social networks and it isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. It has quickly become an essential part for a lot of people’s everyday lives with some people looking at it before they even get out of bed! The purpose of Facebook is to connect people and let … [Read more...]
Facebook is as we all know the biggest and most popular social networking site on the planet, with so many millions of people logging on every day the way in which the site is used is very much varied, from Kleenex helping allergy sufferers to Parents taking inspiration for their babies name … [Read more...]
At OSM we have recently been attempting to raise the awareness of the different malware, scams and virus that are circulating on Facebook to try and stop the spread. Some of the ones that we have seen recently include the Facebook Dislike button virus, the one about eating fast food and another that … [Read more...]
As we know the competition between music celebrities is continually heating up whether it's, who will get to that all important number one place within the single or album charts, the highest amount of downloads, Facebook or Twitter followers and the list goes on. News today talks about two of the … [Read more...]
Facebook is the biggest of all the social networks and it’s still growing, it’s also perhaps the most successful and is competing with all the other ones on different levels. We have seen them launch Facebook deals to go against Groupon and also Facebook Places which competes against Foursquare … [Read more...]
Here at OSM, we often report on how social media and the way in which it is used is benefiting not just the individual but businesses as well. Promotion of brands and the way in which they are advertised can have a detrimental affect on a company's sales revenue. In the past we have given news of … [Read more...]
Whilst Facebook may be the largest of the social networking sites with more than 500 million users signed up it is currently in a bit of a vulnerable state. Why is it vulnerable you may be asking? Well Google who has the seamless search engine has just its +1 service which goes into direct … [Read more...]
Facebook is no doubt the fastest growing social networking site, many people use it on a daily basis in many different ways such as improving their grades. As there are over 7.5 million registered users thought to be under the age of thirteen, it’s imperative that parents must ensure their … [Read more...]
As any of our regular readers will know we have been reporting more recently on some of the things that you need to look out for on Facebook in terms of virus, malware and scams. Recent reports include the Facebook Dislike button, the verify your Facebook account and another where it tells you that … [Read more...]
