Indian Startup DepartedLife is a Social Network for Dead People
As time goes on, it becomes clear that this whole internet thing isn't just a passing fad. Yet somehow, as popular as social networking has become around the world, no one has really managed to solve the problem of what happens to a person's web presence

Instagram reaches social media milestone: 100 million active users
Instagram, the popular photo-sharing social network purchased by Facebook last year, has reached a milestone important for any social network: 100 million monthly active users. The mobile app, which has recently begun expanding its Web presence

Vivaldi Partners Group Releases “Brands & Social Networks: New Findings on how consumers connect with brands”
Today, Vivaldi Partners Group released “Brands & Social Networks: New Findings on how consumers connect with brands.” The report from Vivaldi Partners Group and research partner Ipsos looks at why consumers follow brands on social networks, why they

Automotive Social Network OctaneNation Targets $30B Market of Automotive Enthusiasts
The innovative automotive social network OctaneNation.com has exited its beta phase and launched to the general public. (PRWEB) February 26, 2013 OctaneNation.com has launched the first automotive social network centered on the $30B market of parts that

It’s time to treat YouTube like a social network says VidIQ, launches tools to tag and monitor videos
(gigaom.com) -- VidIQ, a start-up that aspires to be “the HootSuite of YouTube,” has spent the last year quietly working with companies like AOL to help them manage their growing video libraries. On Tuesday, backed by some prominent

Paid Social Network App.net Adds Free Membership Tier
Until now, the ad-free social network App.net, which launched last year, has only been available to paying members. But that's about the change. The service today introduced a new free membership tier. At this time, however, you'll need to have

Social Network Could Revolutionize Disease Treatment
Paul Wicks of PatientsLikeMe launches a new data-sharing platform at TED Monday. Photo: TED/Flickr LONG BEACH, California — No one is excited to give up privacy to Facebook or Foursquare. But more and more people are sharing sensitive medical records

Social Media Is Just Getting Started
This has led to massive increases in social media use over mobile. WeiXin, a new Social Mobile Network powered by TenCent in China, took 14 months to reach 100 million users, and just six more months to reach 200 million. Snapchat, based in the

Google offers social log-in feature
Google is increasing the rivalry between its Google+ network and Facebook, announcing Tuesday that it is introducing its own social log-in feature. Many Web sites let Facebook and Twitter users sign into their sites with the username and password from the

An Autopsy of a Dead Social Network
Following the collapse of the social network Friendster, computer scientists have carried out a digital autopsy to find out what went wrong Friendster is a social network that was founded in 2002, a year before Myspace and two years before Facebook.

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