Facebook friend request lands man in jail

Harry Bruder, 54, probably didn't expect that a social networking site would become his downfall. He was arrested on Monday night after he breached his court protection order by sending a 'friend request' to his wife on Facebook.

According to an Orlando television station, the man admitted to contacting his wife twice via the social networking site, which has around 500 million members.

Detectives had determined that this contact with his wife was a violation of a domestic violence injunction filed by his wife. "Yeah, I did it", he said when asked by investigators. “Today my future x wife thinks she won but the real winner is me for i know the truth she is nothing but a lying emotionally disturbed woman who needs help to handle previous abusive relationship," he wrote on his 'wall'. 


He has been jailed on $5,000 bond. 

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Sarah Palin attacks Obama's defense of NY mosque

Sarah Palin took to the internet to publicly bash comments made by President Obama which defended the religious freedom of muslims living in the United States. Using social networks like Twitter and Facebook, the former Vice Presidential hopeful criticized Obama's lack of verbal continuity.

Reports were released today which suggest Obama has changed his view on the matter. See Palin's tweets below:

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Angelina Jolie joins Twitter, but doesn't want any followers

Angelina Jolie has joined the social networking site Twitter, but has protected her tweets so that only people she approves of can stalk her whenever they please.

According to various sources, the star requested the username @angelinajolie, even though another user was already using that account.

Us Magazine reports that, according to one of its sources, Jolie may become active on Twitter later this year, a site that has become famous for allowing users to send out bite-sized 140 character messages called 'Tweets'. [Us Magazine]

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Google Gears Up to Take on Facebook, Twitter

Google is preparinganother attempt to crack the social networkingworld owned by Facebook, and to a lesser extent, Twitter.

Why is Google traveling down this path once again? Aren't the failures of Orkut, Buzz, Wave, etc. enough for Google to realize that it just doesn't understand social networking? Maybe, but Google can't afford to watch the web become social without it. 

As Google researcher Paul Adams explains in a huge deck of slides getting passed around on the web, people buying things are more inclined to trust their friends than strangers—or search ads.

Do you think Facebook or Google is more trustworthy if you're thinking about buying the new Prince CD? What about a new toaster? Or a new golf club? Today, it's probably Google, but soon enough you could be asking Facebook friends what to buy. It's this threat that should (and probably does) scare the pants off Google's executives.

Adams revealed some of these threats in his presentation—a great read in the context of him presenting these results to Google execs who are plotting "Google Me."

A couple things to keep in mind: This presentation isn't new. And it's not necessarily indicative of how Google feels. The company has hundreds of researchers. Still, we think this is instructive for people wondering why Google wants to get in the social network business. [Republished from www.businessinsider.com]

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Which social network do you suit?

In today's Venn Diagram of the day, we're exploring how different social networks cater to people with differing degrees of some common disorders. There you go, Facebook stalkers, it's not just you. [Image via TNW]

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AOL looking to sell Bebo for 98% less than they paid for it

After paying around $850 million for social networking site Bebo (you know, that one that you had an account at but disabled because it became embarrassing) AOL is looking to sell the website for around $10 million.

Under the intense and crumbling competition of Facebook, and, to a lesser extent, MySpace, the once thriving online community has abandoned it, leaving the site worth 98% less than what it was worth less than it was 48 months ago.

Michael Arrington of the blog, TechCrunch, had reported that AOL sold Bebo to a private equity firm for the measly sum, which he described as 'rather uninspiring'.

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Fish gotta swim...

Once again the iconic 'Fail Whale' is again gracing the screens of Twitter users all around the globe.

The image, which depicts a whale (symbolising the huge quantity of tweets in the social network's 'ecosystem'), shows when the site, which was founded by former Blogger CEO Evan Williams, is over capacity.

While up, the site is not functional, and the image has become an iconic and symbolic image of the new 'Web 2.0'.

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