Google Doodle pays tribute to Mendel

Google Doodle of peas

Visited Google this Wednesday and found doodles of peas? Search engine giant Google paid tribute to Gregor Johann Mendel, an Augustinian friar and scientist who celebrated his 189th birth anniversary Wednesday. People who visited Google were greeted with doodles of peas referring to Mendel’s experiment on plant hybridization. Mendel is known as the “father of … Read more

Facebook launches Skype Video Chat Feature (Demo Included)

Facebook and Skype partnership

Facebook’s integration with Skype was announced on Wednesday as a new way to stay connected with friends. The social networking giant added a video chatting feature so Facebook users better enjoy exchanging conversations one with another. In November of last year, the messages team of Facebook was able to combine the user’s chat, emails and … Read more

Google+ Challenged Facebook Through Circles, Sparks and Hangouts

Facebook Challenger Google+

Google once again challenged Facebook on it’s dominance on social networking by introducing Google+. A whole new improvement on it’s quest to topple the world’s biggest social networking site. The site was launched on June 28, 2011. The search giant Google had already try for the past few years to venture into social networks but … Read more

Warning: Osama Virus Spreads On Facebook

Osama Virus Spreads on Facebook

Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a warning Tuesday to exercise caution when opening a link about the death of Osama Bin Laden. Pictures and videos circulating on Facebook and Twitter about the alleged photos of Bin Laden had been confirmed by security experts that contained malicious virus and malware. In an official statement by the … Read more

Fading MySpace to Pull Out Employees Again

Facebook over MySpace

Social networking site, MySpace, plans to pull out more staff as such report was brought up by the Wall Street Journal on Friday. This report came from the Wall Street Journal in connection with the plan of selling the site. MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe along with the News Corporation already made negotiations with potential buyers … Read more

Google announces ‘+1 Button’

Google+1_button

Google Liked Facebook’s ‘Like’ button and is ready to launch a similar feature, called ‘+1’, on its search engine. The company announced last Wednesday that a ‘+1’ button will soon appear with Google’s search results and it will allow users to recommend a result to their Gmail friends and contacts. The ‘Search Giant’ Google’s latest … Read more

People of Walmart Site Creates Web Traffic

people of walmart

Pictures catch attention. Funny photographs even make someone laugh harder. But when you come to think that a member of your family has been one of those spreading pictures to laugh at, it will surely be another story. At present, there has been an interactive site that is called People of Walmart. The website’s goal … Read more

Social Networking Sites: an instrument to promote peace

President-Noynoy-Aquino-III

Social networking sites can be of great help to the reconciliation of communist rebels and Muslim separatists. Indeed, even President Benigno Aquino III campaigns for its fulfillment. People can become citizen journalists in their own way. Where, their voices can be freely heard using Facebook and Twitter. It is through responding through current events, reporting … Read more

New Location for Facebook Headquarters

facebook office

Celebrated its seventh year last Friday, Facebook was able to reach the highest level of popularity worldwide. For about 100 million in the year 2008, the number of Facebook users grew larger for more than half billion profiles all over the world. Growing so quick, Facebook plans to acquire a new office to be able … Read more

MySpace.com Is For Sale

MySpace for Sale

Before, it was rumored that MySpace.com is going for sale. Now News Corp. confirms that it was in fact for sale now. MySpace.com becomes so popular when News Corp. bought it last 2005 for about $580 million. It was among the top social networking sites with millions of members’ worldwide and currently has more than … Read more