Rumor mills have gone into an overdrive about internet auction site eBay-owned Skype being put up for sale. Though nothing could be confirmed at this point in time about a likely deal, technology blog TechCrunch has stated that a group of renown venture capital and large private equity firms are teaming up to make a bid to acquire Skype. The investors may include newly-formed Andreesen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and one or more multi-billion dollar private equity firms. Interestingly, Index Ven...

It’s becoming a quite a disturbing trend to see people use social networking sites for all the wrong reasons. Keeley Houghton, from Malvern, Worcestershire, is the latest to join the bandwagon of those who use the social networking sites for most undesirable purposes. According to The Sun, Houghton has been pouring harassment on the Emily Moore for the last four years (since they attended school together), even going to the extent of threatening to kill her. Houghton has pleaded guilty t...

The recession is showing signs of easing out in U.S. and hiring seems to the buzzword for ace social networking company Facebook as it gird its loins to boost its staff by as much as 50 percent this year. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was quoted as saying in an interview to Bloomberg news agency that the economic climate is much better than before. “No one else has been hiring,” Zuckerberg said. “It’s been a great environment for us because the economy has he...

A recent study of the social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter has revealed that nearly half of Twitter messages are "pointless babble". The study, conducted by San Antonio-based research firm Pear Analytics, has disclosed that the popular micro-blogging platform is loaded with pointless messages rather than vital information. According to the Pear Analytics, the study was based on the hypothesis that Twitter is being used predominantly for self-promotion. While the site r...

Link Building has emerged as a useful pathway for drawing ‘increased’ traffic to a website. Link Building involves a process of creating inbound links to one’s own website, which can be done by reciprocal links, being listed in e-zines, newsletters, directories, search engines, etc. There are few types of linking one of which is reciprocal links. Reciprocal links or link exchanges is the process where two webmasters agree to show the other's link on their website. After link ...

Liskula Cohen has sashayed down the ramp with a great amount of success and has also graced the cover of Vogue. It’s her modeling exploits that keeps her in the news. But, for a change, the Canadian-born New York-based fashion model grabbed attention in a different manner after winning a precedent-setting court ruling, asking Google to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger who called the former model a 'skank'. According to British daily Times Google took an adamant stand, initiall...

The use of social networking sites was taken to a ‘new level’ but for all the wrong reasons. The Daily Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk) carried a report which says that a Sussex-based (In England) 42-year-old woman, Victoria Richardson, went through the horrors of her belongings being burgled and then was taunted about the same by the thief who managed to access his victim’s Facebook page and posted messages about the dubious act. Interestingly, the brazen thief posted the mess...

News Corp.-owned MySpace is close to acquiring social music service iLike. According to technology blog TechCrunch (www.techcrunch.com) The deal, if it is sealed as widely speculated, will be MySpace’s first acquisition since new CEO Owen Van Natta assumed charge of the company in April 2009. The price tag is rumored to be in the neighborhood of $20 million. Representatives from MySpace and iLike were not immediately available for comment. The latest development comes within a week of i...

Search engine giant Google attracts greater loyalty from its users, who conduct more searches a month than those on Yahoo and Microsoft, according to a study carried out by research house comScore. According to technology-related website Ars Technica (www.arstechina.com), Google searchers conduct an average of 54.5 searches a month – that’s about double the number of searches that Yahoo and Microsoft users conduct combined. Yahoo and Microsoft search on an average 26.9 times a month...

How do you top the most original and popular showhome concept? Metropolitan Home, the definitive resource for modern design, and Showtime Networks, producer of award-winning TV series, are partnering for a second season of the ultimate multimedia showhouse, with double the space and twice as many designers. According to Showtime website (www.sho.com), Metropolitan Home's Showtime House, powered by Time Warner Cable, will celebrate its second season with twin penthouses located in the luxurious ...