Users concerned over the privacy implications of using Facebook are leaving the site in droves, with many more thinking about following, according to security firm Sophos.
A Sophos survey of current and former Facebook users found that 16% had already stopped using Facebook because of privacy worries, and six in 10 were considering deleting their accounts, the
Facebook remains the most popular social networking site for mobile users, despite rival Twitter enjoying a 347% rise in the number of subscribers accessing the site on their phone.
Figures from ComScore show 4.7 million users accessed Twitter from their phone in January, up from 1.1 million in January 2009.
Google has revamped its search engine to allow it to display real-time results from a wide variety of online sources, in response to similar innovations from Yahoo and Bing.
Search results will now display live updates from social networking sites such as Twitter and Friendfeed, and headlines and news results published seconds earlier.
According to the latest consumer study by the Parks Associates’, 40% of the more than 70 million U.S. broadband households with a mobile phone service have adopted non-text mobile data services.
ARPU drivers like mobile TV and music have been eclipsed by mobile Internet and e-mail services indicating need for the carriers to offer “practical” services [...]
Yahoo has signed a deal to integrate its online services into Facebook from the first half of next year.
Yahoo has been eager to tap into the expansive social networking market, and the arrangement will give its sites renewed exposure to Facebook’s 350 million users worldwide.
