Bandwidth.com’s free phone system helps your business sound professional
Internet phone company Bandwidth.com just announced a service that could be a boon to new companies that don’t have an office, much less a phone system — Phonebooth Free.
It’s normal for a startup nowadays to use personal cell phones for all calls. But there are probably many companies who would rather not, either to appear [...]
Zeus Trojan found on 74000 PCs in global botnet – CNET
More than 74,000 PCs at nearly 2,500 organizations around the globe were compromised over the past year and a half in a botnet infestation designed to steal login credentials to bank sites, social networks, and e-mail systems, a security firm said Wednesday. The systems were infected with the Zeus Trojan and the botnet [...]
Facebook makes another talent acquisition: Octazen Solutions
Facebook has acquired a Malaysian startup, Octazen Solutions, which specializes in contact importing, GigaOm reports.
Facebook spokesperson Larry Yu called this a “talent acquisition” as Octazen’s two employees will work as engineers for the company out of Malaysia. Facebook has made a series of design tweaks encouraging users to enlarge their social networks on the site [...]
Kongregate shares a case study on monetizing browser-based online games
Kongregate, which operates a web site for indie games, is announcing today it has had good success with its app platform for browser-based games. What’s more, it’s sharing some metrics so that it can show potential developers how it can make them money.
The San Francisco-based company launched its Konduit Application Platform in December. The idea [...]
MySpace now smaller than Facebook was a year ago
December data released by Nielsen examines year-over-year trends in unique visitor counts and time spent on social networking sites in the United States and around the world, including Facebook and Myspace. US time spent on social networks increased faster than the average global increase of 82%, with the average US user spending 143% more time [...]
In five days, Zynga raises $1.5M for Haiti via Facebook games
Zynga’s gamers have donated more than $1.5 million in the past five days for Haitian earthquake relief. They did so by making donations directly from within Zynga’s top four games on Facebook.
Zynga, the biggest maker of social games on Facebook, said that some 300,000 Zynga game players from 47 countries have purchased virtual goods inside [...]
Don’t like online ads? Microsoft will let you generate your own
Microsoft has filed for a patent related to how users can generate their own advertisements on social networks, according to a published report.
In the patent, the company notes that ads in social networks aren’t that effective because of the low relevance to the users. With this technique, an original, less-effective ad can be supplemented with [...]
Wanna Be a Gizmodo New York Intern? [Interns]
My caffeine needs have been growing exponentially, so we need more interns in New York City. But, this time, we’re lookin’ for a few different kinds of interns. Four different kinds, to be precise: Writing Intern: Your main task will be writing posts, but with a secondary focus on all the other intern duties as [...]
Did you feel that earthquake too? Here’s how it looked in real-time
A medium-sized earthquake near San Jose sent social networks and real-time search aflutter this morning as micro-reports came in up and down the Bay Area.
Google’s real-time search picked up tweets that were only 30 seconds stale. Meanwhile, Facebook’s search engine has started pulling in more useful results as more status updates have turned public since [...]
Web 2.0 Suicide Machine Offs Your Online Identity [Social Networking]
Sure, joining Twitter and Facebook seemed like a good idea at the time, but maybe you’ve changed your mind and want your life back. Web 2.0 Suicide Machine erases your persona like you were never there. Photo by jonsson. If you’re sick and tired of being beholden to the siren song of constantly updating your [...]
