Search Engine Land’s Danny Sullivan has published an article on the most popular celebrities on Twitter as determined by how many times people search for them on Google. Using Google’s own keyword search results, Sullivan was able to find out how many times a famous person’s name was searched on Google along with the word […]
People’s Arrest Records And Mugshots Go Social On Facebook
The police department in Boscawen, N.H. have started the practice of posting people’s mugshots on Facebook. One person claims to have lost a job when the police posted his name and mugshot on the social network. Jacob Hooper is a local teenager who was arrested for underage drinking. He found out that his mugshot was […]
People Spending More Time On Social Networks
People are spending more of their online time on social networks like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube as well as blogs, according to a recent report from Nielsen research study. According to the study, US citizens are spending almost 25% of their online time on social-networks and blog sites. This is about 6 hours per month […]
Facebook People Search Reunites Couple After 50 Years
A free people search on the Facebook social network has led to the reunion of a couple after 50 years apart. Melody Longino, from Louisiana, met William McCrary while travelling on a Greyhound bus to Texas in 1957. The two people stayed in contact for several years after meeting, but lost contact after that. William […]
Google, CIA Fund Startup To Monitor Internet
This just in from Wired.com’s Danger Room blog: Google and the CIA are working together to monitor people on the internet real-time in order to predict people’s actions and behaviors as well as events. The report states that both the Central Intelligence Agency and Google are backing a company called Recorded Future. Recorded Future monitors […]