Tag: BEBO

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Twitter continues to overcome doubts about its ability to generate crucial revenue. Its @anywhere and sponsored tweets programs preceded a new plan to implement sponsored trends, and the system apparently just attracted a huge new customer. Disney/Pixar, in order to hype the upcoming 'Toy Story 3,' has emerged as the first ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple's press conference tomorrow will reportedly focus on iPhone OS 4.0, but the company may also make another announcement concerning its recent acquisition of Quattro Wireless. According to various reports, Apple plans to reveal its development of a personalized mobile advertising system known as iAd. [From: Engadget] It's not ...

Cyber-bullying and Web-related deaths have become increasingly troubling in Great Britain, particularly since over a one-year period 17 teens haved killed themselves, allegedly because of social networking sites. The suicides even prompted the head of the U.K. Roman Catholic Church to comment that "a key factor in their committing suicide is the trauma of transient relationships," referring to the ...

To say that online video emporium YouTube is well established would be an understatement, and the same could be applied to fashion empire 'Vogue' in the print realm. But,where there always seems to be someone new ready to get online and click on over and get Rick-Rolled, more and more are canceling their print subscriptions and turning to the 'Net to get their fashion fixes. The solution, Vogue ...

AOL lovechild/social media network Bebo is having its own little tryst with Universal Music Group, starting now. The two just announced that they are conspiring on a new and, according to press materials, "revolutionary" online drama called 'The Secret World of Sam King.' This is apparently the first-ever collab between a music company and a social media network, and it's intended to blur the ...

After the body of a teenage girl was found hanging in the woods of a Welsh village last Tuesday, media attention is once again focused on the only thing seeming to link the suicides together -- the Internet. When the body of Jenna Parry was found, it marked the 17th young suicide in just over a year near the town of Bridgend, South Wales (pictured, above). Though no evidence has been found of ...

It's a question that we've all been asked: "If your friends all jumped off of a bridge, would you?" It's meant to be rhetorical, but the question is getting an answer that few would expect from a group of friends in South Wales in the U.K. Seven teenagers in Brigend, Wales have killed themselves in a string of suicides, with two more hospitalized after attempting to do the same. According to a ...