Facebook introduces a new interface, which gives members a more direct control over the person allowed to see the what they post, as well as when they are getting tagged by others. Although, some of the new features are already available before, but it was hard to use since you have to click through multiple pages and pop-ups before you could use them.
It looks as that Google+ is following the path of Facebook as Google+ introduces a new feature on their site. The latter has added a feature that Facebook was using for a longtime now – the “ignore” and “block” options.
Ignore signifies that users is not going to see what the other person shares on his page. The new block option regulates the means a person can network with what a Google+ user is sharing. Both intended to reduce the social media clutter on Google+.
On Thursday, the UK claims that they were not seeking on closing social networks during civil disturbances. The UK government believes they does not needed to since there are better ways to take control of the riots than blame social media for it.
After viewing the role of social networking sites in the London riots, Twitter, Facebook and RIM will now meet ministers and will discuss on abstaining the people from using these social networking sites during social unrest in a particular area. This is because social networking sites have become standard tools for calling destructive elements of Read more
Google owned ad agency Double – click has stated that social networking website Facebook hit more than one trillion page views in June 2011.