Is Facebook Bad for Kids?

British riots exposing social media's dark side? CBS News As the riots in England set parts of the country burning, authorities say social media is fanning the flames, CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston reports. The rioting began after Mark Duggan was shot and killed by police. A memorial Facebook page ... See all stories on this topic »

Is Facebook Bad for Kids? ABC News By ENJOLI FRANCIS Millions of kids are actively using Facebook -- some even in violation of the social network's rule that members be 13 years of age -- according to Consumer Reports, but one expert says that all this new technology can have some ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

"The Google+ Song" explains new social network CBS News (CBS) - Heard about this new social network Google+ but don't quite know what it is yet? Perhaps this humorous music video by the guys over at Break can help break it down a bit for you. Okay, maybe it doesn't quite explain the social network so much ... See all stories on this topic »

Man arrested in connection with 'malicious' use of social media WalesOnline by Daniel Fisher, WalesOnline A MAN has been arrested for "malicious" use of social mediarelating to riots in South Wales. Gwent Police confirmed a 27-year-old from Ebbw Vale had been arrested and cautioned "for sending a malicious communication by ... See all stories on this topic »

Social Network Wars: How The Five Major Platforms Stack Up [INFOGRAPHIC] Mashable (blog) Most people don't have the social steam to power a presence on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Tumblr. Sure, there are handy apps like Twitterfeed and Hootsuite that can help spread one post to all of your networks, but that ignores the ... See all stories on this topic »

Fairview hit by social network epidemic The Tennessean In case you have not entered into the modern era of computers or simply have not explored the growing Internet social networks, the epidemic to hit Fairview last week is called “You Grew Up in Fairview, TN” and can be contracted off the Facebook social ... See all stories on this topic »

Health Insurers Take Bold Steps in Social Media Insurance & Technology By Nathan Golia Social media might not seem like a great match for health insurance — after all, the cases payers deal with can be very personal. But some companies in that line of business are making aggressive moves to tap into consumers' ... See all stories on this topic »

Demand Media to Boost Direct Sales Force Via IndieClick Buy ClickZ News Demand Media said it will acquire ad network IndieClick and social media product developer RSS Graffiti. The firm also said it will expand its existing partnership with Google through which it sells portions of its ad inventory. ... See all stories on this topic »

Social Media and Customer Experience Analytics Highlight the First Ever West ... Insurance News Net (press release) The keynote topics in San Jose will cover Text Analytics for Social Media and Customer Experience Analytics, and will also explore other areas of interest such as multi-channel analytics and the cutting-edge technological advances of text technologies. ... See all stories on this topic »

Jesse Eisenberg Gets Credit for Facebook: Late Last Night Hollywood.com By Michael Arbeiter , Hollywood.com Staff | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Last night, Jesse Eisenberg stopped by The Tonight Show to talk about his various car accidents, his unappreciated travails through Poland, and how his Social Network role has led ... See all stories on this topic »

Is there a lesson for Google+ in the demise of Baidu Talk? Network World Hey, Google, get a load of what can happen when a major search engine company launches a social network and requires that users provide their real names in order to participate. Baidu Talk, the Twitter equivalent of China's Google equivalent, ... See all stories on this topic »