Thursday, February 9th, 2012 4:12 am

New Messenger: Focus on social networks

Redmond (ip-192.com): Microsoft just released some details on the newest version of Windows Live Messenger, an instant messaging client designed to work with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Mobile. Tighter integration with social networks and better video quality are the main improvements of the new version that will be available as a [...]

Teens don’t like Twitter

Washington (ip-192.com): Teens and young adults like Facebook, but they are not so keen on Twitter, according to the Pew Internet Project's report. "Out of all the data, we think in some ways it's most surprising to see a decline in blogging, Social Media and Mobile Internet Use Among Teens and Young Adults," says Pew [...]

Cisco: Cyber Crooks target Social Media

San Francisco (ip-192.com): Cisco Systems, Inc. just released its 2009 Annual Security Report, saying that new threats are replacing old-school phishing scams. "Social media and the data-theft Trojans are the things that are really in their ascent," said Patrick Peterson, a Cisco researcher. "You can see them replacing a lot of the old-school things." The [...]

The $1 Billion Twitter Speculation

San Francisco (ip-192.com): You can Tweet on and enjoy the weekend – Twitter is set to raise about $100 million of new funding that would value the company at around $1 billion. This is remarkable since Twitter has big plans but no discernible revenue yet. However, the 60-employee company is teetering with advertising on its [...]