Posts Tagged ‘ facebook ’

Pret e Rapporter: Lights, Camera, Fashion

Jun 11th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Fashion

Not nearly enough has been said about the massive subcultural phenomenon that has grown out of the photographic narcissism of girls.
Put it this way: the most fought-over toy in our house is my digital camera, which is put to heavy use practically every evening and weekend, taking hundreds of shots of my 15-year-old daughter and [...]



Dont Close The Door On Our Envied Bar Culture

May 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

Wishful thinking and guesswork are behind the daft 2am lockout policy.
PREMIER John Brumby probably wasn’t expecting a backlash this big.
Nearly 30,000 distressed drinkers have signed just one of the many Facebook petitions opposing the 2am lockout — the Victorian Government’s new policy that will ban entry to bars, pubs and clubs in the inner city [...]



Yahoo backs Google’s push for open social networks

Mar 26th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo said on Tuesday it is backing a program by rival Google to make software work fluidly across different social networks, and will create a joint foundation to promote the effort.
The normally fierce competitors are working together in the OpenSocial network, which Google formed in November to lure Web software developers [...]



Going local

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Travel

‘Let me guess. You’re going to the middle of the world,” says the Quito taxi driver, turning to the English backpackers in the backseat, while simultaneously negotiating the city’s mid-morning traffic.He’s right first time. The equator is one of the Ecuadorian capital’s biggest attractions - even though GPS devices have recently revealed the much-photographed line [...]



Facebook invites ads into user profiles

Mar 12th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

Social network Facebook unveiled a new advertising system on Tuesday that will let companies introduce ads into the Web profiles of its 50 million users and launch dedicated pages on the site for their brands.
The privately held company has signed on several dozen partners for the system, including phone company Verizon Communications Inc, movie rental [...]



2Facebook invites advertisers into user profiles

Mar 12th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

unveiled a new advertising system on Tuesday that will let companies introduce ads into the Web profiles of its 50 million users and launch dedicated pages on the site for their brands.
The privately held company has already signed on several dozen partners for the system, including phone company Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research), [...]