The following is a feature article by Christopher Roberts. Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, LinkedIn, MySpace, Foursquare… These are examples of social networking sites, but you knew that. You can become ‘super social’ talking, sharing, commenting, and constantly updating the ‘internet you’ for all to see. Humans are built to be social creatures ; it’s in our genetic makeup, it’s what makes us different from other animals. Is social media that good? To be fair, social media can help you organise more. Why Social Media Does Not Bring Us Closer. MORE >>

While, the diary still scored over cellphone in some of the features the socially conscious consumer just wanted to have a single device. Fast forward to 20 September 2010 i.e. today where I just finished reading Kapil Ohri’s latest write-up on afaqs.com which talks about Poken – a USB enabled pen drive type social business card device. The device allows users to exchange their contact details and social networking profile within a few seconds. Filed under: Social Network , Web 2.0 Social media poken My Name is E social networking MORE >>

Facebook is a “one size fits all social network” for much of the world. It does not matter what age or social background you have, you are on Facebook. The networks in China are much more fragmented. The users of the top social networks that I will present here, are more divided. This This blog post is the second part of two , on the state of social media in China. Web-based social networks. Qzone , with its 560 million users, is by far the largest web-based social network in China. Specialized networks. Qzone. MORE >>

If you thought the world’s largest professional network was little more than a place to post your resume, you owe yourself another visit. LinkedIn is set to eclipse the 100 million member mark sometime this spring, and it is quickly becoming the social network of choice for B2B professionals. For business pros in industries like communications, manufacturing, retailing, financial services and even construction, LinkedIn groups are becoming vertical social networks in their own right. InMaps lets you visualize your connection network. And they’re busy. MORE >>

How much information are you willing to make public in order to improve your social networking experience? What capabilities might the next social networks  have to “improve&# our intimacy with our online friends? Creddy is a social network that makes your FICO credit score available to all of your social network friends. Pollygraf, as its name implies, is the truthful social network. Doxx plans to add polling this summer, so that network friends can vote on diagnoses and help choose courses of treatment. MORE >>