MySpace seems to be a bit of a dead horse on the social media scene these days, however there is a new feature just introduced that users of that system are sure to like – the ability to create your own @myspace.com email address. Yes, this is traditional email and not in-system-only as it’s always been. How does it work? Fortunately it’s...

There is no doubt that social networking is an improvement in the way we communicate on the internet, as it allows for people to connect in ways not possible prior to it. For example, Facebook allows to search people by name; this is much easier compared to connect with old friends, family members, acquaintances, coworkers and so on. However, social networking...

For many, there will come a time when you’re "connected" to too much stuff on the internet. You know you’re too connected when you simply can’t keep up with everything you’re signed up for. Whether it’s email subscriptions, RSS feeds, YouTube channels, MySpace/Facebook friends, AIM buddies and so on, all this information...

Most of you have probably heard the term ‘domain squatter’ which is someone who registers a domain with the sole intent of selling to someone else who has a legitimate need for it (at a substantially increased price). Well, domain names are not the only thing being targeted by squatters as social networking names are being quickly gobbled up. This...

At right is a screen shot of the Wikipedia page List of social networking websites. Said honestly I had absolutely no idea there were this many. Yeah, I knew there were quite a few but not so much that you had to press "Page Down" five times to read thru it… …when reading the web page on a 1680×1050 monitor… …with the...

More than a few PCMech readers truly don’t care about MySpace mainly due the reason they don’t see a purpose in using it. I shall give you a 3 things you can do on MySpace that are easier compared to using other services. Before I do, the thing to remember about that site is that it is a social tool. If you approach it as such it can work out quite...

It took me a while before I grasped the whole concept of what social networking actually is. It’s not that I don’t understand how it works technically. It’s that I didn’t comprehend what it’s about. Said sincerely, it can get confusing. First, let’s try to define it. We’ll use Google. Google’s best definition...

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BusinessWeek dared (gasp) to throw out a Web 1.0 term, portal. The Web 2.0 term is called social network. Before continuing, I’ll attempt to explain the difference between portal and social network. A portal is an entryway. It is the place where you begin when using the internet. For example, many people use Yahoo as a portal. It is set as your home page,...

It is rare that I see a parody that so accurately NAILS how stupid social networking can be. Watch for the Friendster reference and the MySpace “skank power.” That’s all I gotta say. ...

I am a professional blogger. This means I am pretty tuned into the Internet and what’s happening. Social media and the whole Web 2.0 phenomenon are second nature to me. It is the same for other bloggers. But, those of us who are familiar with all this stuff make up a small percentage of the Internet. In fact, most of my readers here on PCMech (yes, that...

I wish this was a late April Fool’s joke but it’s not. Everex, the computer company you most often see displaying their wares in Wal-Mart, has a little computer box (and yes it looks very similar to a Mac mini) that has been “Exclusively created for the +100,000,000 MySpace users of the world”. That’s Everex’s words, not...