Why Some Brands Seem Anti-Social
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NEW YORK When Coke relaunched its Web site a year ago, it ditched a dry corporate venue in favor of a global YouTube-like outpost to celebrate consumer creativity with a series of monthly contests. Just one year later, the beverage giant has changed course, quietly closing down The Coke Show, the site&#39;s challenge series, and launched a less ambitious site that links to Coke&#39;s many Web destinations.
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InfoWorld - The launch of Facebook's Beacon advertising system in November put the social networking site in the middle of a controversy over privacy, asÂ Beacon was criticized for being too aggressive and stealthy in collecting and broadcasting information about users' activities online.
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Signs are pointing to a potentially big announcement out of the company this week, but the notoriously tight-lipped social network isn't providing any answers.
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Comment is free: Jay Rayner: Yes, the big chains need to be kept in check, but opponents overlook their social benefits
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Facebook's advertising system provokes questions about how companies share data.
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The me-first attitude that makes the social networking site so successful in the United States may not play well in Japan, a more socially integrated society. By the Associated Press.
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NEW YORK - The operators of the online hangout Facebook wanted to help users save time by highlighting changes their friends make to their personal profile pages. Instead, the new feature has drawn complaints from thousands of its users and even threats of a boycott.
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The brand is great. The stock is another story.
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Penthouse buys AdultFriendFinder Grumble mag Penthouse is buying a bunch of social networking sites which put the stress on the social rather than the networking.â¦
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Online auction giant takes a cautious approach to social networking.
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Big media brands latch onto mobile advertising while cell phone operators are more cautious. Is tension between the two inevitable?
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Not all communities are created alike.  Nor should they be, as Actuate shows.
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By JESSE NOYES  Some students and young professionals might be toning down their MySpace and Facebook profiles in fear of employers searching social networking sites for the skinny on potential hires.  But Boston-based Experience Inc.
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Researchers are using Facebook habits to study how tastes and values affect the formation of social relationships.
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The discount chain is struggling as competitors match its prices and once-loyal shoppers snub its attempt to go glam. Seriously, high fashion with a smiley face?
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Social network firms reveal tools and technologies that aim to make the sites more than places to keep in touch.
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Business & money: Negative publicity having an impact 'at the edges', but higher taxes also play a part.