Q&A about online social networking services

Posted on December 6, 2007 by John Breslin

I was interviewed during the summer for an interesting documentary about Bebo and online social networks (or “social networking services” ;) by the Multime Group from DCU. I prepared some answers for their questions, which I am sharing here.
What is your interpretation of an online social network (OSN)?
My interpretation is that it is a [...]

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Measure your digital status with QDOS

Posted on December 4, 2007 by John Breslin

Garlik, a UK company that focuses on personal information control, have recently launched the QDOS site (pronounced “kudos”, and no, it’s nothing to do with the old operating systems of the same name) for measuring your “digital status” or estimated online rating.
According to the creators:
With QDOS, 45 million UK adults now have a unique [...]

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