Social Fridays: Round-up of the Best Social Networking Stories and Videos this Week

Posted by Fuj

November 14, 2008

If you’re bored at work and itching to get yourself through the day then you know the drill! Rather than surfing around trying to keep yourself occupied before you make a quick sprint to the door when it’s home time; catch up on stories that have been causing a storm on the social network sites this week, right here and right now.

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Here’s our Top 5 Social Friday Stories

1. Spam gets 1 response per 12,500,000 emails - New study details how junk mailers still make money.

2. Google launches video chat for Gmail - Google is rolling out video and voice capabilities for the chat function that is embedded in the Gmail interface. It’s a bare-bones voice and video-conferencing service, but it’s simple to install and use and is a very good addition to Gmail.

3. New LED Bulbs Look Weirder, Save More Energy – Within the next several months, several of the world’s biggest lighting companies, including Osram Sylvania and Philips, will introduce LED replacement bulbs to various world markets.

4. Facebook Users Attacked by Trojan Virus – Facebook and its users are having a rough day. A serious Facebook virus is attacking the network’s users.

5. CNN’s Holograms Are Not Really Holograms – CNN made waves on Tuesday night by incorporating three-dimensional holograms into its coverage of the U.S. election. The only problem was, they weren’t really holograms.

Here’s our top 5 Social Friday videos
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1. Weird science: the top five odd robots

2. What if Matrix ran on Windows ?

3. The Black Hole

4. How To Behave On An Internet Forum

5. Dancing Sony Robots

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