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By Kay Smith Scottish pupils should have access to social networking sites in schools according to a Westminster government and industry adviser. Social networking sites such as Bebo, MySpace, Facebook and You Tube "are vital educational tools which encourage collaboration and learning among pupils, " said Charles Leadbeater, Visiting Fellow to the UK National Endowment of Science, Technology and the Arts, and adviser to the Department for Education and Skills' Innovations Unit....

By Sarah Jane Tribble If you have avoided social networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook with the excuse that they are the domain of desperate job- hunters or attention-seeking teenagers, it's time to rethink. In a world of economic instability and corporate upheaval, savvy professionals like Josh So epitomize how it pays to brush up your online image and keep it polished. When So, a 32-year-old technology salesman from Dublin, California, learned he had 45 days to find a new job...

RESTON, Va., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of worldwide usage of social networking sites, indicating that while the growth in new users in North America is beginning to level off, it is burgeoning in other regions around the world. During the past year, the total North American audience of social networkers has grown 9 percent compared to a much larger 25 percent growth for the world at large. The Middle...

NEARLY three quarters of parents check up on their children's use of social networking sites such as Face book and Bebo, amid fears they could be befriending strangers, an online identity firm said. And one in four secretly logs into their child's social networking page, while a quarter have set up their own page to spy on their children, the study said. Of 1,030 parents interviewed, 89% spoke to their children about the dangers posed by social networking sites and more than half (58%)...

Social networking online seems to be exploding: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Digg, and so on. When I ask how these sites can help my business, the answers can be vague. I am trying to relate it to face-to-face networking, which includes sharing ideas, information, and resources with other businesses. Are these sites useful for those goals? There is only so much time in my day and I need to use it effectively. -- B.H., Scarborough, Me. You are correct that social networking is a rapidly...

By Megan K. Scott Associated Press Julia McGovern was shocked when her mom sent her a "friend" request on Facebook. She had been on the social networking site for four years and had no idea her mother even knew what it was. "It was my world," says Julia, 18, of Hopkinton, Mass. "She was still just e-mailing."Not anymore. Parents are flocking to social networking sites -- sometimes to monitor their kids, and sometimes for the same reason teenagers signed up: to...

By LAVANYA RAO MySpace and Facebook social networking sites have gained an enormous amount of fame over the past few years. MySpace, now with more than 300 million users, receives more daily hits than Google. Facebook, a site that started as a 19-year-old Harvard student's project dedicated just to students of Harvard, has turned into a site with 64 million users all over the world. For teenagers, social networking is a way to keep in touch with friends. It's a way to know what is happening...

Blog and social networking sites continue to rise in popularity as today's tech-savvy professionals stay connected with friends, family and colleagues around the world. But, have business owners considered the impact to their company reputation when employees blur the lines between personal and professional fodder? TriNet, a leader in providing HR outsourcing, consulting and compliance support to small and medium-sized businesses globally, says more companies are seeking advice on...

By Jhilmil Motihar Vikas Verma reads the newspaper everyday. Along with the news he also flips through the events in town and the best shopping deals. But if it wouldnt have been for ilaaka, a social networking website meant only for Indian net users, this Pune-based software professional would have lost out on a fantastic offer. Hes now glad that along with his Orkut profile, he also logged on to its Indian peer. A travel website on ilaaka had listed an offer of a free digital camera to...

By Julie Forster, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Jul. 18--The rise of social networking Web sites has some employers asking a sensitive question: Should workers be allowed to poke their friends in the office? Sites like Facebook and MySpace have become as common as cell phones for a growing number of workers, many of whom use the sites to post photos and shoot a cyber-hi to friends -- Facebook calls this a "poke" -- during working hours. While many companies look the other...