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All Aboard! The nostalgia train is about to depart for the memory lane as Facebook launches ‘On This Day’ for its social platform. It is currently being rolled out to users and will be completely available within a short time period. This feature once live will be accessible on the web as well as in mobile apps through the menu. As Facebook puts it: “On This Day shows content from this date in the past. For example, you might see past status updates, photos, posts from friends and other things you've shared or been tagged in – from one year ago, two years ago, and so on. Only you will see this content unless you decide to share it with your friends.” To check if this feature is available, users can visit facebook.com/onthisday , find it via search option in Facebook or tapping or clicking a new bookmark. The newsfeed will show the ‘On This Day’ item then. You can then subscribe to a reminder as a daily notification if you want to check out what happened ...

Earlier this week we brought you news of last month’s online statistics which revealed the social networking website Facebook was the second most visited site on the internet in the UK, cementing its place further as the most popular social network in the UK. The same was revealed in the US although it wasn’t always the case, as before Facebook came along there was MySpace. This time five years ago, MySpace was the most popular social network in the US. It continued to be right up until 2008 when Facebook finally over took it in terms of unique monthly visitors. Since then MySpace’s visitors have continued to decline and last month’s results saw the site ranked eightieth most visited with 19.7 million visitors compared to Facebook’s 140 million. Today we have news that the singer and actor Justin Timberlake has invested in a share in the struggling social network, which went up for sale for $35 million. As the article at  Guardian  explains, Timberlake is one of a gr...

It is certainly no secret that social networking has become a huge part of our lives, and we are not just talking about catching up with friends on Facebook. A huge number of apps for the iPhone are also social based, such as location based ones. Now you will be able to find with the Hunch Mobile app, which offers the users customized recommendations just for you. There is a huge number of these kind of apps already on the App Store, so developer Tim Mason needed to bring something different. We believe that being able to set your tastes so that the results for coffee shops, electronics, hotels, restaurants etc will be just what you need. There is still a whole load of other choices, and maybe some of them are better, but it is the personal recommendations that could help persuade you. Some of the main features include 12 categories to browse. Here you will be able to view by your area or even find interest topics. There are Hunch’s predicted star ratings for how much it believes you w...

TechCrunch is reporting that multiple sources have told them that Google has invested between $100 and $200 million of its own funds (meaning, not VC division Google Ventures) in Zynga. Those who haven't been enmeshed in the social gaming phenomenon that is Mafia Wars or Farmville may not have heard of them, but you others probably have. That investment, the sources said, was in preparation for a new Google Games service to launch later this year. As Google wants to be all things Web for all people, it's an obvious move to delve into social gaming. The best clue supplied to the Google Games service is perhaps this job listing . It's for a Product Manager Leader, Games, and is described as follows: The Product Management Leader, Games will be a flexible, results-oriented, and experienced senior leader who will be responsible for developing Google's games commerce product strategy and partnering to build and manage the business with a cross-functional team. You will h...

TechCrunch is reporting that multiple sources have told them that Google has invested between $100 and $200 million of its own funds (meaning, not VC division Google Ventures) in Zynga. Those who haven't been enmeshed in the social gaming phenomenon that is Mafia Wars or Farmville may not have heard of them, but you others probably have. That investment, the sources said, was in preparation for a new Google Games service to launch later this year. As Google wants to be all things Web for all people, it's an obvious move to delve into social gaming. The best clue supplied to the Google Games service is perhaps this job listing . It's for a Product Manager Leader, Games, and is described as follows: The Product Management Leader, Games will be a flexible, results-oriented, and experienced senior leader who will be responsible for developing Google's games commerce product strategy and partnering to build and manage the business with a cross-functional team. You will h...