Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: web portal

web portal stories: 6 news summaries

China Orders Websites to Register Names of Users

Once-anonymous posters must register with true identities for 'social responsibility'

Sep 5, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese government has quietly instructed news websites there to require new users and commenters to log on under their true identities, the New York Times reports. Netizens in China have long resisted the so-called “real name system,” which the government claims engenders “social responsibility” and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
China • Internet • censorship • registration • web portal • blog posts • Chinese government • comments • real name

ANALYSIS

With FriendFeed, Facebook Aims to Rule Social Media

FriendFeed buy is bid to consolidate Internet

Aug 16, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook’s $47.5 million purchase of FriendFeed is about more than competing with Twitter in real-time search, Chadwick Matlin argues for the Washington Post. Facebook could use FriendFeed and Facebook Connect to become a “social media aggregator”—a hub for all content its users create and peruse... More »

MORE ABOUT:
social networking • Facebook • web portal • FriendFeed • Twitter • aggregator • Jay-ZTV

AOL Brings in Outside Help With Homepage Redesign

Gmail, Facebook will be accessible from firm's web portal

Sep 10, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - AOL is overhauling its portal page, incorporating third-party email services and social-networking sites into AOL.com, paidContent reports. The redesigned site allows users to perform global status updates, so a message sent from AOL would show up on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and more; users will also be able to view... More »

MORE ABOUT:
social networking • Internet • AOL • MySpace • Facebook • Gmail • Bebo • Yahoo Mail • web portal • Twitter

Supporters Blast Obama on His Own Website

Barackobama.com flooded with protests over FISA flip-flop

Jul 2, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s abrupt about-face on new FISA legislation that would grant immunity to telcos that aided the Bush administration in warrantless wiretaps has some supporters hopping mad—and they’re using the forums on the candidate's own website to protest, the New York Times reports. During the primaries... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • social networking • FISA • warrantless wiretapping • web portal • compromise • Barack Obama supporters

 MySpace Takes Aim at Yahoo 

Social networker seeks to become a portal

Jun 13, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Myspace is retooling itself to become a more direct competitor to web portals, specifically Yahoo, BusinessWeek reports. Starting Wednesday, the popular social networking site will unveil changes to its homepage such as news headlines, local weather apps, and entertainment links. More »

MORE ABOUT:
Yahoo • Internet • MySpace • email • Jerry Yang • web portal • Internet portal

Uneasy Lies the Yahoo That Wears Crown

Portal eyes overhaul
to preserve slipping top-dog status

Jan 14, 08 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - With Google, Facebook, and MySpace gnawing at its top-dog status, Yahoo is reinventing some foundation applications to make them appeal to a new generation of users, reports the New York Times. First step? Turbocharging Yahoo Mail to make it more a communications hub and less a post office, a prototype... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Yahoo • Google • MySpace • Facebook • Jerry Yang • Consumer Electronics Show • Yahoo Mail • web portal • web traffic

6 Stories


from our news partners