Google’s Latitude application brings the future of location-based services one step closer, but does Latitude pose a threat to social networking sites like Facebook or MySapce? One analyst says no, but that’s not really the point.
 

 
Imagine a world where you mobile phone not only connects you to social networks and recognizes your location, but also is able to provide you with suggestions for contextual, location-based commercial interests. While Google’s Latitude application, announced on Wednesday, is just a baby step in that direction, one Forrester Research analyst says that will …

 
Facebook, the online social networking site, has reached its fifth birthday. Founded in 2004 by a Harvard University student, the site now has 150 million active users.
BBC News published on thier website how 3 readers explain how social networking has impacted upon their lives.
LYNNE ACKERS, 54, MERSEYSIDE, UK 

I run a carers forum because three of my children have autism.
Many of the members on my forum were also on Facebook so I thought I’d give it a try.
I am so glad that I did as it has changed mine and my …