Can Diaspora, an open-source social networking project developed by NYU students, justify the hype it’s received? Maybe, but it’ll be tough.

Nielsen reports that Americans are spending more time on social networks. Businesses need to capitalize on that trend to communicate effectively with customers. Social network – Online Communities – Software and Services – United States – Social media

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario—-Gateway today in Canada debuted its newly-updated Gateway NV5 Series of notebooks with new models featuring the latest technology to boost productivity, as well as first-rate cinematic entertainment and seamless social networking capabilities.

Livescribe has outed their latest digital pen, the Livescribe Echo Smartpen , and as well as slimming down from its Pulse predecessor it also has more memory and the addition of social networking support for its recorded notes. Meanwhile, a promised update for this coming fall will bring Paper Tablet, a new feature that turns the Echo into a Wacom-style digital tablet with just a microUSB cable …

(PhysOrg.com) — A Scottish student who became worried about the lack of privacy on sites like Facebook has come up with a solution – he`s developed his own social networking program.