20 Safe and Interactive Social Networks for Kids

Social Networking Sites today have become such a huge part of our culture that it’s no surprise kids too would want to connect with their friends via social networks. But you know these sites are not appropriate (or even safe) for your child, whether he be 5 years old or 12 as they contain content not supposed to be suitable for children. So today’s biggies in social networking have set the minimum eligibility age to 13, 14, 16 or even 18 years. But when you see the world today, everything is computerized, so why deprive your child from getting a feel of the connected world; why deprive him/her from being introduced to the web. So over the years, a lot of sites claiming to provide social networking features for kids have fortunately come up but who would you trust (or should you trust) so that your child can enjoy social networking in a interactive way beneficial to his academic Continue reading

Top Indian Social Networking Sites you should join

Many Indian Social Networking Sites came into existence as early as the giant Social Networks were just being planned but none could top the list. Yet there are some Indian Social Networking Sites today which are trying to carve their names among the giants. In this post I have listed 7 Indian Social Networking Sites built mainly to cater to the people in India. In the days of Facebook and Twitter, you might think that the Indian Social Networking Sites do not get much traffic, but this is not the case. Some of the sites here are ranked high and get millions of hits in a month. Continue reading

Pinterest and its comparison with various social networks

Facebook might be sitting comfortably on top of the social networking pyramid, but the new kid in town, Pinterest is trying hard to pull it back and is raising serious concerns about Facebook’s lofty ambitions. In today’s world, you can’t find a substitute to Facebook but Pinterest’s sudden rise to popularity isn’t good news for the great “Facebook”. In this post I am in no mood to bring out a direct comparison between the two but I just want to bring Pinterest in front of various social networks and see where it stands. Continue reading