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Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. These social networks we all know. However, they are not the only social networks striving for your attention. Memeburn’s already looked ...
Eran Hammer-Lahav, who served as the editor for the core OAuth specification, says that a cautionary tale came earlier this year when a social-networking site called Quechup used its access to e ...
A Google search about Quechup yields this as the top result: "Are You Getting Quechup Spammed?" The positive outcome of this nasty incident has been twofold.
Microsoft will force users of its aged MSN Messenger instant messaging software to upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.1 in response to a vulnerability in the older program that was made public ...
IndexHad an invite from Quechup? You're not the only one. Quechup has been a getting a lot of backs up in the last week or because of its "trust-abusing" sign-up invitations. I received an invite ...
But Quechup, in a very slippery move, apparently made that decision for them. As this CNET post shows, the company did offer somewhat of vague warning: “Choose the address book with the most ...
Google ponders adding social networking features to Google Reader. Yahoo is weighing its social networking stance as CEO Jerry Yang cooks up the company's strategy.
My last blog post (Quechup.com -- online dating gone spammy) hit a nerve with the company's VP Glenn Fine, who fired off a email accusing me of 'cut and paste journalism' and threatening to call ...
Since the outcry, Quechup has modified its ‘viral’ techniques somewhat. The ‘Who do you know on Quechup?’ page now warns you that “by inviting contacts you confirm you have consent from ...
Lately I've been getting invites to a new social network called Quechup. I'm already a member of too many social networks, so to be honest I've ignored these requests. But it seems Quechup has ...
Updated: Social networking site Quechup's viral marketing looks to many members like spam.