The Microsoft Messenger project has found there is an average of 6.6 degrees of separation among people, at least when it comes to users of their instant messenger (IM) service. The Microsoft Messenger project, which was presented at a technical conference in Beijing in April, went further. "To our knowledge, this is the first time a planetary-scale social network has been available to validate the well-known ‘6 degrees of ... Read full entry

Twitter lets staff "trigger nuclear option" on bosses Toxic bosses are running out of places to hide with the rise of instant communication services such as Twitter, and information sharing sites like eBossWatch, said Mark Pesce at the REMIX08 conference in Sydney yesterday. Giving the keynote of Microsoft's REMIX08 conference in Sydney today, Pesce said that thanks to services such as Twitter, employees can instantly relay bad ... Read full entry