pages to which they can upload images, videos and
music. It has built a lot of its popularity around its music services. There are said to
be over three million bands and musicians registered on it, trying to attract a fan base from the 200 million registered accounts.
Facebook allow anyone to develop applications and run them on Facebook - without charging them. Facebook users able to play each other at Scrabble and Chess, compare each others’ tastes and send ‘virtual gifts’, among any number of new ideas vying for attention.
VKontakte is a Russian social network service popular in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. VK offers a striking similarity in design and functionality to its US rival Facebook, and as such has been described as a "Facebook clone“. Like Facebook, VK allows users to message contacts publicly or privately, create groups and events, share and tag images and video, and play browser-based games.