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Google Plus Taking a Nose-Dive Already?

by Mike Mansell July 29, 2011

It seems that users have been fed up with Facebook and Twitter for nearly as long as each respective service has been around, and if only in day-dreams I think it’s safe to say that just about everyone has wished for the “perfect” social network to come along at one point or another. After opening its doors as an invite-only service on June 28th, yesterday officially marked the one month milestone for Google Plus.

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How To: Set Up Facebook Video Calling on Lion

by Keaton Taylor July 6, 2011

You might have heard that Facebook announced Video Calling with the help of Skype on their service today. You might have also noticed that if you are running a pre-release version of Mac OS X Lion it simply does not work. In reality the Facebook video calling feature will work on Lion but is blocked due to the unofficial nature of Mac OS X Lion. Below are a few simple steps to get Facebook Video Calling working on any modern browser in Mac OS X Lion.

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Facebook to Hit the High-Note on Music: MySpace to Lose Big?

by Mike Mansell June 21, 2011

While the once-popular social network MySpace has declined significantly in recent years with the uprising of more popular social media sites such as Twitter and sites like Facebook, the site has managed to hold on to one audience; the music industry. But now it is becoming apparent that MySpace may soon lose that strongpoint.

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Schmidt Admits Fault for Failing Google’s Social Potential

by Mike Mansell June 2, 2011

When it comes to the Internet, it seems that there isn’t an avenue that Google has yet to conquer or doesn’t have its sights on already. With grass-roots originating in the search and information field, Google’s technological accomplishments and growing reputation for consumer and business focused cloud services has allowed the company to become one [...]

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Should Children Under 13 Be Allowed on Facebook?

by Mike Mansell May 24, 2011

If Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook gets his way, the COPPA could quite possibly be a thing of the past; or at very least Facebook could get exemption from the act. While we haven’t seen anyone step up to support Zuck’s desires thus far, this news makes it very apparent that the social networking website is looking to expand upon a larger and younger audience. Why? Zuck has recently been put on the record arguing that doing so would benefit education by implementing better peer-based collaboration systems.

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Google and Facebook In Talks to Acquire Skype

by Jeff Weisbein May 5, 2011

Both Google and Facebook are in early talks with Skype about a possible acquisition or joint venture according to a report by Reuters. The deal could be valued at $3 billion to $4 billion. Skype is slated to do an IPO in the second half of 2011 in which it expects raise about $1 billion. A Skype [...]

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What Is OAuth and How Can it Make the Internet Safer?

by Keaton Taylor March 24, 2011

Over the last few months I’ve been working on discovering the functionality of the OAuth standard. OAuth (Open Authorization) is an open standard for authorization. It allows users to share their private resources (e.g. photos, videos, contact lists) stored on one site with another site without having to hand out their credentials, typically a username and password. So [...]

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Facebook Launches Mobile Interface for Baseline Phones

by Mike Mansell January 20, 2011

It seems as if every time we as consumers turn around, manufactures are releasing new and improved smartphones; more feature-rich and power-packed than the ones they released only a matter of days before. However, with the constant innovations that the smartphone industry is making it is sometimes easy to forget about the non-smart phones that are still sold day-in [...]

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