social networking

Google Apps Priority Inbox Review

by Mike Mansell September 2, 2010
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As anyone who follows my articles knows, Google Apps is one of my favorite Google products.  The other day, I logged into my webmail for my personal domain (hosted on Google Apps), and was pleasantly surprised to see a new feature; the Priority Inbox.  While simple enough in concept, the “priority inbox” seems like a [...]

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Google Gearing Up to Enter Social Networking?

by Mike Mansell August 7, 2010
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Yesterday Google announced their purchase of Slide; a company that develops technology and software for social networks such as MySpace. In the post on the Official Google Blog yesterday, Google’s engineering director, David Glazer, stated that the acquisition would help in “building a more social web”, a term Mark Zuckerberg, CEO/Founder of Facebook often uses. [...]

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If Zuckerberg Is Smart Facebook Will Acquire Diaspora

by Jeff Weisbein July 21, 2010
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Facebook just officially announced that they have reached 500 million users.  Diaspora is currently in pre-alpha stages, but as we wrote, it definitely has some potential to revolutionize privacy.  Even Mark Zuckerberg reportedly pledged money to the Diaspora project.  That’s great and all, but will Diaspora really catch on?  Even if it does gain some [...]

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Review: Twitter for BlackBerry

by Mike Mansell June 6, 2010
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Almost two months ago, Twitter released an official BlackBerry application.  While I wasn’t much of a Twitter user at the time, my use of the service has been gradually increasing, and recently I decided to look into mobile solutions for the popular micro-blogging service.  At first, I was inclined to simply enable SMS (text messaging) [...]

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iPad App Review: Twittelator

by Adam Landreneau May 2, 2010
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I know for sure that many of you that read this blog are on Twitter. At this time, there is always a way you can send out a tweet whether it be from the web, a desktop application, a mobile app, etc. If you are looking for an absolutely fantastic app for the Apple iPad, [...]

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Twitter Releases Official BlackBerry App

by Jeff Weisbein April 9, 2010
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Twitter just announced that they have released an official BlackBerry Twitter app.  The app, which of course, is a free download can be found here.  This is interesting news coming from Twitter.  Mainly because to date, Twitter hasn’t had any official apps either on the desktop or mobile side of things.  Its just been a [...]

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Foursquare’s Key to Success

by Jeff Weisbein April 7, 2010
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I’ve been promoting foursquare for a number of months now.  I’ve gotten a number of people to sign up and use the service, too.  Many of them even have become what you would call “foursquare addicts” – people who play the game and are constantly checking in to places they visit in hopes of achieving [...]

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Review: The Digg iPhone App

by Kevin Nunez March 30, 2010
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It’s finally here: the Digg iPhone App [iTunes Link] was released the other day. There has been a lot of hype over it, to the point where some companies are giving away iPads celebrating the release of the Digg app. I usually don’t use Digg – as a matter of fact I didn’t get a [...]

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How To: Control Who Can See What’s on Your Facebook Profile

by Mike Mansell March 29, 2010
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With over three-hundred and fifty million users, there is no doubt that Facebook is a huge useful social networking tool.  I personally find that Facebook makes it incredibly easy to keep in touch with friends and colleagues alike.  Thus, it is no surprise that many of Facebook’s users intentionally share a wealth of information via [...]

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5 Things I Hate About Twitter

by Jeff Weisbein March 12, 2010
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There are many lists and reviews out there praising Twitter and how great it is, listing the numerous reasons you should be on it.  While I think Twitter is a great service and has its many uses, there are five things I absolutely hate about Twitter.  These five things need to be improved and/or fixed [...]

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