All the stories tagged with social networks
Twitter glitch does away with all your followers
05/10/2010, A glitch in Twitter has wiped out all the followers of your Twitter account, which will definitely break the hearts and hurt the egos of those who have gained a large following over time, with the number of followers being [...]
Microsoft Kin One and Two Pricing, Specs and Release Date
05/04/2010, We gave you an early peek at the upcoming Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two phones, and we told you that they were coming on Verizon’s network this month. Well, the time has come and we have the details about [...]
Microsoft Kin Cloud Phones Launched
04/12/2010, Microsoft has just launched its new phone service called Kin, along with two devices, named Kin 1 (Kin 1 photo gallery) and Kin 2 (Kin 2 photo gallery). The idea was to create a phone for heavy texters and those [...]
Loopt Revamped iPhone App with Pulse Feature
03/17/2010, [SXSW] At SXSW, I met with Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO, of Loopt, a location-based social networking site, and he showed me the new Loopt app for the iPhone. Loopt introduced its new Pulse button that allows SXSW attendees to [...]
Sobees For SXSW and MIX10
03/12/2010, [SXSW] I saw Sobees for the first time at DEMO 09, it is a social sites networks aggregator that looked pretty good when I saw the demo, it offered a monetization model via brand sponsorship. Today, the company launched Sobees [...]
Nokia C5 Goes Official
03/02/2010, Nokia has officially taken the wraps off its C5 smartphone, which is geared towards social networking and sharing. Considering that social networking is one of the features of this phone, it’s no surprise to see that access to social networking [...]
Google Buzz unveiled
02/09/2010, As expected, Gmail has a brand new toy for us to play with – Google Buzz. Google Buzz is a brand new way to start conversations about stuff that interests you, while sharing various updates such as photos and videos [...]
Google flexes muscles against social networks
02/09/2010, Google isn’t going to let the popularity of social networking just pass by them without doing anything about it – word has it that the Internet search giant is taking on Facebook and Twitter on their own turf, thanks to [...]
Vimeo also supports HTML5 video
01/22/2010, YouTube isn’t the only one to play nice with HTML5, as Vimeo also ensures its library is compatible with HTML5 video. Bear in mind that HTML5 video will function in Safari and Chrome browsers only at point of publishing, although [...]
Bill Gates hits the Twitter scene
01/20/2010, At long last, Bill Gates has created a Twitter account with his first tweet paying tribute to basic programming – “‘Hello World.’ Hard at work on my foundation letter — publishing on 1/25.” Bill continued with “Thanks to you and [...]
Facebook Partners With McAfee To Offer Security Software
01/15/2010, If you’re currently evaluating antivirus software for your computer, you might want to take note that Facebook has partnered with McAfee to offer all of its 350 million users free security software for a 6-month period. It’s good to see [...]
Peek to receive Facebook updates
12/28/2009, Looks like the Peek will be jumping aboard the social networking bandwagon as well, with it receiving Facebook updates in due time. Do you think this will enhance the Peek’s desirability as a device considering the extremely niche market it [...]
MySpace Suite of API’s Leveraging Real-time Updates
12/09/2009, [LeWeb] Today, Mike Jones, Chief Operating Officer at MySpace, spoke at LeWeb to announce the new suite of open API’s that include: Real-Time Stream API: gives push access to the full MySpace activity stream to third party sites in real-time, [...]
