ReadWriteWeb
Twitter turned on its long-awaited Geolocation API today, meaning that users can opt-in to having their messages annotated with their exact locations. The significance of this is made clear by comparing it with last week's release of 500 million time-stamped Twitter messages for analysis."You take this data, mash it up wi (Read More)
mashable
About a year ago, Google launched Chrome, their super fast, open source web browser. Since then it has grabbed just over three and a half percent of the world’s web browser market, according to Net Applications. That’s not bad, but still puts Chrome firmly in fourth place behind Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. One (Read More)
FriendFeed - gregsantos
Filed under: Humor, Entertainment, TechThanks to Facebook, mobile devices and impaired judgment, we're only a few seconds (and clicks) away from staining our entire extended social network! That's piece of mind in your pocket. To make sure you never appear on Facebook Fails, follow our how-not-to guide of the five most comm (Read More)
FriendFeed - gregsantos
TweetMeme, the popular site that highlights the hottest links distributed on Twitter, is working on a new feature that will soon be opened up to all users - a dedicated channel that shows the links you have posted to your Twitter account, how often they have been retweeted, who the original sender was, and the most popular (Read More)
Smashing Magazine
Redesigning a website is a big job (needless to say) and should be handled with care. Many of us with a portfolio, blog or other website have probably thought about a redesign or at least know we need one. For many designers, though, that redesign never comes. As big and important as it is, the job can turn into a hugel (Read More)
bub.blicio.us
As I covered last week at PR 2.0, Twitter is slowly rolling out its Beta feature network-wide. Seems that I was included in the next wave of account updates. Here’s a screenshot of what you’ll see…(above)The text reads as follows:Hi there, you’re part of a beta group receiving this feature, which means you may start seeing (Read More)
Mashable!
One of the core philosophies of Google, and one of the reasons it has been so successful, is efficiency. It’s about both being as efficient as possible when serving search results and processing data and creating product that push the limits of efficiency for the user (as an example, Google’s trying to make communication m (Read More)
mashable
Twitter’s spree of partnerships isn’t stopping anytime soon. Late last month, Microsoft and Twitter struck a search deal to integrate Twitter within Bing. Mere hours later, Google struck back with its own search deal with Twitter. Now there’s a new Twitter partnership launching tonight. This one is between Twitter and Li (Read More)
zlabs
The most recent collection of creative blog designs was featured here on Smashing Magazine back in July. Only three months have passed and we’ve got a new dose of inspiration for you. Beautiful and sophisticated designs are constantly appearing on the Web; creative activity is in non-stop mode, despite global economic s (Read More)
Download Squad
Filed under: Developer, Social SoftwareFacebook Chat has been a bit slow to catch on. Since it's been relegated to being opened from the web in a Facebook Tab, it hasn't been able to compete with chat services that have their own dedicated clients, like AIM, MSN and Yahoo. Although some third-party apps - like Adium - have (Read More)