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We’ve seen a number of Twitter tools for scheduling future tweets, shortening URLs, and tracking click-thrus. But BrightKit (not to be confused with the location-aware app BrightKite) is the sleekest we’ve seen yet, making it worth a mention.What makes BrightKit special is its beautiful interface for managing multiple Twit (Read More)
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You know it's a new era when a US Presidential candidate plans to make a major announcement using a new technology. The campaign of Barack Obama has announced on the blog for its social network that it will be announcing Obama's Vice Presidential running mate first by mobile text message and email. John McCain doesn't even (Read More)
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In my last post I wrote that I’d just discovered that StumbleUpon had banned me.I’m happy to announce that 1 hour and 44 minutes after posting that - I was unbanned.How did it happen? I put it down to Social Media. Here’s the story:I had a number of people Tweet me 30 or so minutes before I posted my last (Read More)
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There’s a text message-based service having its public (beta) debut today. It’s called Tagga. It’s pretty interesting, though a bit difficult to understand at first. Maybe that’s because its functions seem a bit disconnected. Here, I’ll explain.Tagga can perhaps best be described as a bridge. A bridge that can take you in a (Read More)
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fireworks always freaked out my grandma. wondering if its hereditary minus the fact she has legitimate reasons and i just hate crowds. (Read More)
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The social web is the part of the internet where people socialize and interact with each other. It can be as simple as forums but the social web has come to embody a limitless number of tools from instant messaging to blogs to micro-blogs to social networks to lifestreaming services and more. (Read More)
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This report outlines key findings from surveys that explored factors that drive online experience as expressed by the three different subject groups – nonprofit organizations and cities, web designers and firms, and the general public. (Read More)
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: "a girl was punched in the face and nine people were arrested after a Facebook party in one of Britain's most famous royal parks descended into violence. A 'play fight' in Hyde Park had been advertised on the social networking site, attracting about 300 teenagers. But the event's mood turned dark as gangs wielding knives threatened the public and even forced passing child riders off their horses."
Crazy british teens. There actually have been a lot of articles recently about how British teens are more violent than ever. Any Brits care to discuss?
Submitted by Nalei:
ood news for video publishers: Online video viewers are, for the most part, still watching as much TV and seeing as many movies on DVD and in theaters as ever. (Read More)