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In the Web world, you know that a trend has major traction when IBM is all over it. Like any big Internet company, Big Blue is careful about which trends it latches onto. It took a good couple of years until I spotted them at the Web 2.0 conference, for example. And that's fair enough, due to the size of the company and the (Read More)
Submitted by Gridsix
from Digg:
"The official website for Raven Software's upcoming 'Wolfenstein' has gone live. Behind an age gate you will find all manner of media from trailers to screens. The game looks extremely impressive and we can't wait to fill the boots of William 'B.J.' Blazkowicz once again. Look for Wolfenstein this Summer on the Xbox 360, Wi (Read More)
KillerStartups.com - all
What it doesYou might be hooked on Twitter or not, and you might think it is either groundbreaking or not that exciting for any reason or the other, but the figures when it comes to actual usage speak for themselves. There are over 8 million users scattered all over the globe, and that is a crowd that will appeal to absolut (Read More)
: Wait, doesn't Mosio do the same thing? I tried it a few years ago and it was basically a bunch of college students asking, and answering, a series of inane questions about meaningless trivia. Won't this be more of the same?
: I didn't realize that Facebook had passed Myspace. The graph makes it look like Facebook is smoking everyone. I also thought Twitter would have been third. My guess is that Twitter will be in the top 2 by this time next year.
: I thought twitter would be up higher. Interesting that MySpace is lowering - too many kids, I guess. Are the baby boomers taking over social networking??
Submitted by Rita012:
Realtime connectivity. Twitter is an ever evolving tool. It is more than just 140 characters. This is a true communication network. Twitter as a media is still growing. And, the "use cases" continue to grow. (Read More)
: yes, as twitter becomes more mainstream, the power of the network will reveal more and more uses. we are seeing this happen already. twitter has gone from 1MM users to 8MM users in one year. lets see what happens next!
: I hope Twitter become global as soon as people in Europe and Asia start using, but unfortunately presently we know only in North America about this great tool.
: I agree and use twitter when I am out and about to send people to my blog or any important information that comes through my network. Twitter is how I also communicate with my boy's when I am traveling too. Great Tool!
Mashable!
Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 09), and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.Looking for a job? Consider creating your own. There are a number of social resources to help you connect with other entrepreneurs and get your business ideas off t (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
Over the past couple of days, Facebook has been rolling out a revamped home page to all its users which delivers several major changes including real-time updates, new filtering controls, a new share box (called "the Publisher"), and an area that highlights some of the more important updates from your stream. However, for p (Read More)
FriendFeed Blog
We've just added a friend importer for Twitter so you can easily find and subscribe to your Twitter friends who are already on FriendFeed.You may already have won! Your Twitter friends could already be using FriendFeed! Find them today!We're looking forward to extending this capability to more services. As always please let (Read More)
Logic+Emotion
Community and collaboration are wonderful things.Fourteen great minds on social media have shared thoughts on what 2009 may have in store for us. Â Here's some of what they're thinking:
"Although it is now cheaper to launch an initiative leveraging Web 2.0 technology - it requires qualified and passionate people to make them (Read More)
Submitted by Sarahcrisman
from blog:
I decided to do a video post today because, frankly, I'm too excited to type. This blog is my thought space, and my current thoughts needed to be chattered. The good Juju I'm experiencing I believe to have been borne... (Read More)
Submitted by Solacetech:
Soon, anyone with a Facebook account will soon be able to use it as login for micro-blogging service Twitter, we've learned.That's because Twitter is at this very moment working on an integration with Facebook Connect -- the service that allows Facebook members to login to third-party Web sites using their Facebook account. (Read More)
: Serious? Ok, so combine that with the fact that Google just announced Twitter is coming to Google Connect. Does that mean you can use that as a workaround to login to Google Connect using your Facebook account??? :)
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
If you're a big SMS user, you've no doubt encountered this situation: you're sitting at your desk in front of your computer, you get an SMS message, you pick up your phone and respond. The conversation continues as you hack away on your handset keyboard, making typos and resorting to l33t speak to convey your message. All t (Read More)
: If you send two SMS to a phone and get no response you're locked out in sending any more until that individual responds. It's much more of a two way street in order to be effective.
ReadWriteWeb
It's a well-known fact that our readers are on the cutting - if not bleeding - edge of technology. But sometimes, it's important to take a step back and realize that the apps to which we've grown so incredibly accustomed are just barely beginning to register with the general public. With the Top 10 Consumer Apps of 2008, we (Read More)