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Social Networking

Are You Buzzing?

02.11.2010
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The big NEW thing bombarding the intertubes in every way at the moment is Google Buzz. From what I understand, this social networking service, connects you to your Google contacts list, in order of preference. Well maybe not preference, frequency of contact! As always it rolls out a bit late, to take advantage of the [...]

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Marketing and the Internet! NOISE

01.13.2010
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Internet marketing is becoming all pervading, obviously with the right strategy in place, it makes people and companies money. Is it an imposition then, to embed advertising into apps, and even further, certain devices via file formats. Marketing ploys like these, are an annoyance, and maybe they drive users to buy the full app, in [...]

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Twitter is tWonky, is there hope?

11.14.2009
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For what has been a simple and useable service, Twitter has been introducing features, changes, that have hamstrung it in various ways recently. Or have they? Remember when Facebook did a redesign, and there was a huge uproar, well in the end people got used to it and moved on. In the last couple of [...]

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Google Reader gets even more Sociable!

10.23.2009
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Google reader is without a doubt the best RSS reader for mobile devices, the UI is sharp and simple, providing all of the core functions of the Browser application. It is the perfect compliment to the desktop deployment of Reader.
Recently though there have been some changes sneaking into Google Reader, expanding it’s functionality as a [...]

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Google Vs Facebook Vs Twitter, Real Time Search

08.17.2009
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Real time search is the next big talking point in search engine technology. An article at Mashable today, really started me thinking about why and how, real time search tech, would influence the social media/networking world.
Just over a year ago, Twitter acquired a small startup, Summize, a search engine for tweets. Once the deal was [...]

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Social Media Incest? or face fed friend book!

08.11.2009
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Totally surprising today was Facebook’s acquisition of Friendfeed. Both services that I use, on a daily basis. All be it on a third party basis. I tweet quite regularly, my Twitter feed updates my Facebook status and my Freindfeed status, and Friendfeed then updates my Twitter status. It is a convoluted and tenuous relationship.
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Social Mayhem

08.07.2009
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As has been reported, ad infinitum today, many social networking sites have been under attack, by hackers, apparently? There still doesn’t seem to be one positively refutable source for the cause of the disruption, but it has affected many social sites. I’m even writing this as I wait for an anti-virus scan to complete. I [...]

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