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When it comes to the fastest mobile data network, Sprint wins that contest hands down with its 4G WiMAX service. AT&T and Verizon can only dream of offering their customers this fast service, but are still working hard on LTE, their WiMax equivalent. … [Read more...]
Social Media site Twitter turned four yesterday, we are certain that many of those working at Twitter had a few drinks to celebrate. Mashable thought that now is the perfect opportunity to ask how Twitter has changed your life? … [Read more...]
For years experts have been advising us that the best way to find a job is by pulling yourself away from your computer and getting out. However, one expert said that although this is true – you should make the most out of social media and the tools that come with it. … [Read more...]
NASA are at the top of their game when it comes to technology, so comes as no surprise to learn that they have embraced social media. This was evident with how fast NASA uploaded all of its Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity details on to Facebook – this led to a number of other space probes … [Read more...]
Adobe has made available the next generation software for integration of Twitter, Facebook, MySpaceID and LinkedIn - Adobe Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion Builder. This latest software makes it easier than ever to build multi-platform rich Internet applications. … [Read more...]
Apple knows that social media is about to move up a gear – which is why the current iPhone and maybe the rumored iPhone 4G / HD will come with ‘iGroups’ application. While digging, PatentlyApple noticed that Apple has applied for a new patent, Product-reviews has been explaining just how the … [Read more...]
When buying a home, we rely so much on out real estate agent but with the ever-growing popularity of social media, how realtors work is about to change. If you are in the market for purchasing a home in the future, then visiting social networking sites will be part of that process. … [Read more...]
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, has a new start-up business, and is a platform for him to promote charitable efforts. The new company is called Jumo, which was launched 4 days ago as a non-profit organization that aims to help people find their way in the world. … [Read more...]
Twitter will celebrate its fourth birthday later today, but would co-founders Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey ever have thought that their baby would have become one of the most popular social media sites in the world? … [Read more...]
We have touched on the subject many times about how Facebook has grown to more than just friends and family talking to each other. The social media site is the perfect platform to launch a new business or to help spread the word of a well established business. … [Read more...]
It is no secret that Digg has lost some of its spark – not that the social voting site is not any good, it is just the likes of Twitter and Facebook have taken the world by storm. However, Digg aims to step things up a gear by becoming a hub for sharing links on the Internet. … [Read more...]
For those who wish to learn all about social media and the marketing aspects that go with it, then the B2B Marketing series is worth a read. This has been supported by the MarketingProfs B2B Forum, which you can register for. … [Read more...]
DISH Network reseller, Sterling Satellite has managed to crack on to the lucrative social media market. The satellite company shared with users an infographic, which looked at the viewing habits of the public in the U.S. – they called this "TV Viewership by the Numbers." … [Read more...]
Amazon knows that they need to offer something special to help sales of its eBook reader – Kindle. Strangle this secret weapon is the Mac; a new application allows you to read eBooks on your Apple computer – even the ones that you have purchased from Amazon themselves. … [Read more...]
Who would ever have imaged that you would be able to use stargaze with the use of Bing Map’s street level view? This newly developed application allows you to locate and recognize planets, constellations and other objects while gazing in the sky at night. … [Read more...]
When it comes to website traffic figures – it is often hard to know how much we should trust them. This is just the case with the recent traffic estimates for Facebook and Twitter, it seems that Facebook did not pass Google for traffic as it had been suggested. … [Read more...]
Whenever you visit social media websites the one thing that users want from you is your location, as a result, location-based services has been the main topic at the South by Southwest Interactive conference. These services that we talk about are actually apps and will make it easier for you to … [Read more...]
Facebook are working hard to help improve its user experience, one way to do this is by opening up data. The social networking site is to launch some new enhancements to do just that – these will help you get the relevant profile, event and page when you run a search. … [Read more...]
Google Wave is already taking the Internet by storm – it had got of to a poor start with a number of problems, but these have now been rectified. While attending the Social Media World Forum I had heard someone say how big Google Wave will become – there seems to be no stopping the search engine … [Read more...]
Today is day 2 of the Social Media World Forum 2010 and will take a close look at the key role of Social Media monetization. This includes how to generate opportunities and revenues for advertisers when it comes to Social Networks. … [Read more...]
The Social Media World Forum begins tomorrow, March 15 and will run until March 16 in London, UK. For those attending you will get to learn all there is about social media – yes this is more than just Facebook and Twitter. … [Read more...]
Google aims to offer you the best features with their Google Wave program, this is evident with these latest extensions gallery. For those who have not given Wave a go yet – you are missing out on a browser-based app that is something in middle of an email with IM, throwing in document sharing for … [Read more...]
Twitter have certainly moved up a gear when it comes to offering a better service to its users – this is evident with the recent inclusion of a Google Maps plugin. The new feature will be applied each time you Tweet somebody, this is according to a report from Only Kent. … [Read more...]
Facebook had said a few months back that they were considering installing a panic button – the mother of murdered English teen Ashleigh Hall is now asking the social networking site to do so now. The mother wishes Facebook to offer a link to Child Exploitation Online Protection Unit (CEOP). … [Read more...]
Barracuda Labs has been studying how Twitter comes up with its stats – the results show that the users are not very active. In the study the security firm looked at the 19 million or so ~Twitter accounts to try to understand how these users use the micro-blogging service. … [Read more...]
