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To many people Twitter is seen as a major part of their life, and the social networking site is like a living thing and needs feeding with content to say alive. The more that you put into it the more you will get back - here are ten tips for you to build your community. … [Read more...]
We can always rely on ChangeWave to offer us a survey just as an important piece of technology is about to be released, which is just what they have done when asking 3,171 consumers about the upcoming Apple iPad. They had asked them if interest with the new tablet device was still high? … [Read more...]
Microsoft is to release two models of cell phones – Pink and Pure - Sharp will make the handsets while Verizon will be the U.S. carrier. The handset will be aimed at teenagers and will come with a host of social media features. Thanks to Engadget they have managed to come across some leaked images … [Read more...]
Social networking was once considered a past time, but now it is a very important tool in the corporate world. Both Facebook and Twitter are used by millions to communicate with people around the world, but is also a beneficial tool for enterprises to target their audience. … [Read more...]
Google Wave has been around for longer than we had first assumed, and the search engine giant has finally got around to turning on email notifications. This feature gives the user the choice of getting email notifications hourly or daily. … [Read more...]
A raid was planned by Israeli military officials on a West Bank village, but had to be called off as one of their combat soldiers decided to go on his Facebook profile and post details of the plan. The Register said that this is according to recent news reports. … [Read more...]
Sony are thought to be working on a new gaming device and handset rolled into one, the PSP phone. The consumer electronics giant have certainly set themselves a hard target, and that is to compete with not only the Apple iPhone but the upcoming iPad as well. … [Read more...]
We reported a couple of days ago that Twitter would reach 10 billion Tweets; well we can report that the social networking site has achieved this great milestone. Mashable had been keeping an eye on the count by using Gigatweet’s counter, but that service went down due to high volume traffic. … [Read more...]
We have heard many cases where people have been targeted by fraudsters on Facebook. The latest to have an account setup without their knowledge is Micah Richards; this latest in a long line of scams has a number of photos of the soccer star without his permission. … [Read more...]
Apple as always have not been offering many details about its iPad and who they will be partnering with, but we can tell you that the Wall Street Journal will be just one app available for the tablet device.The latest Apple gadget should be released later this month, so we will have first hand … [Read more...]
One of the most popular web browsers is Firefox, which I have been using for years. I know that Google Chrome and Safari are much faster now, but I have got used to the features and add-ons that Mozilla offer. Web-developers also agree with me, but what are the 10 most popular add-ons for them. … [Read more...]
A study has been released by comScore that shows how much social media access via mobile phones has increased. Both Facebook and Twitter have become much more popular thanks to the latest smartphones, making it easier to update while on the move. … [Read more...]
Google seems to be moving at a fast rate when it comes offering new feature updates for its phone software. The latest features on Google Android 2.0 is the addition of Gesture Search, which the search engine giant are calling “experimental”, we have to wonder if this feature is wanted and will … [Read more...]
There is no denying that cell phone networks are coming under increasing pressure from user demand, just yesterday Verizon suffered a national data outage in the U.S, which Product Reviews reported. The service is now working again fully, but Twitter has to play a small part in this. … [Read more...]
For years the Oscars have been the talk of Hollywood on TV, radio and the Internet. It is on the Internet where all the latest news can be updated the quickest, but it is on social media websites such as Twitter who will see the most traffic. The micro-blog is the best place to go if you want to … [Read more...]
Google Buzz is the latest social media service and is aimed at other services such as Twitter. A new app called Buzzie has since been released for the iPhone and allows users to buzz conversations in their local area; you do not even have to log in. … [Read more...]
For those of you who have a Twitter account and also own an Apple iPhone, you will be pleased to learn that there is now a dedicated App available for you on the iTunes App Store. The new application has been developed to make it much easier to monitor your Tweets. … [Read more...]
The economy is a strange thing, one moment it is getting back on its feet and the next things seem to slow down again. However, the one constant is the thriving virtual economy such as Facebook games. It certainly seems strange to part with money for a product that you never physically own. … [Read more...]
We all know how competitive the Sat Nav market is, but Sygic believes that they have found a niche in the market with the release of Aura with added social networking tools.The new system uses an interface much like Google Earth and uses the Aura maps that are licensed from Tele Atlas, owned by … [Read more...]
Nokia unveiled to the world the C5 smartphone, which has been designed to work in conjunction with Facebook, thanks to its social networking features. The handset is both affordable and easy to use, costing just $256 (€135) and will be available in Q2 2010. … [Read more...]
When it comes to Parents and teachers communicating with each, it is no secret that things are a little formal, which is why both parties would like to use social media networks. This will results in less formal situation, making it much easier for both to communicate. … [Read more...]
Twitter seems to be reaching milestones much quicker these days, last year the micro-blog reached 1 billion Tweets, four months ago that number stood at 5 billion. Now Tweets have reached an amazing 10 billion, which they should reach at some point tomorrow. … [Read more...]
Back in January it was all about the iPad, now that the hype is over it is time for Apple to concentrate on its rumored new iPhone 4G, which is expected to be launched in June or July 2010. No matter where you go websites are talking about what the expectations are for this new smartphone, such as … [Read more...]
As we well know Apple is in continued talks with a number of major record labels in the hope of offering user support for online cloud storage for iTunes. We have since learned that the iPhone maker is now in talks with movie studios to offer the same cloud storage for films as well. … [Read more...]
Much has been spoken about when it comes to Facebook, but who would have thought that it would turn into a company turning over between $1 billion and $1.1 billion by the end of the year. This is the figure that Mashable are discussing, much larger than the Wall Street estimate of $710 million a few … [Read more...]
