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Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long Tail

Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long TailLooks interesting, but let's take a closer look before we leapThis looks very interesting, however I am not sure whether giving google access to all my members would be a good idea. I will have to test it out...

Tags: Friend Connect, long tail, Google Inc., social networking, network

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Google kicks off its Facebook ground war

Updated: Google on Monday outlined its Google Friend Connect, a service that promises to insert social features into any application and any site. Sound familiar? It is. MySpace has its friend connect service and Facebook has its version. Add it up and you have...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Site, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long Tail

In case you didn't think Google wanted to be a big player on the Social Web -- Orkut, Google Talk and shared items in Google Reader aside -- the search giant revealed an ambitious new strategy today: 'Friend Connect' is a platform designed to help the 'long tail' of sites...

Tags: Long Tail, Google Inc., Network, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Additional Resources

Organic Social Networks, the Yankees and....Wha'? (UPDATE: WE WON OUR 27TH WORLD SERIES!)

Needless to say, being a Yankees fan of the entirely driven and committed sort, I'm biting every nail on my hands off and frankly, if I could reach my feet, would go at those nails too (Ugh.). I do that every time that the Yankees are in the playoffs or...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Twitter Inc., CRM, Games, Social Networking, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Kodak 5250

The ESP 5250 is Kodak's latest upgrade to last year's ESP 5 all-in-one AIO, which should be obvious from the almost identical design. Aside from looks, the printer does make improvements to print quality and most notably, output speed, but the printer still isn't perfect--it's missing an auto-document feeder and...

Tags: Scanners, Printers, Monitors & displays, Eastman Kodak Co., ESP 5, ESP, scanner, printer

Product reviews 2009-10-29

Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever

Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Netbooks may not be for everyone, but they're peachy in Ed

No netbooks hereI'm at a campus with 2000 students, have not seen a netbook yet.Students have to do a LOT of typing for papers, and need a full size keyboard.RE: Netbooks may not be for everyone, but they're peachy in EdOur children are experienced users and will not be happy...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?

Re:Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?My company is deeply involved in the production of visual materials for the scientific, technical and medical post-secondary education marketplace and they are just dying for a tool such as this for use in the classroom. With a solid customer base here, Apple can...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, PC, tablet, Apple Inc., keyboard, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice

Here's Google's response to AT&T's charges that Voice discriminates against users in certain, expensive locations. Google's argument: yes, the common carrier system is broken and should be fixed so that local carriers can't rip off common carriers for outrageous connection fees. >Under the common carrier laws, AT&T...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Voice, AT&T Corp., Carrier, Google Voice, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Yoono Desktop 6.2 (Mac)

Yoono is an easy to use application that allows you to connect to all your social networks and instant messaging services - in one place. Get all your friend updates, update your own status, and easily share stuff with your friends. Stay Connected Connect to all your social...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Network, Yoono, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Software downloads 2009-09-04

USB 'SuperSpeed' 3.0 logos to appear on certified devices

In 3 Years, Apple Will Take Credit For ItOne of my FanBoy friends, who died a couple years ago, swore that Apple invented the USB. Not really any different than Apple's commercial advertising now.Oh well, give me more speed, no matter what !Sweet...been waiting for USB 3.0 to hit the...

Tags: USB, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Yoono Desktop 1.0 (Windows)

Yoono is an easy to use application that allows you to connect to all your social networks and instant messaging services--in one place. Get all your friend updates, update your own status, and easily share stuff with your friends. Stay Connected: connect to all your social networks and never miss...

Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, Yoono, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Software downloads 2009-08-26

Facebook Toolbar 1.4.2 (Windows)

Facebook Toolbar integrate your Facebook life into your browser. Search Facebook from anywhere using the 'Search Box' which allows you to easily search Facebook no matter where you are. Select a friend from the dropdown to go directly to their profile, or hit enter to see the search results. Get...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows

Software downloads 2009-08-14

Review: Verizon MiFi 3G access point

I just returned from a family vacation in and around Denver, Seattle and Vancouver more on that later and had the pleasure of toting a Verizon MiFi 2200 with me for the trip. The MiFi is billed as an "intelligent Mobile Hotspot" and is basically a 3G...

Tags: Verizon MiFi, Verizon Communications Inc., Access Point, Wireless LANs, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Wi-Fi, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Briefcase 1.2 (Mobile)

Briefcase is truly iPhone-centric file transfer software. It delivers the most streamlined workflow and greatest number of transfer options - including iPhone to iPhone. Quickly download any type of file or directory to your iPhone. View your files or upload them to a friend's iPhone. It features connect to and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Briefcase, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-13

MyGallery 1.0 (Mobile)

As we could not find a very simple way to access our MobileMe gallery we created MyGallery to allow you to simply view your MobileMe galleries. Just enter your MobileMe username and connect to view the photos you have stored on MobileMe. To view a friend's MobileMe Gallery simply enter...

Tags: Mobile, Apple MobileMe, Xnet Communications, Mobile Operating Systems

Software downloads 2009-08-13

Thwarted by technology

I have a devicethat is still using a serial connection! I finally found a quality serial to USB converter... but I am waiting for it to get here before I pass verdict on it's reliability.Still have two applications that are Windows only... makes it difficult since I have to maintain...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Microsoft Windows, DVD, DVD player

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Security risks of Web 2.0 tools should not be overlooked by enterprises, individuals

Id Theft would be my first concernIf a hacker asked for your name, address, college, company name , profession and a head shot picture, he/she would have a great head start at worming into your identity. That's exactly what people are putting on Facebook and other social sites. I'll pass...

Tags: Facebook, Web 2.0 Tool, Web 2.0, security, Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Aardvark: ask it anything, get an answer in 5 minutes [invites]

If you want an invite to Aardvark, click here. San-Francisco startup Mechanical Zoo is trying to build the ultimate interactive knowledge base. And it's kind of addicting. Once you get started, you will not want to stop. ...

Tags: Friend, Question, Aardvark, Jason Calacanis, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-07-30

SymNAS (Mobile)

You've got a Symbian S60 device with WiFi and some space on its memory. What is stopping you from using it as a wireless file server or NAS-drive (Network-Attached Storage) which you can easily plug into any (home, work, friend's) network to access and manage your phone files directly from...

Tags: Data Storage, Phone, Mobile, Network, Symbian Inc., File Server, Computer, SymNAS 1.00, File Servers, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Management, Productivity, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-25