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Spokeo now a place to track friends

Spokeo, which I profiled at the start of the year, has re-launched its social network aggregator -- taking the unusual but refreshing step of narrowing its focus and actually ditching most of its social features. The end result is a slick application that's much simpler to grasp, and does one...

Tags: Social Networks

Blog posts 2007-07-24

Google Maps goes social; Copyright infringement on YouTube exaggerated? Washingtonpost.com to embrace UGC; Facebook Diaries goes live

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Google Maps goes social. Google Maps has launched a new feature called MyMaps which the company says "makes it quick and easy to create your own custom Google Maps...

Tags: YouTube, The Social Web weekly, Google, Facebook, Video Sharing, Social Networks

Blog posts 2007-04-06

USA Today adds social networking features

The online version of USA Today has undergone a major redesign, adding a bunch of social features to allow readers to create a profile, write a blog, comment and vote on articles, upload images (citizen journalism-style), and send each other messages. The general response throughout the tech-blogosphere has been positive,...

Tags: Blogging, RSS, networking, USA Today, social feature, blog, social networking

Blog posts 2007-03-05

Defining Web 2.0 Social Networking

A definitive definition of a Web 2.0 “Social Network” is as hard to come by as a definitive definition of Web 2.0 itself. Tim Berners-Lee recently noted (see “Evolving from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0”) the seeming futility of encapsulating fluid and amorphous interactive applications into digital sound bites...

Tags: Del.icio.us, bookmark, Web 2.0, Web, network, social feature

Blog posts 2006-10-05

Additional Resources

Girls are as smart as boys, but tests are getting dumber

New research published in the journal Science confirms what all of us teachers have known for a long time: girls are just as smart as boys. I hope none of our tax dollars went into that one. A quick quote from the article before I get into the...

Tags: Test, Teacher, Hyde, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users

Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...

Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook Connect

At this week's F8 08 conference in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explains how changes in the social-networking company's platform will benefit developers, as well as users.

Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Benefits, Human Resources

Videos 2008-07-25

GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default

Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

10 essential gadgets for students

I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...

Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Google + Digg = ?

There's a persistent rumor that crops up every few months about social news site Digg being acquired by ____ insert company here. The latest, citing "multiple sources inside and outside Google", says that Google will buy Digg for $200M. This is similar to a rumor in March that Digg was...

Tags: Google Inc., Digg, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Facebook gets serious about app quality

Facebook gets serious about app qualityBetter Late Than Never!!I agreed with with you that these moves are coming late. Third-party applications have become all the rage on the social networking scene and this is something they should have sorted long since. But anyway, it's better late that never and i...

Tags: Social networking, app quality, Facebook

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Gallery: New user interface for Xbox 360

At the E3 game conference Microsoft unveiled a new look for it's Xbox 360 interface to make features easier to use and buy, and improve the social experience. by Andy Smith

Tags: Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andy Smith, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox

Image galleries 2008-07-24

Facebook gets serious about app quality

Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Live Webcast: Mid-Year Report: Malware, Spam and Web Threats in 2008

What's NOT happening in 2008? The web continues to be a vector for cyber threats. Incidents of spear-phishing continue to dupe users, and botnets are increasing in popularity amongst growing economies across the globe. Complex polymorphic viruses as opposed to the more mundane Trojan horses are getting...

Tags: Web, Webcast, Sophos Plc., Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Channel Management, Security, Marketing

Webcasts 2008-07-24

Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog

Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...

Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

First announced at SEMA 2007, the Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system is finally hitting the streets. It's the second portable navigation device we've seen from the Finnish cell phone manufacturer (the first being the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation) and it's a big improvement over the 330. The design is a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system, power button, Nokia Corp., Nokia 500, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

Product reviews 2008-07-23

Firefly flyPhone (blue)

Though cell phones for youth came into vogue two years ago, it wasn't long before they fell out of favor. While some parents liked the idea behind simple handsets such as the LG Migo and the Enfora TicTalk, many children weren't so impressed. They wanted more features for playground comparisons,...

Tags: Cellular phones, display, Firefly flyPhone, Firefly, phone, cell phone

Product reviews 2008-07-23

Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875

Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 is a thoroughly average, entry-level laptop. It wasn't too long ago that an average, entry-level laptop meant one that was underpowered and shabbily...

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875, laptop computer

Product reviews 2008-07-23

Ego Cup

With many states recently passing hands-free laws banning the use of handsets while driving, we're seeing a flood of new Bluetooth devices into what is already a pretty crowded market. The Funkwerk Ego Cup is one such device, promising clear calls without fear of a citation. It stands apart from...

Tags: Cellular phones, Ego Cup, cup-holder

Product reviews 2008-07-23