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MXit PC – Download EVO Instant Messenger

opentechnologist.com — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:25:39 +0000

MXit Lifestyle have released a new instant messenger client for the PC. This is in addition to its existing plugin for Pidgin. MXit explains thats it has been specifically designed for the Windows environment making it faster and more efficient. Some of the features include: Finding contacts in a search bar Saving of chats (already a feature [...] Related posts:

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Facebook’s Crowdsourcing Translation Reward System

opentechnologist.com — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:28:07 +0000

Last year Facebook turned to crowdsourcing to translate Facebook into other languages with great success. Latest statistics provided by Facebook show that over 300,000 people have since participated in the translation process making Facebook available in more than 70 languages. Facebook have now launched a system that rewards translators who will receive special icons when they [...] Related posts:

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Karen Armstrong’s Charter for Compassion

opentechnologist.com — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:38:55 +0000

Last year I blogged about the Charter for Compassion, the TED prize wish of Karen Armstrong. The aim of the Charter for Compassion was to build a peaceful and congruent world by bringing together the voices of people from all religions and highlight that all faiths share the principle of compassion. An open call was [...] Related posts:

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Twitter Blocked – Access Twitter from Work or School

opentechnologist.com — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:43:33 +0000

If twitter is blocked from your work or school, there are various ways to circumnavigate the problem. However, clever system administrators always stay ahead and try and play catchup to these workarounds. The latest method I have found makes use of iGoogle and adding a widget called TwitterGadget. It even has integration for Gmail and works [...] Related posts:

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Post URL to Twitter – Firefox Add-on

opentechnologist.com — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:58:33 +0000

Having been a long time Firefox user (and sick of it crashing) I decided to try out Safari out of curiosity. While I was not that impressed by Safari I was by a extension called safari140. This extension allows the user to post the current article been rendered by the Safari directly to twitter to [...] Related posts:

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Download MXit for Mac and PC – Adium and Pidgin

opentechnologist.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:51:09 +0000

MXit users can now make use of its services on a Mac and PC. A vast majority of its users make use of the service via mobile phones. MXit Lifestyle have released Adium and Pidgin plugins and can be downloaded. Adium and Pidgin are both multi-platform instant messenger clients. This means that you can chat using other instant [...] Related posts:

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Crowdsourcing Example – People Participation in Crowdsourcing Platforms

opentechnologist.com — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:00:45 +0000

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MXit Releases App for iPhone – Download

opentechnologist.com — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:52:44 +0000

MXit Lifestyle have released an iPhone version of its popular instant messenger application. Related posts:

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Innovation – My Half Time Pep Talk for 2009

opentechnologist.com — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:39:03 +0000

The Board of Innovation are inviting bloggers to partake in the “My half time pep talk for 2009″ blog action. This will take part during the 24 hours of Innovation event. The idea is for bloggers to share their views about what has happened so far during 2009 about innovation. Bloggers that take part will be [...] Related posts:

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5 Crowdsourcing Websites

opentechnologist.com — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:08:04 +0000

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