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Buffer App Keeps Your Tweets Regular

nathan — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:33:02 +0000

Many active Twitter users do most of their sharing in bursts. It’s only natural considering you probably sit down at your computer for an hour or so every day to do your main news reading and sharing during that time. The problem is that your followers will get a big giant burst of tweets from [...]

Report Says Mobile Payments Could Grow 76% For 2011

nathan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:10:25 +0000

If you are still doubting that mobile payment systems are the way of the future…well STOP IT! Global payments with mobile phones are expected to be up 76% over the year before. The dollar value of mobile transactions is expected to be $86.1 billion in 2011. Compare that to the system’s paltry $48.9 billion in [...]

Facebook Comments Now As Interactive As Wall Posts

nathan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:37:05 +0000

Recently Facebook announced it will be making some changes to what can be posted in comment replies. Currently it is not possible to post an image, video or link and have it show up in the comment thread itself when you reply to someone’s wall post. But soon Facebook is going to fix that. Comments [...]

How To Move Online Photo Albums With Primadesk

nathan — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:32:18 +0000

Moving all your pictures between photo albums on different social networks like Facebook and Google+ can be a pain in the butt. A new tool that is currently in beta called Primadesk aims to simplify the process. We tested it recently and found that it makes transferring albums a breeze. Here is a step by [...]

Google+ Not For Brands…Yet

nathan — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:15:40 +0000

When Google launched it’s “+” service it requested that businesses and brand names stay off the social network until they could launch their official business offering for the site. And they were serious about that. Recently Google has begun removing brand name profiles from the plus network. The victims include some big names, like ABC [...]

Video: The Last Shuttle Landing

nathan — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:15:12 +0000

It was a bitter sweet day for America. Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down safely Thursday at around 6:00 a.m. It was the completion of a successful mission but the end of an era for NASA and the rest of the country. The shuttle was a source of pride. The world’s first and only reusable space [...]

StumbleUpon Testing New Way To Stumble

nathan — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:14:44 +0000

StumbleUpon (also known as internet crack) is testing out a new way for users to stumble the internet. They are calling it “Explore Box” and it looks quite a bit like a typical search engine set up. But this is StumbleUpon, so obviously it doesn’t work like a typical search engine. The service allows users [...]

Google To Phase Out Labs

nathan — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:28:50 +0000

Tough break for Google fans wanting to play with the newest beta toys it has to offer. Google’s very popular Labs site is going to be phased out so the Googleplex can give more attention to it’s bread and butter products. The sad news broke on Google’s official blog, where it was explained that they [...]

Google’s Mobile Search Now Integrates Google Places

Nate Devore — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:59:48 +0000

We’ve all seen the maps from Google with the orange bubbles right? When we search for something local, Google matches up the search with local businesses and locations. This means users can find their favorite restaurants, coffee shops, and other businesses directly from Google Search. Interface But this rich feature has been missing from the mobile experience. Now, [...]

Mobile Web Pushes Microsoft To Develop For HTML 5

Nate Devore — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:44:56 +0000

According to Microsoft Vice President Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft’s fufutre development plans will be “based on HTML5 and Javascript.” For the last decade Microsoft has spent a lot of time and money developing technologies like .NET, Silverlight, and others. This is a huge change to announce after spending so many years (over a decade) trying to [...]