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Java – It’s not Dead, Folks – It’s Doing Just Fine
Posted: 4th September 2010 by Brian Tubbs in UncategorizedTags: built-on-java, enterprise, governor, growing-success, innovation, news, spring, trends, yahoo
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Facebook Adds News Search
Posted: 3rd September 2010 by Samantha Fox in UncategorizedTags: danny-sullivan, facebook, friends, limited-impact, news, off-site-links, people, receive-stories, social, social-search
Facebook has begun surfacing widely “liked” news stories from independent media organizations in its basic search bar today, it appears. First reported by watchdog blog AllFacebook , the change is something that seems likely to be understood as a challenge to Google. It’s early days for the feature, but something to watch for sure.
Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Location
Posted: 3rd September 2010 by Claybourne Housman in UncategorizedTags: data, facebook, facebook-places, image, internet, leaves-out-some, location, minimalist, news, people, population, possibilites
Facebook’s goal for the new Places feature may be even more ambitious than we realized.
One Week Later, Digg VP Talks v4 Launch, Backlash & Future
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by Connor Adair in UncategorizedTags: broader-mission, desai, from-the-ground, future, going-forward, internet, launch, news, numbers, preparations, product-keval, public, several-things, starting
The Internet was in flames last week as popular social news curation site Digg.com launched the latest iteration of its platform , unleashing a groundswell of outrage and protest from a majority of the site’s loyal users. A week later, Digg has begun to respond to its passionate community, making rapid changes and bug fixes as its exhausted back-end infrastructure struggles to keep up.
Skype Doubles Down with 10-Person Video Chat
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by William York in UncategorizedTags: friends, group-video, increased, limitation, news, number, profile-picture, receive-account, skype, skype-home, upgrade-before, warning-on-how, windows
Skype announced today that the latest beta version of Skype 5.0 would up the ante in terms of group video chat, as well as introduce a more stable and sleeker experience for its Windows users. When the company first introduced group chat in May, it limited the number of participants to five, but now it has doubled that number to 10
Twitter’s New iPad App Shines, but Not Perfect
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by Harriett Laycock in UncategorizedTags: apple, content, drawing, entire, facebook, figure-out-how, Ipad, news, photo, time, tweet, twitter, video
Twitter has just launched its first official iPad application and the reviews so far have been glowing.
Cops Not Sure How to Use Twitter, Study Shows
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by Jason Kendall in UncategorizedTags: account, clarify-the-way, communities, news, police, portland-police, scotland-yard, social, social-media, study
A study of 1,089 official and unofficial law enforcement Twitter accounts shows about 21 percent don’t tweet, nine percent tweet personal opinions about crime or criminal justice, and three percent have tweeted in a way that could be interpreted as racist or sexist.
Facebook Credits: Coming to a Target Near You
Posted: 1st September 2010 by Mont Burns in UncategorizedTags: cards, credit-card, kids, major-platforms, news, real, sunday, usa, vice-president
Facebook Credits is continuing its march from the virtual into the real world today, with the introduction of Facebook Credits gift cards at Target stores nationwide. The move follows a number of recent steps by Facebook to redefine its Credits, from getting rid of its virtual gift shop to handing out free Credits to grease the wheel a bit. Now, Facebook Credits will be something you can buy your kids for Christmas
1 in 3 Internet Users Think All Websites are Equally Dangerous
Posted: 31st August 2010 by Josh Barnes in UncategorizedTags: all-websites, avira, browser, german, internet, major-security, news, online-security, potential, so-called-warez, something-akin, sorin-mustaca, websites
A third of all Internet users thinks that virtually every website poses a potential security threat. According to a new survey by German online security firm Avira , consumers are becoming increasingly aware of potential security issues online, but it looks like for quite a large population of Web surfers, this has turned into something akin to paranoia. Less than 5% of respondents suspect that big portals are especially vulnerable, while 27% (rightly) think warez sites pose major security risks, and 34.5% think that all websites are equally dangerous.
Digg: Amazon Manager Will Take the Helm, Try to Save Site From Tides of History
Posted: 31st August 2010 by Michelle Shelton in UncategorizedTags: chief-architect, departure, general-manager, held-the-title, news, power, remain-relevant, silicon-valley, technology
Controversial social news site Digg has hired Amazon.com’s Matt Williams to be its new CEO, according to a scoop by TechCrunch this morning. Williams has more than a decade of experience in online eCommerce and small business services, but little discoverable social media participation