You may have seen last year's The Social Network which chronicled the dramatic rise of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. Now comes The Twit Network. It's the story about a website and two guys who understood the way of the future when nobody else seemed to, and kept at it even though it is kind of … [Read more...]
Trillian and the Continuous Client
One of the frustrations with using various devices is that they don't always play nicely with each other. For instance, wouldn't it be nice if I could start an instant messaging conversation at work, continue it after I leave using my iPhone, and pick right up where I left off on my Mac Mini when I … [Read more...]
iPad 2: What You Need to Know
Today Steve Jobs introduced the much-anticipated iPad 2. We live-blogged the launch event, and I've gotta say, even though I already have a first-generation iPad, I want one of these. So what's new with the iPad 2? Rather than bore you with all the details, here's the stuff that I found really … [Read more...]
Facebook vs. Twitter: 2010 Demographics
Facebook and Twitter are both hugely popular social networks. Twitter has over 100 millions users, and Facebook over 500 million, and both show no signs of slowing down their phenomenal growth. DigitalSurgeons did some digging and put together this great infographic that breaks down the 2010 … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Meebo
Back in 2005, multi-network instant messaging via the web was an emerging technology. Before then, you pretty much were limited to either running multiple desktop programs -- one for AIM, another for Yahoo and still another for what was then called MSN Messenger -- or a third-party desktop program … [Read more...]
Trillian for Blackberry Beta
The popular and venerable multi-network IM program Trillian is now available in an open beta test for Blackberry devices. Like the other versions of Trillian, this supports the major instant messaging networks including AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, MySpace and … [Read more...]
Talk Nerdy To Me
What's in a (brand) name? A little social media humor for today's Sunday Funny. … [Read more...]
BigBlueBall Staffer Philip Recognized as Microsoft MVP
More great news from the BigBlueBall staff. Long time staff member Philip has been recognized by Microsoft as a 2010 Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Windows Live Messenger. As he noted on his blog, Philip received the notification on New Year's Day -- a nice way to kick-off the new … [Read more...]
The Truth About Sexting
Sexting is all over the news these days. Whether you find it risky or risque, Joy of Tech's Nitrozac and Snaggy share the truth about sexting in this week's Sunday Funny. … [Read more...]
A Love Story in Emoticons
Storyteller and poet Rives tells a three-minute love story with a twist -- it's all done with emoticons. A very clever video presentation given at TED, worth a watch. Rives is a regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and starts in the Bravo special "Ironic Iconic America." … [Read more...]