What is Twitter? Current TV offers this humorous explanation in Twouble with Twitters. Watch for the Fail Whale. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w … [Read more...]
drop.io adds real-time chat
drop.io promises simple, secure, real-time file sharing and collaboration. It's easy to setup a drop.io "box" -- you don't even need to register. Once you've setup a drop.io space, you can send files, share and retrieve files from that space using almost any method imaginable. Web uploads/downloads, … [Read more...]
FriendFeed Releases Notifier
Social network aggregator FriendFeed has released a desktop notifier. FriendFeed Notifier is an Adobe AIR app, so it runs on muliple operating systems. The Notifier allows you to view notifications for either your FriendFeed home or any of your Friends lists. … [Read more...]
Yahoo Pingbox Now on Facebook
Yahoo! Pingbox, their embeddable IM application for web pages, is now available for Facebook. You can add a Pingbox to your Facebook profile and visitors will be able to IM you without downloading or even signing on to Yahoo! Messenger. And if you use Yahoo! Messenger, you can receive IMs from your … [Read more...]
The Lifestream Goes Mainstream
AOL's $850 million purchase of the Bebo social networking site may pay off after all. AOL announced today the first of a series of major project changes with the addition of lifestreaming capabilities. This is similar to the stream of activity and status updates found on rival social networks from … [Read more...]
Yammer Adds Feeds to Your Company Stream
Yammer -- the "twitter-for-business" microblogging system -- has added the ability for you to add RSS feeds to your company stream. Eric Eldon at VentureBeat likens Yammer's new feature to consumer lifestreaming services such as FriendFeed, but with (theoretically) a business focus. A great … [Read more...]
Twitter Raises Another $35 Million
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Twitter has raised another $35 million in venture capital -- a remarkable vote of confidence for a company that has "very little" income. Twitter has been growing substantially, with co-founder Biz Stone reporting that "tweets" are up 90% in the past … [Read more...]
Meebo Adds Facebook Chat
Several months ago, Meebo added an "unofficial" connection to Facebook chat. Backwards engineering Facebook's chat system proved unstable, and it was later pulled. Well, after working through official channels with Facebook and their API, Meebo has officially added Facebook Chat integration once … [Read more...]
Hackers target MySpace
Security firm Fortify Software is warning that hackers are turning their attention towards popular social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace. Criminal hackers now view social networking sites as their best target for attacks, according to Rob Rachwald, director of product marketing at … [Read more...]
Five Steps to Internet Security
The Internet is a world of information and knowledge; however it’s a dangerous place. In this article I'll give ways to keep your passwords more secure and I will give an example of how easily a password can be stolen. I’ll also show you some other great tips to keep secure online. … [Read more...]