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Twitter throws out a Tweet Button to the web

Friday, Aug 13, 2010 - by mike s

Twitter has announced that they’re unleashing their very own ‘Tweet Button’ on the world, which lets you share links directly from a web page you’re perusing.

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Android / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

TweetDeck Twitter app coming to Android – more advanced than iPhone version

Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Although there’s no shortage of excellent Twitter apps for the Android platform (Twidroid, Seesmic, Touiteur and Tweetcaster being our favourites), iPhone big hitters TweetDeck reckon they’ve some big tricks up …

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mobile apps / mobiles

Facebook finally adds privacy settings for mobile users

Friday, Aug 6, 2010Friday, Aug 6, 2010 - by Lee J.

Facebook has finally announced the addition of  advanced privacy settings for mobiles, so that users can control who’s sneaking a-peek at their updates.

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mobile apps / mobiles / web

The Brits: a bunch of work-shirking social networkers, apparently

Friday, Aug 6, 2010Friday, Aug 6, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

It seems that employees who spend their work time uploading status updates, posting up amusing photos and Tweeting about the minutiae of their boring work days are costing British businesses …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles / web

Facebook for Android enjoys feature-packing update

Wednesday, Aug 4, 2010 - by Lee J.

The official Android Facebook app has lagged behind the iPhone version for yonks, but it seems that the folks at the social networking uber-site are slowly waking up to the …

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Social networking is now the most popular pastime in the UK: study

Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 - by Lee J.

Social networking is now the most popular pastime in the UK with nearly 30 million UK residents spending over 6 hours on social media sites like Facebook or MySpace every …

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Android / Google / mobile apps / mobiles

Google Maps 4.4 for Android adds ‘Places’ feature. Yelp unlikely to be chuffed

Tuesday, Jul 27, 2010Tuesday, Jul 27, 2010 - by mike s

Although Google apparently waved a $550m wad in the direction of  Yelp last year, they found themselves turned down by the local search, social networking and user review site. That …

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web

Facebook’s 500 million members displayed in a handy infographic

Friday, Jul 23, 2010 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

You can’t go wrong with a nice colourful infographic, so what better way to show off Facebook’s achievement of signing up its 500 million member than with a mouse wheel-troubling …

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stuff / web

Internet sensation Old Spice guy says farewell.

Friday, Jul 16, 2010Friday, Jul 16, 2010 - by mike s

 It’s with a heavy heart that we heard the news that the sensationally successful Old Spice viral videos are coming to an end.

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Google

Google’s many forays into social media [infographic]

Saturday, Jul 10, 2010Saturday, Jul 10, 2010 - by Lee J.

Google is reportedly set to launch its own social networking service Google Me, but it won’t be the first time the search giant has tried to elbow its way into …

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Android / Blackberry / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / Palm / Symbian / web

Foursquare notches up one million check-ins in a single day

Monday, Jul 5, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

The location-based social networking service Foursquare has announced that it’s cruised past the landmark figure of one million check-ins during a single day.

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web

Lady Gaga scoops 10 million Facebook fans

Sunday, Jul 4, 2010Sunday, Jul 4, 2010 - by mike s

Quirky popster Lady Gaga has become the first living music artist to notch up 10 million fans or “Likes” on Facebook, giving her something like 700,000 more fans than the …

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stuff / web

Google gunning for Facebook with ‘Google Me’ competitor?

Monday, Jun 28, 2010Monday, Jun 28, 2010 - by Lee J.

We generally aren’t too keen on posting up web rumours that seem to have very little information to back them up, but this one comes from a much better source …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Facebook for iPhone gets updated to v3.1.3

Saturday, Jun 19, 2010Saturday, Jun 19, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

With a claimed user base of over 55 million “monthly active iPhone Facebook users,” there’s no doubting that the Facebook app is a popular choice for iPhone users, even if …

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web

Twitter cashes in on Word Cup fever with dedicated homepage

Friday, Jun 11, 2010 - by mike s

The endless glory (and inevitable disappointment for England fans) of the World Cup is almost upon us, and Twitter are looking to be in the centre of it all.

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