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Blackberry / mobile apps / mobiles

Blackberry finally gets official Twitter app

Friday, Apr 9, 2010 - by mike s

It seems to have been in development for an eternity, but RIM have finally released the first pubic beta of their official Twitter app.

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Want more Twitter followers? Add a photo. Quick!

Tuesday, Apr 6, 2010 - by Lee J.

Marketing internet bods HubSpot wanted to find out what difference a profile picture made to the popularity of a Twitter account, so set about analysing the figures. Digging into  Twitter …

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web

A formidable feast of Facebook facts and figures

Monday, Mar 29, 2010 - by Lee J.

If you fancy flicking through a frothing fountain of formidable Facebook facts, foregathered in a fancy factsheet, you’re in for a feast here. The Website Monitoring Blog have compiled a …

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BBC iPlayer 3.0 to include Facebook and Twitter integration

Friday, Mar 19, 2010Friday, Mar 19, 2010 - by mike s

The BBC has teamed up with the bods at Facebook, Bebo and Twitter to add social networking options in the next update to their excellent iPlayer, which allows viewers to …

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Twitter smashes through the 10 billion tweet barrier

Friday, Mar 5, 2010Friday, Mar 5, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Although we’re sure an awful lot of these were of the inane “I’m going to the shops for some fags” variety, there’s no denying that Twitter’s total of over 10 …

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Google / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Buzie Google Buzz iPhone app hits town

Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Although Google Buzz runs fairly dandy from within the iPhone’s browser, the first dedicated app for the innovative social networking tool has been sent out into the wild. Called Buzie, …

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stuff

The Do Not Tweet List and how to avoid Twitter disasters

Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010 - by Lee J.

With numerous examples of loose-lipped Twitterers blabbing themselves into tricky situations, social media site NewCommBizz has compiled a handy list of Twitter Ye Nots.

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photography / web

Facebook serves up bigger photo fun

Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010 - by mike s

Facebook has just announced that it’s rolling out an increase in the maximum image sizes allowed for photo updates. Promised back at the end of January, the increase brushes aside …

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Microsoft / mobile apps / mobiles / Windows Mobile

Facebook for Windows Mobile 1.2 released

Monday, Mar 1, 2010Monday, Mar 1, 2010 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

It’s been lagging behind mobile versions on Facebook on other platforms, but Microsoft’s updated Facebook app for Windows Mobile finally adds a sorely missed feature: the ability to add comments …

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web

Twitter ‘LOL’ BZPharma phishing attack festers

Monday, Feb 22, 2010 - by mike s

Security bods Sophos are warning that what’s been called the ‘LOL’ phishing attack is continuing to fester on the web, and not just by direct message.

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Android / mobiles / stuff / web

Gowalla extends support to Android handsets; Palm, Blackberry on the way

Monday, Feb 22, 2010Monday, Feb 22, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

It’s proved a hit on the iPhone (mainly in the States), and now the doodz at Gowalla are hurling their popular location-based social networking game in the direction of the …

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mobile apps / web

PleaseRobMe website highlights danger of location sharing Tweets

Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 - by mike s

A new website called PleaseRobMe.com has been created to warn users about the potential perils of using services like Foursquare, Twitter and GoogleBuzz, which let users share their location online …

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web

Facebook eats the Internet, sucks up 7 hours a month of its users

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

New figures from Nielsen show that the average U.S. Internet user spends more time on Facebook than on Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Microsoft, Wikipedia, and Amazon combined. What’s more, people are …

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mobiles / web

Facebook Zero: a text-only, slimmed down site for mobile phones

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - by Lee J.

Facebook has announced a new, stripped down version of its site at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Called Facebook Zero, the text-only version of the social networking site is …

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Google / web

Google Buzz: we’re out of here – and here’s how to quit too

Thursday, Feb 11, 2010Friday, Feb 12, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We love trying out new stuff from Google, and excitedly signed up to their new Twitter/Facebook mash-up, Google Buzz. To get you up and running fast, Buzz automatically sets you …

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