Category: Social Networking
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Windows Live Messenger Beta now available for download
I thought I would pass along the news that Microsoft has released the beta for the next version of Windows Live Messenger and you can try it out right now! There are a ton of new features are available and the new default experience feels very different. Of course you can go back to the…
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Why Facebook’s Instant Personalization is crucial for the future
There has been a lot of talk lately about Facebook’s new Instant Personalization and their Open Graph initiative. I have heard a ton of pros and cons about it, primarily swirling around privacy issues and the ability to take your social graph with you around the web (We even covered how to disable it as…
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Don’t let your social networks become your enemy in lawsuits
Greetings Readers, For a long time now, I have advocated being very careful of what you put on your social networks. From compromising photos on your facebook page to tweets about your desire to become the next Hitler, anything you post on social networks can and will likely be used against you if you don’t…
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Is Twitter Good or Bad for the Swine-Flu?
Greetings Readers! After seeing non-stop coverage of flu fears, I decided I should write my thoughts on the relationship between swine-flu and twitter. If you haven’t heard of the swine-flu, especially if you use Twitter, you are likely living under a rock on another planet and don’t understand any human languages. The swine-flu is the…
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How Do You Pick Your Social Networking Friends?
Greetings Readers! Last night, I was playing around with the cool new website, socialmedian, when I came across a post about the dangers of random friending. This story got me to thinking about how I choose my friends on my various social networks. After giving some thought to it, I thought it would make for…
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Twitter vs FriendFeed
Greetings Readers! I have been using Twitter for close to a year and FriendFeed maybe half that time at best and I feel its finally time for me to declare which service is better. Before I announce the better service, I should say that their overall function is similar but not exactly the same. For…