Posted by A Ocean on June 18, 2010 ·
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One of the liked and used feature of Facebook is the ‘like’ button , since its launch the feature became central to the way people communicate on Facebook. it is one of the most heavily used features on the site and have proven to be a simple way to discuss posts and show appreciation for the content friends share on Facebook. Facebook has [...]
Posted by A Ocean on May 27, 2010 ·
Apple iPad’s expected shortage and delay in UK has been widely reported and discussed in webosphere, this news has expectedly dampened the spirit of iPad fans waiting to get their hand on the revolutionary Tablet device but fortunately this does not seem to apply to the early birdies who pre-ordered their iPad, few have started getting their iPads a day before the launch.
Twitter was abuzz [...]
Posted by A Ocean on May 27, 2010 ·
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had earlier this week promised simplifying privacy controls over the building resentment over its privacy policies, true to his words Facebook introduced a new set of privacy controls yesterday in an attempt to quell criticism that it was negligent about protecting users information.
“We believe in privacy. We believe in giving people [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on May 10, 2010 ·
Oopsy!
We’ve seen some bugs in our time, but this one puts the cherry on the cake. A new exploit discovered in Twitter’s system is the ultimate ego sweller. By simply typing “accept [username]” into Twitter’s homepage, you can automatically force people to follow you, without them even knowing it.
Try it for yourself, tweet “accept Sporkings” and we’ll [...]
Posted by A Ocean on March 11, 2010 ·
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The twitter bug just refuses to die down. The retweet.com domain which put itself up for sale last month has fetched a massive price of $250,000 in an online auction on Flippa. The sale was hotly contested with as many as 45 bids being placed for retweet.com and the eventual winner outscoring others by shelling out $48,000 more than any other bidder.
Retweet.com is a twitter [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on March 3, 2010 ·
A recent report from ‘All Things Digital’ suggests that Twitter is all set to launch its much awaited advertising model. To start off, the advertisements will mimic tweets in terms of character length and will be limited to 140 characters.
Twitter has not announced a release date or the pricing options for its ad model but it is widely expected that the micro-blogging site will have the ad model [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on January 15, 2010 ·
Craig “Lazie” Lynch, aged 28 and the man who became nothing short of a cult figure due to his defiant status updates on Facebook, has finally been re-captured four months after his break-out.
Lynch was living ever dangerously since he posted a profile picture of himself pointing his middle finger to the camera. While he was busy collecting popularity and adding friends on Facebook, efforts had [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on May 25, 2009 ·
Straight from the “Say What?!” department, this is one of those stories that makes you double back and re-read, in the thought that you must have read it wrong the first time. Twitter are to be launching their own TV program.
That’s right, social-networkings / micro-blogging website Twitter have been in talks with Reveille productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and it [...]