More Twitter Services Emerge
You have Twellow as sort of a "Yellow Pages" for Twitter. Now today Robert Balousek has released Twintro, a new tool for finding "interesting" Twitterers. From the sounds of it, you just get to read tweets from someone that Twintro deems interesting. Balousek describes it on his blog:
Palin’s ‘Redneck’ Daddy Disappears MySpace Page
Imagine having to stand on a national stage and smile knowing not only that your teenage daughter is pregnant but that she plans to marry the punk that did it—the punk who refers to himself as a “f*cking redneck” that’ll “kick [your] ass” on his MySpace page. Oh, the poise one must maintain!
Mobile Social Networking Set To Take Off
Online social networking continues to grow, but mobile social networking is on track to attract 140 mobile users who will generate $410 million in subscription revenues by 2013, according to ABI Research."Subscriber numbers for mobile social networking will climb at a relatively modest rate for the next three or four years, but will then start to accelerate sharply," said Michael Wolf, ABI research director.
Survey: Canned IT Employees Will Steal Your Info
"Exercise extreme caution when it comes to dismissing employees with knowledge of your IT systems," warns security vendor Cyber-Ark Software.
Nokia To Launch Music Service In The UK
Nokia said today that it is launching a new mobile phone music service in the UK, called Comes With Music.
Internet Addiction In The UK Leads To “Discomgooglation”
The majority (76%) of Internet users in the UK admit they cannot live without the Web, according to research by YouGov.
U.S. Getting Dominated in Internet Traffic
Last week, U.S. cable provider and ISP Comcast put a cap on monthly broadband use, and now there are reports surfacing that the U.S. in general is falling behind when it comes to Internet traffic. This is not a direct result of the Comcast situation, but with Comcast being the 2nd largest ISP in the country, it’s certainly not going to help.
Google Launches Video For Business
Google has introduced Google Video for business, a new addition to Google Premium Apps that enables workers in organizations to share videos by uploading them to Google Apps and inviting co-workers to view the content."What YouTube did in the consumer world, Google Video for business is going to do in the enterprise," said Matthew Glotzbach, product management director of Google’s Enterprise division.
Google and Firefox Together Until 2011
Mozilla, the makers of Firefox internet browser (the only notable competitor to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer), has extended its deal with Google – meaning the search giant will continue to be the default search engine on all its Firefox installs until 2011.
Geographical Modifiers and Relevancy
Back in May, I noticed what appeared to be a test by Google to add more relevancy to search engine result (SERPs) by publishing a search box for geographical modifiers to a requested search query (Google Pushing Local Results). See image below: