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Digg Rolls Out its Cool DiggBar Tool

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Digg.com is rolling out it’s own toolbar called DiggBar which I could simply describe as a uber cool web tool. Whereas other site toolbars requires you to install a plug-in or script on your browser and then let it pop out by activating it from your browser’s Toolbar Menu before you can start using it, the DiggBar offers a faster way. [Read more…] about Digg Rolls Out its Cool DiggBar Tool

Hunch and Lunch Offer Something New to the Social Table

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Two new start-ups have recently joined the already saturated social network market.  First you have Flickr co-founder’s new venture Hunch.com which is a decision-making site akin to Yahoo Answers and the other one is the social reviews/opinions site Lunch.com.  Both social sites offer something new and take the already familiar social networking route with a different minor twist. But both draw on crowd-sourcing and user participation for their activities, hence both are worthy of being categorized as social network/media/tool. [Read more…] about Hunch and Lunch Offer Something New to the Social Table

Signs of the Times: Book Catalog in Twitter and a Social Media Degree?

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I was supposed to write only about the one-year course  specializing on social media but then I also came across this article re a book  catalog using Twitter.  So decided to write an article about them together as it clearly shows how social media is becoming a way of life today. [Read more…] about Signs of the Times: Book Catalog in Twitter and a Social Media Degree?

7 New Features of 6 Google Products and Services

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Google has been pretty busy this week, despite the recently announced layoffs of around 200 Googlers. For those who are not affected by Google’s labor downsizing, life goes on at Google and its products and services. This week, we’ve discovered 7 new features of six Google major products and services.  All seven of these new features aim to enhance user experience and activity while using those six products and service. So, here 7 new features of 6 Google products and services. [Read more…] about 7 New Features of 6 Google Products and Services

iGoogle’s Video Game Inspired Themes are Awesome

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Do you use iGoogle as your browser’s start page? Or if not, are you using it as an RSS feed reader?  Well regardless of whatever purposes you use iGoogle for as long as you use it regularly, you’d be glad to know that you can now change those boring themes/skins into something cool. As in video game-inspired kind of cool themes. [Read more…] about iGoogle’s Video Game Inspired Themes are Awesome

White House to Use Google Products for Online Town Hall Meeting

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Well, Google has something to be proud of again as the White House is about to hold its first online town hall meeting using YouTube, Google App Engine and Google Moderator.  Although this not the first time the Obama administration will be making use of online social tools for its activities, this online town hall meeting would certainly give YouTube a huge amount of site traffic. In addition, this would also give a not so famous Google product, the Google Moderator a much need attention. [Read more…] about White House to Use Google Products for Online Town Hall Meeting