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Oh So Now, Twittering is a Cool Job for Summer Interns?

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In these trying times, the regular workforce are having a hard time looking for work. What more for newly grads who are looking for a nice internship program to get them by during the summer before their transition into the regular workforce.  Thanks to Twitter, some of the these interns have found a new job opportunity – as “Twinterns”.

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Google Chrome OS, Why it Will Not Be a Windows XP Killer

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First the facts – Google has officially announced its latest and most over-hyped project yet – the Chrome OS. Google Chrome OS is touted as an open source ang lightweight OS specifically geared for netbooks. Google will be launching it in partnership with netbook manufacturers. And Google Chrome was built upon the Google Chrome platform,  or in other words it is basically Google Chrome running on its own withouth Windows XP or Vista.

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Facebook Becoming an Adult Site, It’s Not What You’re Thinking Though

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No, Facebook is not going into that kind of Adult thing that you might be thinking when you read the title of this post. What  I mean to say is that Facebook users are getting older. And by older I mean way older.  Citing an independent report on the demographic stats of Facebook’s Social Ads platform by analytics company iStrategy Lab, Mashable is reporting that majority of Facebook users now belong to the 24-54 age range, with siginicant increase in usage by users who belong to the 55 and above age range. [Read more…] about Facebook Becoming an Adult Site, It’s Not What You’re Thinking Though

Did Technorati Just Stopped Indexing Blogs?

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When was the last time you’ve visited blog aggregator – Technorati? Well, it looks like the site has suddenly stopped indexing blogs. If you check it right now, the last times its index was update 4 or 5 days ago. Did we miss on any announcement about this? Is Technorati closing down, or just having a grand vacation? [Read more…] about Did Technorati Just Stopped Indexing Blogs?

Tweetmeme Adds More Buttons for More Retweet Goodness

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Are you aware of  Twitter aggregator called Tweetmeme?  If you are, then you’ll be glad to know that the folks at Tweetmeme will be rolling out some new “image buttons” that you can use in other sites to give your valuable tweets more chances of getting “retweet”. This image button is similar to Techmeme’s retweet buttons which show the number of retweets your post has as well as the link for those who haven’t done so, to retweet your updates.

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