Entries Tagged as 'Social Networks'

Cool Decision-Making Tool; Like Looking Into a Web 2.0 Mirror

I have a hunch you’re going to like this next Website. It’s one that promises to make difficult decisions a little easier with help from the wisdom of the crowd.
To get started you teach Hunch about the things you like so that the engine can help you answer questions you’re dying to know the [...]

Su.pr Links Come to StumbleUpon

When I see a large spike in traffic on several of my blogs, I don’t even have to check the logs to know that there’s a good chance it’s folks coming via StumbleUpon (SU).
SU discovers Web sites based on your interests and keeps track of the pages you like in order to deliver similar content. [...]

Visual DNA Helps You Meet People Just Like You

DNA, the blueprint of all known living organisms. What if you could harness the power of your innate personality and apply it to your social networking activity online? Youniverse wants to help you establish your Visual DNA.
Visual DNA is determined after you complete a fun and easy quiz. Fear not! Failure [...]

Twitter Gets Its Own Currency

There’s something funny about the verbs social networking sites spawn. You can get winked on Match.com, poked on Facebook, dugg on Digg and of course you can tweet on Twitter.
But how would you like to make a few Twollars?
The brainchild of two Twitter users, Twollars creates an appreciation currency on the micro-blogging platform – [...]

The Pope Wants to Be Your Facebook Friend

After launching a YouTube channel, Pope Benedict XVI is now on Facebook via the Pope2You app.  The Pope2You Facebook app description says that the app lets you share the most wonderful pictures of Benedict XVI with your friends on Facebook along with his words of hope and peace.

Social Network for Collectors – CollectValue

Baseball cards. Portable Nintendo games. Swatch watches.
It’s fair to say I’ve had my fair share of collections. Wouldn’t it be great if I had a social network to discuss my favorite topics, find the missing pieces to my collection puzzle and find out the value of rare items?

Learn More About Social Media’s Impact

One office buzzword that simply won’t die is Webinar. A term for a “seminar” that is held online, these interactive meetings can often be packed with useful information.
Next week there is a free Webinar that YOU – as a socail media maven – are invited to attend.
Vocus, the press release people, are sponsoring “Analyzing [...]

Tweetlister is Twitter for Real Estate Ads

Nevermind if there is an ongoing fuzz in the “Twittersphere” due to the recent decision of  Twitter to turn off the forwarding of @replies from people you don’t follow. That wouldn’t stop a new Twitter app from launching recently, and it’s called Tweetlister. Putting it simply, TweetLister is Twitter for real estate listings.

Digg Connects to Facebook

Facebook and Digg users would certainly love this announcement from the Digg blog – Digg just launched Facebook Connect. This feature allows all Facebook users who are also active Digg users to login and do their Digging and commenting activities instantly, just by linking their Facebook and Digg accounts. The process is basically the same [...]

Get 10 Twitter Followers in 20 Seconds

Since most of us do not have the “popularity” of Ashton Kutcher or Oprah Winfrey,the masses struggle to amass an embarrassing number of Twitter followers.
A new free service, Twit Pro Quo, hopes to level the playing field. When you log in you will be issued 10 new people to follow. In return, you [...]

Six Twitter Applications That Let You Tweet on Your Desktop

If you’re an avid Twitter user, chances are you’re using one of these Twitter Desktop Applications that basically allow you to receive and post Tweets from your desktop. Meaning, you don’t have to visit your Twitter.com page from time to time to find out  what’s new about your Twitter friends. If you haven’t used a [...]

Win $10,000 With iParents Photo Contest

iParents.com, an established social network, has teamed up with Facebook to gain exposure for photo sharing and prints. Currently they are running a contest for the best child photo (voted on by the social network) with over 3,000 prizes. The grand prize is $10,000 for the best photograph and the overall prize value totals $100,000; [...]