The amount of  time that we have been spending with real people has decreased since 1997 and this is affecting our health. And so says the findings of a recent research study on the physiological effects in the long run of the decreasing “real” social interaction among individuals – that means us. This effect was [...]

I’m a big fan of the Gmail Labs and have been religiously monitoring cool features that the Gmail Labs Team put out every now and then. I’ve tried activating some of those features including offline email viewing, task manager and more.  And now, Gmail has just announced another cool feature – previewing YouTube videos, Flickr [...]

Finally, MySpace woke up from slumber and launches enhancements to its MySpaceID product. In case you may have forgotten already or unaware at all, MySpaceID lets any website to access MySpace’s social graph. Meaning, you as a MySpace user can link your MySpace profiles, friends, and other activities on the site to any websites.  But [...]

It was a bit intense in the tech world this week with both Facebook and Google getting their share of the headlines. Facebook launched its new home page with a slew of new features that would enhance everyone’s Facebook experience.  Google relaunching GrandCentral into the new Google Voice offering one phone number to do all [...]

Fearing that her daughter might be in danger from predators attacking innocent members of MySpace, Mary Kay Hoal created Yoursphere social network. Yoursphere offers a safe social networking site for kids and teens. How safe? How about getting an FTC endorsement for Privacy Vaults approval and parental consent requirement before members can join?

If you’re tired of seeing the same old boring Twitter Follow notifications which states that so and so Twitter member has started following you and gives you the link to the Twitter members’ profile page – Twimailer is not going to help you with solve that problem. Instead, Twimailer is offering a better format for [...]

Facebook has announced two new drastic improvements – one has something to do with Public Profile pages and the other a fully revamped Facebook homepage. Let’s take a look at this two improvements separately.

I’m quite accepting of vowel-phobic URLs. That is why I am willing to five stHrt (pronounced like START) a fair shake.
The Website is determined to become your Web browser’s start page. Similar to Google Chrome, the stHrt will allow you to organize sites you visit often. But what sets it apart is [...]

Web Designers often find themselves in the Wild Wild West when it comes to job hunting. One thing they often must combat is taking credit for work they’ve actually completed. You see, it’s far too easy for anyone to claim that they designed the Web’s elite.
What if I told you I designed the [...]

If you’ve used the “Following” feature of Google Blogger which was introduced a few months ago, you may have enjoyed how easy it is for your readers who also happen to be on Blogspot.com to follow your blog updates. Well, in fact according to the Blogger Buzz, nearly 3 million communities have used the said [...]

Since I’m a fan of drinking wine more than I am learning about it, you’re more likely to find me at the bar rather than hanging out in a virtual cellar.
But if you are a modern wine enthusiast who likes to talk bouquet and get wine suggestions from people with more (or less) experience than [...]

I was just going to blog about something, but the topic completely escapes me.
OH, wait, I remember!
I was going to warn you about the damage some scientists feel social networking sites are doing to our brains.
From Twitter to Facebook, MySpace to Bebo, British neuroscientist Susan Greenfield warns that these sites and ones like it are [...]