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NEW: Log In to Facebook With Your Username
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin Remember that Facebook username you rushed to get back in June? Over 50 million users have them, and now all of those people on Facebook can use their username rather than their email to log on to Facebook.com. The new feature, announced by Facebook today, allows you to skip typing the extra characters that comprise your email and instead utilize your shorter usernam... Read More » -
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Twitter’s New Avatar Takes Over Unsuspectin...
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin Noticed something … odd about your Twitter stream? Do you see a lot of … colorful birds instead of the pretty faces of your friends? Well, apparently you’re not alone. A flood of complaints is overwhelming Twitter about the new Twitter avatar taking over user pictures. What’s causing this issue? Well, we’re not sure and apparently Twi... Read More » -
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Seesmic Desktop Adds Full Facebook Fan Page S...
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin Facebook Fan Pages have been become killer community building tools for the social media savvy. Pages bring together fans and supporters with the brands and celebrities they want to keep up with. The only downside for both fans and admins is keeping up with and maintaining Page content. Seesmic Desktop to the rescue. One of our favorite Twitter apps has just added rob... Read More » -
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YouTube Now Has Trending Topics Too
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin YouTube already has a good set of filters that have been emulated many times over by other websites. You can sort videos by most views over the past day, week, month, or all-time — overall or for specific categories and search terms if you’d like. Nonetheless, none of that provides the same immediacy as real-time information, which is why YouTube has taken ... Read More » -
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Chad Ochocinco to Fly Twitter Fans to NFL Gam...
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin Bengals Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco isn’t taking the NFL’s ban on tweeting before, during, and after games lying down, it seems. A few weeks ago, the wide receiver outlined his plan to tweet while on the field. Using hand signals to a fan, he hoped to circumvent the NFL’s policy. Of course, the NFL didn’t appreciate that, so they released a ... Read More » -
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BUSTED: Burglar Arrested After Checking Faceb...
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin So apparently it actually works both ways: careless Facebook use can both get you robbed and get you arrested for burglary. According to The Journal, a 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was arraigned earlier this week on a charge of felony daytime robbery. How did police catch him? Simple: the burglar left a trail, by way of checking his Facebook account before leaving the... Read More » -
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Twitter’s Default Avatar No Longer Smacked ...
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin Twitter has been making a series of big announcements outlining changes to the microblogging service such as geolocation tweets and Project Retweet. But quietly Twitter has been making some subtle interface changes too. A few days ago, some of our readers noticed some font changes to Twitter pages. But two changes that seem to have rolled out today also piqued our i... Read More » -
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People Spend 3x More Time on Facebook Than Go...
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin Back in July, we reported that Facebook had become the Internet’s ultimate time waster, with users spending an average of 4 hours, 39 minutes on it per month, more than any other site on the Web. Since then, however, that number has only gone up. According to numbers from Nielsen Online, users spent an average of 5 hours, 46 minutes on Facebook in the month of Augu... Read More » -
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Posterous (Finally) Gets Custom Themes
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin In between the realm of full-featured blogs (e.g. Wordpress, Typepad) and the microblog (e.g. Twitter), there is the dead-simple blog platform Posterous. It has won the hearts and minds of many users with its bookmarklet, its easy photo sharing features, and of course, its ability to create blog posts via email. While these features have been winners, Posterous has l... Read More » -
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GREED: Music Industry Wants Royalties on 30-S...
Published on Thursday, September 17, 2009 by admin There’s a new dustup in the long and rocky transition to digital music publishing. This time the industry has its sights on collecting performance fees for downloads of music, film and TV as well as licensing fees for the 30-second song samples Apple uses to let iTunes customers preview tracks. CNet reports that the two major agencies in charge of collecting roy... Read More »
