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How to post to Facebook and Twitter with Siri

by Joshua H. on May 16, 2012 in Apps, Gadgets, Social Media

Sharon Vaknin over at CNet posted a brilliant tip quite a while back that I thought would be good to bring back from the archives. In a recent conversation I heard a friend complaining that Siri couldn’t post to Twitter. I assured him that she could, but he didn’t believe me. When I reminded him [...]

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Death of SMS – Is Facebook Messenger the Murderer? (via @jkhowland)

by Joshua H. on May 16, 2012 in Apps, News, Social Media

The New York Times Bits blog recently posted an article regarding the results of a telecommunications consulting firm report. A research note last Friday reported that “based on measured minutes of use, smartphone users were spending more time on Facebook and thus probably sending more messages with it’s service than they are text messages.” Real [...]

Facebook mobile overtakes regular site in amount of time users spend browsing

Facebook mobile overtakes regular site in amount of time users spend browsing

by Tyler Riggs on May 13, 2012 in Social Media

You use Facebook. Everyone uses Facebook. But think for a moment about when you are using Facebook on different computers and devices, and ask yourselves which devices you spend the most amount of time browsing, interacting, tagging photos, and liking stuff on the world’s most popular social networking site. According to a report this weekend [...]

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Spotify Is Now On Your iPad

by Jenny Reichhold on May 6, 2012 in Apps

Until recently, premium subscribers to Spotify that wanted to use the service on their iPad had to make do with running the iPhone app. Now all that has changed, and the new app brings features to the table that many iPad users will appreciate. Spotify’s developers considered use-case for the iPad while crafting the new [...]

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Is Your Status As An Organ Donor Facebook Official?

by Jenny Reichhold on May 4, 2012 in News, Product Reviews, Social Media

The world’s largest social network announced earlier this week that they will be offering help for the global shortage of donor organs by creating an organ donor option on the new Facebook Timeline. The site revamped its Groups feature to allow users to register to become an organ donor, as well as share their story [...]

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Will a Video Game Influence the 2012 Presidential Election?

by Josh A. on May 2, 2012 in Apps

Yes, the title of this blog is a question. It’s a question because MTV (Music Television) has actually made an online game that they hope will make young people excited for the next election. It’s a question because I’m wondering if it will actually work. The game is designed a lot like Fantasy Football or [...]

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Facebook Nears 1 Billion Users

by Josh A. on May 2, 2012 in News, Social Media

Remember when you didn’t know what Facebook was? Remember when everyone was talking about it and you had to find out from a friend just what the big deal was? I can remember wondering how everything worked and why it was so popular. Now, almost four years later, Facebook has become such an influence in [...]

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Snapguide gets the first shot at in-app pinning to Pinterest (via @jkhowland)

by Joshua H. on April 27, 2012 in Apps, Social Media

Have you used Snapguide? It’s a slick iOS app that makes it easy to create, view and share guides online. The app is addictive and gorgeous. One of the best designed apps on the store. Pinterest addition I’ve pointed out before that Pinterest isn’t an overnight success. The service has been around for years. They [...]

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Socialcam makes a big splash – 3 million users in a weekend

by Joshua H. on April 27, 2012 in Apps, New Technology, News

You know, now that Instagram had it’s big exit, we’re going to hear ‘it’s Instagram for _‘ more times than any of us can stand. I’m going to write this whole post and try to avoid that phrase. Instagram really has been a phenomenal app. What Instagram did for personal photo sharing, we likely need [...]

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Can You Escape Facebook’s Instagram With OpenPhoto? (by @calebhicks)

by Caleb Hicks on April 24, 2012 in Apps

If you are one of the 59% of users who think that Facebook will ruin the Instagram experience, you may have another option in OpenPhoto. OpenPhoto was funded through Kickstarter last summer as an open Instagram alternative. You can save pictures to Dropbox and comment, share, or tag them in the iPhone app. All of [...]

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