Facebook’s new web sign-in platform has officially launched today. Facebook users will now be able to log in to a number of sites (including Digg) via their Facebook identity. Data will be swapped between Facebook and other services.
“Twitters written, Digg stories voted on, restaurant reviews on Citysearch, etc.) can optionally flow back to the user’s [...]
The site asks you for your Twitter username, and then processes your connections and the content of your tweets.
An interesting model and I like seeing the capatalization of Twitter into more and more refined information processing models.
“Mark with Mashable reports: The report comes in two parts. The first part gives you a list of [...]
In another example of how social media becomes the entertaining news, “Why I love digg” submitted by inputname on Digg shows us once again why we all love this stuff.
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The following commentary was posted in reply to a fast growing Digg story about frustration with StubbleUpon (SU).
Social media platforms are all looking for the right model and balance. I’m not sure why this user is under review but I hope it’s not for promoting his own sites. These tools need to be smarter than [...]
October was a good month for Twitter. All those election Tweets brought a 25 percent increase in U.S. visitors from the month before… [Digg Story Currently Going Popular] read more | digg story
Twitter is also more than a social networking tool. Securing a niche in the critical viral social media space is of significant [...]
The popular social media site Digg was temporarily down Thursday night. When you are big and getting bigger, it’s expected that you’ll need a maintenance or bug break every now and then.
Ok, so what do we do now…
Twitter is the original micro-blogging service, created with the idea of posting updates via SMS or text messages. With millions of users and growing, how can you use Twitter to find your next job?
My favorite was number 6:
6. Prepare to simulcast. Free services like HelloTXT.com let you use your tweets for the status messages on [...]
Google is rolling out video and voice capabilities for the chat function that is embedded in the Gmail interface. It’s a bare-bones voice and video-conferencing service, but it’s simple to install and use and is a very good addition to Gmail.
“…Unlike many current video chat products, Gmail Video and Voice uses a proprietary plug-in, not [...]
“Today we honor our veterans”, the title of the graphic on the updated President Elect website change.gov.
In a day and time where the Internet and online growth have so changed the fabric of our society, we should all remember that it is the heros that give us this freedom.
Our service men and women put their [...]
Twine is a social tool thats optimized to help people connect through similar content and group relationships.
Twine contains friend capabilities and is driven by the many Twines (groups) or interest categories.
The platform seems to have the user base to now add a layer of moderation and standard taxonomy. Since it’s more complex than a Delicious, [...]