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Category Archives: Social Media

A first look at Plurk

If you want an invite, click here.
Leo Laporte sent an invite to his Twitter audience to try a new service called Plurk.

It’s a lot better looking than Twitter, and it hasn’t gone down yet. Maybe because they are filtering their users from the start instead of launching for the world when you are not [...]

A truly social video experience

There are countless video sites out there. YouTube is the largest and has millions of users. Flickr just launched their video attempt, but you can only post 90 seconds of action. Vimeo has a sick design, but you can only upload 500 MB a week.
I’ve started using Viddler because there are none of these [...]

Pownce has an AIM bot

I love using Pownce, but sometimes it’s pain to open up the web browser, or fire up AIR.

I am on IM all the time, so this will be very easy to integrate. I was just thinking to myself today that I never get any replies on Pownce, but it’s because I rarely post. Well, Pownce [...]

Facebook redesign in beta

I’ve been a Facebook user for four years now, and since 2004, it’s still been the website I check more than anything. The amount of social data on Facebook is ginormous. Today, they soft-launched a sneak peek at their new design. It’s… unfamiliar, really white, and awkwardly-centered, but otherwise awesome.

I think it’s cool that [...]

Three reasons why Brightkite will survive

It complements Twitter - It’s really easy to update BrightKite from the web, or your mobile device. It’s not a Twitter clone either. Twitter is the what, BrightKite is the where. It’s fun to see where your friends are. You can also embed photos in your posts, so it’s a rich experience.

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PeopleBrowser sneak peak

I snuck this video last night at VCTini. PeopleBrowsr is spelled wrong.

Looks pretty cool, but so many faces!