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If you hang out with the cool kids, or are hiding in the bushes nearby listening to their conversations, you have likely heard of or are using Foursquare, the addictive location-based social networking game. For those that aren’t familiar with the new technology, the basic premise is that people take their fancy smartphones and “check [...]
If you’re like the vast majority of Twitter users and only using the default twitter.com to manage your tweets, you’re missing out on some excellent web apps that will help you organize Twitter better and be more productive. Time for you to take it to the next level.
Twitter web apps have come a long way [...]
A coworker of mine recently expressed concern over privacy on Facebook. I found it surprising that she lets her kids use Twitter, which has virtually no privacy, but not Facebook. After thinking about it some more, I can now understand why. It’s all about expectations when you start using a new social [...]
Last week I discovered Yammer, a Twitter-like tool used to communicate within private company networks. The concept is simple: sign up with a company email address, follow your co-workers, “tweet” about what you’re working on and start a group to add more segmentation to the full company network.
One of the things I love about Twitter is the ability to unfollow someone with the click of a button. If I don’t like what you’re saying or you’re spamming me, I don’t have to listen. This allows me to streamline my feed into only relevant updates and links. Look at the [...]