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Why You Should Use FriendFeed
via The Inquisitr by Duncan Riley on May 13, 2008
Social aggregation service FriendFeed has turned into this years hot service, and yet to date I’ve have remained unconvinced of its merits. In an age where people are suffering “over-noise” in terms of information input, FriendFeed adds yet another layer with which many may struggle to keep up with.FriendFeed has an amazingly loyal user base, and chief among the cheer squad has been Louis...
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Welcome To The Inquisitr
via The Inquisitr by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Shared by Yassin A. خواندن این وبلاگ به همه ی کسانی که به وب 2.0 با یکم مایه های پاپ کالچر و سلبریتی و اینا! یکجا علاقه دارن توصیه میشود.Welcome to the Inquisitr, a site I haven’t quite come up with a tag line for, but I’ve got Tech, Pop and Penguins on the short list.The idea for The Inquisitr honestly...
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College Junior Enters NBA Draft. The Catch: He Has No Basketball Playing Experience
via The Inquisitr by Duncan Riley on May 08, 2008
Zach Feinstein is the dark horse in this years NBA Draft, the dark horse because he’s managed to register himself despite having no serious basketball playing experience.Zach explains:“The short story is that I, Zachary Feinstein, have declared for the 2008 NBA Draft. As a 5′8″ 130 pound Caucasian, I am the perfect candidate for professional basketball. Also, I do not play basketball.You...
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Viewzi: Visual Search Nearly Done Right
via The Inquisitr by (author unknown) on May 11, 2008
... various contextual views via a top menu on each search under the premise that different people will want different types of searches. Options include a site/ thumbnail search, images (+ Flickr), a simple (traditional) text view, and other options including weather and even search via TechCrunch story. The interface is simple and pleasing on the eye, and navigation is easy. Cyndy Aleo-Carreira...
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Tom & Katie Might Spawn Again
via The Inquisitr by (author unknown) on May 12, 2008
Shared by SharonG ohnoes! more potential scientology babies! This makes me sad. Not only is Kate Holmes turning into a super robot, but they might be planning a new addition to the family soon.A source said, ‘She (Katie) said she’s got the itch. […] Tom said if Katie wants another baby, she doesn’t have to ask twice. He always wanted more. It was Katie who has been holding off. Until...
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Exclusive: Google Responds To Claims Of “Serious Security Flaw”
via The Inquisitr by JR Raphael on May 12, 2008
... though, that the issue is actually just an abuse of Gmail’s forwarding feature as opposed to any kind of open relay exploit. It does not, he says, present any security vulnerability.“We are aware of the potential for this kind of abuse and we have controls in place to prevent large attacks,” the spokesperson said.Part of the concern over the INSERT report stemmed from the fact that ...
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The Facebook Developer Boom is Over
via The Inquisitr by (author unknown) on May 07, 2008
Shared by SharonG הו, שיט. מה יעשו כל האידיוטים שלקחו קורס פיתוח אפליקציות פייסבוק בג'וןברייס וחשבו שהם תכף יהיו מיליונרים?!According to figures compiled by well known Facebook developer Jesse Farmer, the Facebook app development boom is over.Farmer compiled statistics on Facebook developer activity and...
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Pownce Tries To Reinvent Itself As A Public File Hosting Service
via The Inquisitr by Duncan Riley on May 08, 2008
Pownce has announced that users can now share uploaded files to the public, and that files can now be up to 100mb in size. Users had previously been able to share files with other Pownce users.It’s another attempt by Pownce to define itself as being useful at a time where Twitter has become the dominant force in microblogging, and now FriendFeed (most strongly supported by the occasionally...
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Finally Twitter Starts Purging Spammers
via The Inquisitr by Duncan Riley on May 07, 2008
Twitter has started shutting down the accounts of users who abuse the service to spam legitimate Twitter users.Spam isn’t a huge issue for most Twitter users; spam accounts are usually pretty easy to spot, and users can easily unfollow or block spammers the moment they are spammed. Twitter spammers usually aren’t that sophisticated either, usually taking the name of a well known person (with...
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Google Reader Notes In The Wild: All Good
via The Inquisitr by Duncan Riley on May 08, 2008
I wrote Monday about Google’s addition of notes to Google Reader’s sharing service, but until now I hadn’t seen one in the wild. Short version: it’s all good. The notes are presented at the top of the shared item so you immediately see the note your sharing friend has left on it.Obviously Google Reader + Notes isn’t completely FriendFeed yet, but ever so slowly it’s creeping in that...
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