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Twitter Uses Tumblr For Status Blog
via Mashable! by Stan Schroeder on May 28, 2008
This is just delightful - the folks of Twitter have finally decided to communicate the reasons behind their frequent downtimes - which have turned our Mark’s life into a neverending stream of pain and misery, or something like that - and they’re using Tumblr, their direct competitor in the microblogging field, as the platform. Others have noticed, too, but the bizzarre thing is that no one...
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RatingBurner Ranks Blogs According To RSS Numbers
via Mashable! by Stan Schroeder on January 30, 2008
Well, mainly. It also takes some other factors into consideration, like Google’s PageRank, and the presence of ads and sponsors (although I’m not sure what’s that got to do with anything), but the main criterion for ranking is the number of RSS subscribers (taken from FeedBurner) and recent changes in that number. RatingBurner currently has the problem (besides the awful design of the site)...
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OpenSocial 0.7 Released; Apps Now Available
via Mashable! by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins on February 03, 2008
Google Product Manager Dan Peterson today announces the results of their most recent ‘hackathon,’ the OpenSocial 0.7 API specifications. I haven’t had a real good chance to examine the OpenSocial specifications and release notes since the initial announcement, so I took the opportunity to take a look this afternoon.The announcement was of particular important because the new specification...
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FriendFeed: I Think I Get It Now
via Mashable! by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins on February 08, 2008
I would say that I’m pretty far behind the curve on ‘gettting’ this social media tool, but as it’s still in private beta, I guess the fact that I’m on it at all makes me still technically ahead of the curve. Of course I refer to FriendFeed, one of the many lifestreaming utilities out there. Now that I’ve had several months to play around on it and be in the private testing pool, I...
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Forget Word: 13 Online Word Processors
via Mashable! by Sean P. Aune on February 10, 2008
We’ve already told you to start doing your spreadsheets online, and now it’s time to let you know how to get your documents done the same way. We’ve lined up a mixture of 13 paid and free word processing alternatives for you to give a try, and hopefully find one that meets your needs. (more…)ShareThis
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Google Reader Gets Serious About Shared Items
via Official ReadBurner Blog by adam on May 05, 2008
... to (1) a lot more people sharing (2) a lot more items being shared and (3) a greater diversity of sources and types of stories since you can now share any web page. We’re really glad to see the GReader team paying attention to users and what they want, and excited about the implications of these new features!A few more details and minor updates are available on the Google Reader team blog.
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NASA To Broadcast Landing On Mars Live On The Internet
via Mashable! by Sean P. Aune on May 24, 2008
Not only is NASA,the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, going to attempt to put another lander on Mars, but this time their doing it live on the Internet for all to see.According to Michael Learmonth of Silicon Valley Insider, starting at 6 PM EST today, people can head to NASA’s website, or Second Life, to watch as NASA attempts to put the Phoenix Mars Lander down on solid ground. ...
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Twitter Is Working on Groups
via Mashable! by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins on June 06, 2008
... some databases and hardware and tweaking our schema to take a lot of load off the main database,” Dorsey told Mitch late Tuesday. “We’ve seen some improvements in the last few days, and we’re making sure we make a good record of stability before we turn on IM, which is a popular service and will increase the load.”Along with the contact grouping, they also plan to upgrade their email ...
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Prepare For Your Death Online: 20+ Helpful Tools
via Mashable! by Sean P. Aune on January 28, 2008
No one likes to think about it, but death is inevitable. After it happens, you won’t have to care about paying the electricity bill anymore, but what’ll happen to your blog, e-mail, online profiles? The fact that you’re, well, dead, is no excuse for slouching online; therefore we bring you over 20 tools that will take care of your online stuff after you’re gone. (more…)ShareThis
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Twitter Down For the Debates; Twitter Forces My Hand
via Mashable! by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins on January 30, 2008
In what is becoming an altogether too common occurance lately, Twitter is down, this time due to the Republican Primary debate on this evening. Twitter has been going down more and more frequently in recent weeks. Steve Jobs took it down during the keynote. It went down during the President’s last State of the Union Address. It has been down for short periods of time due to the flooding in...
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