Tech Week In Review 8-14-09
by rahsheen
Is Facebook Destroying Our Relationships?
As if we didn’t have enough relationship problems, looks like Facebook causes you even more grief. According to a recent study, many of us just seem to act a little stalkerish online. The four main causes for this jealousy?
Read MoreFriendBook? FaceFeed? Facebook Aquires FriendFeed
by rahsheen
In a surprise announcement to many FriendFeed users, Facebook has aquired FriendFeed. Many FF users are absolutely devastated. FriendFeed provided somewhat of a middle-ground between Twitter’s absolute bare-bones status updates and Facebook’s full-on walled-garden social network. While most Facebook users will be completely indifferent to this announcement, FriendFeed users have mixed feelings. Ex-Googlers Paul Bucheit, [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-6-09
by rahsheen
This week, Google launched a new ad campaign that is aimed at pushing IT managers to switch to Google Apps. The billboards will run for a month and will be changed every day, updated with new information on the advantages of Google Apps. Google is going hard at Microsoft, linking to the Apps at Work website, which says:
Read MoreTech Week in Review 7-31-09
by rahsheen
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mentioned to CNN that Twitter is banned on most Whitehouse computers. This is normal for many companies to do, but with the way this admininstration has been using social media as a powerful to reach the people, it seems pretty silly. Later reports showed that there are some computers authorized for Twitter and that group may be expanded. I’m not sure any of this matters as those who intend to use Twitter will just access it via their mobile phones.
Read MoreGoogle No. 1 Website In June, But Watch Out For Bing
by Barry Cooper
Who’s No. 1 in website traffic? No surprise — its that 800-pound gorilla, Google, according to Compete.com. Google, with nearly 146 million unique visits, ranked No. 1 in June in the Compete 250, the company’s monthly ranking of the top 250 websites. Yahoo! was second with 142 million visits and Facebook was third with 122 million.
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