CNN Acquires iPad Newsreading App Zite
CNN has acquired iPad newsreading app Zite, the company announced Tuesday. Like AOL’s more recently launched iPad newsreading app, Editions, Zite creates a personalized, magazine-like reading experience by filtering stories from your Google Reader, social networks and self-defined preferences. The more you read, the more finely tailored it becomes. It keeps note of the kinds and length [...]
Read MoreFacebook Launches Video Chat Powered by Skype
Facebook finally has unveiled its much talked about video chat product, powered by Skype. According to Facebook’s blog, the chat service will allow users to call their friends right from Facebook. The revamped chat system now includes a sidebar with “the people you message most.” It automatically appears when your browser is big enough. Incorporating both [...]
Read MoreFacebook Turns On Facial Recognition For Tagging By Default
If you have a bunch of tag-happy Facebook friends, you may want to read this. Facebook has been rolling out a facial recognition feature that makes it easier to tag friends in snaps, and it has introduced this feature as a default setting. We first heard about Tag Suggestions back in December. The feature basically [...]
Read MoreAdAge: Latinos Surpass Percentage of Blacks on Twitter
So says AdAge Stats in an infographic released on the demographics of popular social networks. There’s been lots of talk around why there are so many black people on Twitter over the past year or so however with Latinos being the fastest growing minority population it’s not surprising that this stat may very well in [...]
Read MoreDoes A User Have Legal Rights in Social Games?
The short answer is a resounding NO! Social gaming is the new IT factor in Social Networking. There are tons of Social Games that are accessible through iPhone apps, Facebook, and other Social Networks. Even the mega traditional gaming companies, like EA Sports, are getting into Social/Online Gaming. Social gaming is exciting and a way [...]
Read MoreThe Not-So Inclusive Web and Network Failure
Dawn Douglass recently asked the question, “How can the Web truly be “open” when only young white male geeks get to decide what the Web is?” I spend a lot of time thinking about technology. Every morning the first thing I do is pop open my feedreader to read all the incoming articles from all [...]
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