Tech Week In Review for July 3rd

FriendFeed Adds 3 New Features I don’t know how those FriendFeed guys do it, but it seems like they add a new feature every other day. Here is what they’ve added recently: Real-time Search - We all know FriendFeed operates in real-time. New items slide up to the top of the page right before your eyes. It’s [...]

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BET Awards Dominate Twitter, Causes Racist Backlash

Say what you will about the content of the BET Awards.  I tuned in late but monitored activity on Twitter last night and to be quite honest was surprised and pleased to see not only Twitter’s integration into the show but also the show dominating trending topics on Twitter.  They even used the awards show [...]

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Michael Jackson “Collapses” Web as Twitter Trends His Death and Google Sleeps?!

Michael Jackson's name surfaced in the number 3 and 6 positions on Google's list of the top 100 trending topics about fifty-four or more minutes after the first tweet on Twitter trended the same topic.

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Did You Get Tagged Yet?

I recently heard that people were talking about Tagged for some odd reason. I decided to investigate and see why. I mean, Tagged is a pretty nice social networking site, but it’s definitely no Facebook or Myspace. It didn’t appear they had made any major updates, so why were people talking about it? My search led [...]

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Tweeting With The Stars (The Real Ones)

After being hit with a lawsuit from St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa over an individual impersonating him on the site, Twitter took steps to launch a verified accounts beta program to ensure that no other celebrity suits of this nature will arise. It is a move that should benefit both public figures, and the people looking to connect with them.

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12seconds Complete Redesign

I guess the 12seconds team felt that adding Twitter replies and DM’s to your feed wasn’t enough. They also didn’t think that upgrading the site to update in real-time was good enough. So, they have completely redesigned 12seconds.tv….all of it. The new layout is simpler, cleaner, and brings the focus back to the actual content. [...]

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Jay-Z Kills AutoTune via Twitter with D.O.A.

If you were on twitter after their scheduled maintenance on Friday then you probably saw that Jay-Z was the number one trending topic. If you're still wondering why it's because of the release of his new song called Death of Autotune aka D.O.A. for his upcoming album Blueprint 3 that will be released on the eighth anniversary of the original album, September 11th. While the track comes with mixed reviews (not sure how) here is a quick snapshot of the song's acceptance via Twitter:

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12 Reasons Why Google Wave will Change the Web

Google Wave is the shiniest new thing that everyone is talking about. It’s not even out yet, but I watched the entire video from the Google I/O demo and I have to admit I’m impressed. I honestly think it will change the web, even if it only serves to show others what’s possible and sparks [...]

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Streamy Gets Serious with Chat, Streams, and FB Connect

We wrote about Streamy coming out of private beta back in March. Streamy connects you with a few of your favorite social media websites and allows you to manage them from one simple interface. Service supported include Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, and Flickr. Not only that, but Streamy wants to be your RSS Feed reader as [...]

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Unify Your Online Activity with PeopleBrowsr

Back in December, we talked about PeopleBrowser which was then Alpha 0.7. Now, with their new Alpha 0.999j release and open beta status, PeopleBrowsr is trying to take their service to the public. I have to say that it looks a looks a little better than it did almost half a year ago. The interface [...]

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