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Waste Company Time with Less Risk of Getting Caught: FaceoffIM
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 25, 2009 8:21 PM / 6 Comments
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FaceoffIM is a chat client developed specifically for Facebook Chat users to stay connected to their online friends without a web browser and Facebook's suspiciously social interface. According to developer Continue reading »


AmpliFeeder: FriendFeed's Much Hotter Sister
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 25, 2009 6:29 PM / 28 Comments
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There are a slew of social media aggregation sites willing, waiting, and wanting to pull your updates, videos, photos, links, music, "shares," "likes," and other content from all around the Continue reading »


Identify: A Firefox Add-on For Researching People
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 25, 2009 2:55 PM / 8 Comments
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There's a lot of information about many of us spread around the web and though privacy is important to discuss - there's also another side of that coin. It can Continue reading »


Groups: Turn Information Overload Into an Asset
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 25, 2009 2:46 PM / 11 Comments
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This post originally ran under the title Groups: The Secret Weapon of the Social Web. Since it's a holiday in the US and things are slow today, we thought readers Continue reading »


Bing, Bing, Bing: Get Ready To Hear About Microsoft's New Search, Again and Again
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 25, 2009 7:34 AM / 23 Comments
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Microsoft is expected to launch its new search engine this week and AdAge reports this morning that it will ride a huge wave of new advertising to promote it. The Continue reading »


Web Trends: What's New in 2009, Part 2
Written by Richard MacManus / May 25, 2009 6:00 AM / 11 Comments
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Last week we discussed some of the new trends we're seeing on the Web in 2009: open data, structured data, apps that filter content effectively, real-time, personalization, mobile (especially location-based), Continue reading »


Mir:ror: A Glimpse Into The Future of an RFID World
Written by Richard MacManus / May 25, 2009 2:55 AM / 12 Comments
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Mir:ror is an Internet of Things app from the company Violet (follow on Twitter @violetOS). As the name suggests, it is literally a mirror - but an Internet-connected one which Continue reading »


App Mapping War Casualties Debuts for Memorial Day Weekend
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 24, 2009 9:00 PM / 4 Comments
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Every age brings new wars, and every war brings public expressions of collective grief and respect for the dead. My parents' generation had the Vietnam Memorial, and their parents' generation Continue reading »


Google@Omgili Mashes Traditional Web Search With Social Buzz
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 24, 2009 6:00 PM / 9 Comments
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Omgili, which we reviewed in 2007 as a top alt search engine, has focused on culling results from the weird corners of the web: Forums, boards, discussion groups - basically, Continue reading »


LouderVoice Releases Android Application
Written by Doug Coleman / May 24, 2009 5:55 PM / 3 Comments
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This weekend Ireland based reviewing platform LouderVoice announced that it has launched its first private beta application for the Google Android platform. It is the first Irish Android application and Continue reading »


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