I have many friends on Facebook that have apps that post their status of things like Bejeweled Blitz or Farmville. I am struggling with this. I need help understanding why these type apps are being used to spend people’s time. I try to have an open mind about things and have never played any game […]
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Jane McGonigal There is no question about the influence that large news organizations have when it comes to influencing web traffic. Less than 1 hour ago, CNN.com covered a story on Jane McGonigal. Jane McGonigal is being called by CNN, one of “Ten fascinating people you’ve never heard of.” No sooner did CNN.com launch the […]
For those of you who still rely heavily on Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc…) you might be interested to learn that a new version of the software is coming. And the new 2010 version of the Office suite will be heavily based on web integrations and applications! According to MicrosoftFeed.com, Paul Thurrott, from WinInfo […]
RSS Graffiti just released a new update to their Facebook app that is specifically designed to help you automatically send your Twitter updates to your Facebook Fan Page. I’ve written previous articles on making this happen, but the processes were long, cumbersome, and utilized other applications (like Yahoo Pipes) that had a lot of problems. […]
The Google Apps platform is becoming a very popular integration for universities, businesses, and organizations throughout the country. Google Apps leverages the power of “cloud computing”, and allows the users within an organization to use the powerful features of Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar for their internal work flow – as opposed to being […]
Make calls, send SMS, and click to call, all from your Chrome browser The Google Chrome browser just got a whole lot cooler with the addition of the Google Voice extension! I’ve been using Google Chrome a lot more lately simply because of it’s speed and fluid browsing capabilities, but now with the Google Voice […]
I was just checking out my new notifications (the notifications box in the lower right hand corner), and one of the notifications was that a friend of mine on Facebook had left a comment on one of my photos. When I click on the notification, I was taken to a page that wanted me to […]