Category: Social Networking
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MP addresses importance of Social Net in British politics and IT education
Following yesterday’s news that our Prime Minister David Cameron, his Deputy Nick Clegg and Labour Leader Ed Milliband have joined social net Google+, the Minister of State for University and Science has spoken out about the ‘crucial’ nature of social networking in today’s politics. Speaking to fellow bloggers at Pocket-Lint, MP David Willetts took time…
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Skype 5.4 beta update (with Facebook) is now on Macs
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It’s been a few months now since Facebook features became integrated into the Skype video and voice chat software for Windows, but from today it’s finally up for grabs on Apple Mac computers. Bringing the same features across from their PC pals, Skype 5.4 is a beta update but delivers access to Facebook chat, viewing your own…
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British Prime Minister & Political Party Leaders hang out on Google+
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Google+ has become the newest political platform attracting David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband to the newest social kid on the block. British Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative party David Cameron says he is “proud that British politicians are leading the way when it comes to embracing new methods of engaging people…
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British Prime Minister & Political Party Leaders hang out on Google+
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Google+ has become the newest political platform attracting David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband to the newest social kid on the block. British Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative party David Cameron says he is “proud that British politicians are leading the way when it comes to embracing new methods of engaging people…
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Google Flights feature takes off in the States
Google Flights has taken off within the United States as a new feature to its search engine which offers to aid travellers in finding and booking flights easily and all through the familiar Google interface. The recent merger of internet force Google and travel tech co. ITA Software has birthed the new feature, which can…
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Facebook ‘Subscribe’ feature brings the social network closer to Twitter
The battle between Facebook and Twitter rages on. In its latest development, the war has seen the former steal a pretty major feature from the latter. What are we on about? In short: Facebook is about to launch a ‘subscribe’ feature, which will bring any public updates from people you’re interested (but aren’t actually ‘friends’…
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Nokia’s ‘sweet’ new mobile launched in China!
It’s a pretty sweet time to be a tech-fan – quite literally! Following from the news that Google’s next Android offering might just be called ‘Jelly Bean’ and the recent launch of Angry Birds in the East, which saw some avian themed not-so-traditional moon-cakes up for sale – Finnish co. Nokia has commissioned some treats…
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Microsoft Windows 8 expected today at Build Conference
Microsoft is expected to unveil the new Windows 8 operating system as a full beta version (yes, again!). This is thought to be later today at the Build Conference in California, following a lengthy period of speculation that the anticipated refresh of the popular desktop OS will be arriving at the event and presumably on tablet.…
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Google Android’s sweet new name to be “Jelly Bean”?
The fruity new name for Google’s next mobile operating software has supposedly leaked online, with rumour suggesting the next Android (4.1/5.0?) will be titled – “Jelly Bean”. It’s clearly the most ridiculous yet, and follows some seriously silly and sickly sweet names such as “Eclair” (2.1) “Froyo” (2.2) (We had to Google it!) and…
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HTC issues invite to September 20th NYC event – Also launches new ‘Mango’ apps
Following a recent Windows Phone-based handset launch in London, invitations are rolling out online to HTC’s “Celebrate in Style” event in New York City on September 20th – expected to be the grand unveiling of several new mobile handsets to pack the latest Android mobile OS. In attendance will be Peter Chou, President and CEO…
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Twitter’s 100 million users: The Stats
It’s official, 100 million users reside within the tweeting flock that is Twitter – that’s a billion active user accounts, if your billion is that 100-million one. The tweeters are aggregated from Twitter.com, Twitter apps and even third party apps. To celebrate, Twitter has released a large pile of stats relating to its service, revealing…
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Virgin Media’s budget mobile packs a punch for under a tenner!
Virgin Media has outted an affordable little number to suit anyone’s budget. The VM560 is created by Alcatel and is part of the ‘One Touch’ range and brings the price of owning a socially-enabled mobile down to only £9.99. Add an initial £10 top-up and this Pay As You Go mobile is still comes…