Tag: social networking
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Facebook Readying In-House Search Tool
Microsoft have reported that Facebook have officially ended their partnership with Bing and now the social network is ready to deploy their own search tool on their website following the new tool’s announcement earlier in the week. The new Facebook search tool is optimized for the site itself and features several unique features that…
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Twitter Persue the Purchasing of SoundCloud
Twitter has announced its interest in purchasing the music sharing service SoundCloud. The companies are currently in talks on the acquisition. SoundCloud is an online service where anyone from unknown individuals, to well-known artists can upload and share the fruits of their labour, musically speaking. Listeners can then add comments and “like” the clips they…
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Facebook Take Another Shot At Snapchat – Slingshot Is Born
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After Facebook has failed to join (buy) Snapchat, they’re determined to beat them with the launch of their second Snapchat-like app, dubbed Slingshot, as stated by the Financial Times. Slingshot will allow the users to take short video messages and send them to friends. The service is an entirely separate entity to Facebook itself, so…
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Foursquare Splits in Two – Swarm is Released
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Foursquare has launched a new app called Swarm, confirming the split of its unified service into two. Swarm is a standalone app developed for the check-ins and location sharing side of Foursquare. Users can expect to share their location with friends and use stickers when checking-in, instead of getting trophies, as well as seeing how…
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Candy Crush Saga tops the 2013 Apple iOS App Charts
Apple has released its lists of the top apps of the year, and to no surprise to anyone, Candy Crush Saga has hit the top of the lists. The jewel-swapping game has been at the fingertips of millions all throughout 2013, with Candy Crush fever hitting nearly everyone. The game, created by developer King, has…
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Bebo bought back by founder for just $1 Million
Bebo, once one of Facebook’s biggest rivals and home to the “Yoof” generation of social networkers has been purchased today for a measly $1 million by one of its original founders, Micheal Birch. This happens three years after AOL sold the company to Criterion Capital Partners (CCP) in 2011 for just $10 Million. But the…
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Facebook Rumoured to be Buying Face.com
Mark Zuckerberg and co. are looking to splash the cash once again…
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Google+ to Introduce ‘Find My Face’ Application Soon
The new Google + social networking site hasn’t been around too long, but has already made an impact on competing with the likes of Facebook. Considering Google + only launched early this year, it already has an impressive 40 million users. And to keep increasing the popularity of the social networking site, along with keeping…
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Spotify users get a ‘private listening’ mode, your Facebook account still required
Ever since Spotify announced its intentions to integrate its service with the popular social networking site, not everyone was too happy about the fact that playlists and songs they listen to would be automatically shared with friends on their Facebook profile. However, after receiving disappointing feedback from users, Spotify have released a blog post stressing the point…
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BlackBerry launches BBM Music subscription service
Research In Motion or RIM as they like to go by, has just announced its latest feature to its Blackberry handset range in the form of the new Blackberry messenger enabled Music service. Dubbed BBM Music the service is a chargeable subscription based feature that will allow users for just $5 a month to keep…
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How Has Social Networking Influenced the London Riots?
Over the past day or so, the UK has been captivated by the rioting that has taken place in London and now Bristol, Liverpool, Birmingham and Nottingham. News has been coming in thick and fast on the TV, Radio and the Web of the disgraceful acts carried out by groups of rioters in London, though…
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Google+ Android app gets an update
After we reported earlier that Google + gathered a massive 25 million users in a month, it makes it an ideal time for the search engine giant to update their Google + Android app. In the latest version of Google + for Android, users can expect to get improved notifications, as well as the ability…