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Twitter announced today that the company is updating its direct messaging system so that it's no longer a requirement for accounts to follow each other in order to send direct messages. Previously, users could only send direct messages to accounts that were following them. From the Twitter blog: Changes include: A setting that allows you to receive Direct Messages from
Living abroad, I'm always on the lookout for innovative new ways to communicate with friends and family back home, beyond your ordinary old social networks. Lately I've been obsessed with Jigsie, a fun new social app with a twist. Jamie and Nick spoke to Paolo Farrari, CEO of Bella Technologia, about the app. Jigsie is a social app that turns your photos into personalized digital
Love 'em or hate 'em, social networks are here to stay. Over the years, many companies have entered this market. Networks like Facebook want to connect everyone, while networks like LinkedIn are aimed at business users. A new network called Businessfriend hopes to bridge the gap between the personal and professional social network. Scott met with Glenn from Businessfriend. Glenn
They talked about it for over a year. People were confused why the personal homepage was shuttering. But is the page really gone, or just hiding? iGoogle Shut Down On November 1st, iGoogle - the webpage that allowed you to add RSS feeds, widgets and more - went offline. It was over a year in the making when Google announced
Apple announced their social network Ping would be removed in the next version of iTunes. It didn't build the excitement as Apple wanted it to. Because of the integration of Facebook with iOS6, and also integration with Twitter, Apple decided to retire the network. Ping was announced on September 2nd, and saw 1 million users in the first 48 hours.
Just when you thought things couldn't get much worse for MySpace, the once-king of social networks, it's now official that Microsoft is giving them the boot from their Windows Live services. MySpace was once one of the prominent social services that Live users could connect to, thereby importing and exporting status updates via Windows Live Messenger and importing MySpace contacts
Is one billion page views a month on Huffington Post hard to swallow? Not really. With the cast of writers, communities and website acquisitions, HuffPo is growing fast.