Tag: "Launches"
Google launches Plus 1 (+1) Social Sharing Button
Google has now launched their Plus One (+1) Social Sharing Button, and they say this is a way for users to rate a piece of web content as ‘cool’. This will enable users with a Google Account to +1 websites and content they like, which is then broadcasted to their Google Contacts and other people […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Finally Launches Follow Button
Twitter has unveiled a new feature that allows website owners to add a ‘Follow’ button to their site – allowing users to Follow them on Twitter without leaving the webpage or being redirected to Twitter. Similar to the Facebook Like button, I am surprised it has taken Twitter so long to finally get around to […]
Read More | ShareFacebook launches Facebook Studio
Facebook has launched a new site where digital agencies, brands and marketing companies can show off their creativity to the Facebook community. Many digital companies are creating creative and innovative campaigns on Facebook, now Facebook Studio is a place to show these off to the world. Facebook members can ‘Like’ a specific piece of work, […]
Read More | ShareBing launches new Bing Toolbar
Microsoft’s Bing has launched a new Toolbar with several integration points to make your daily internet browsing easier. The Bing toolbar comes with tools such as news (localised), Bing maps, weather, mail integration (hotmail, yahoo, or gmail), Facebook integration, Video search, a Bing text translator, and of course a Bing search box. This is extremely […]
Read More | ShareFacebook launches mobile apps for non-smartphone devices
Facebook has launched a new mobile application that will be able to run on simple/ non-smartphone devices. The app has been built in conjunction with a company called Snaptu (www.snaptu.com). Snaptu builds basic mobile applications, and this particular Facebook app will be able to work on more than 2500 phone models, including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media and Political Elections – iVoted.com.au launches
The 2010 Victorian State Election will be one of the most socially connected elections in Australian electoral history. iVoted.com.au will visualize the check-ins of foursquare users on Saturday, 27 November 2010. The website was launched last Wednesday, 17 November 2010. Foursquare users in Victoria can check-in to any venue marked with a special polling booth […]
Read More | ShareStumbleUpon Launches iPhone and Android Applications
StumbleUpon has launched iPhone and Android Applications so users are now able to ‘stumble’ content for them mobile devices. The application lets you: – Easily explore pages in your favorite topics and on top sites (Flickr, YouTube, Photos, News). – The pages you bookmark from your phone are automatically synced with your StumbleUpon account on […]
Read More | ShareGoogle launches Google Instant Search
Google has launched their latest search engine update – Google Instant Search. As you are typing in your query to the search engine, Google (using predictive text input) suggests possible search queries you may be looking for. Once step further from there is that if you are quickly running new searches – Google refreshes the […]
Read More | ShareApple launches new Social Music Network – Ping
Apple has released a social network based on music, called Ping which is directly built into their iTunes software. Steve Jobs says: ‘It’s for social music discovery. You can follow people and be followed on Ping.’ Jobs familiarised the service to Facebook and Twitter. You can see what your friends are listening to, and you […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Launches Location Features – Facebook Places
Facebook has now officially launched their own Geo-location app inside Facebook – Facebook places. The Facebook iPhone application has been updated however when you go to click ‘Places’ it says the function in not available in our area yet. This is exciting stuff and may pose a real threat to Foursquare. It will be exciting […]
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