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Rumors of Yahoo! Taking Down MyBlogLog could be False

February 10, 2010 By 7 Comments
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Starting around December I had seen a lot of blogs posting about Yahoo! considering closing the doors on MyBlogLog. I was sad to hear this news, as I have been a huge fan of MyBlogLog since it first launched in 2005. It was a simple community of bloggers with a simple goal of uniting the best writers and bloggers on the web. In 2007 Yahoo! bought out the company for a cool $10 million, a swift deal if I do say so myself. MyBlogLog has only grown in popularity since then, closing in on hitting … [Read more...]

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Facebook Introduces a Brand New, Sleek Home Design

February 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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A few days ago Facebook released their newest design. Nothing has changed on personal profile pages, but when you log into your account you should see some major changes to how everything is layed out. This came as a shock to me when I logged in to check my status for the first time earlier today - a brand new look! The friendly staff over at FB have covered these updates in a blog post. There aren't many new features, and the design is actually a lot easier to use than the previous one. … [Read more...]

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Interview with Yahoo! Answers Q&A Competitor Blurtit

February 4, 2010 By 45 Comments
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Yahoo! Answers has to be the most well-known and popular Question & Community on the web. However there is always room for improvement on apps like these, and Blurtit takes the cake. Building more of a community around the idea of the "Ask Any Question" niche, Blurtit allows users to connect like never before, searching for the most popular questions and sharing knowledge between everyone. Chris Lee is the co-founder of Blurtit, and he's been nice enough to take some time and answer a few … [Read more...]

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Plurk Rivals Twitter as the Next Popular Microblogging Platform

January 16, 2010 By 15 Comments
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Twitter - you either love it or hate it. The application has exploded onto the web, where not only everybody seems to need one, but even larger corporations have set up Twitter accounts. Tweeting is the next big thing! tons of people are getting into this new trend, while naysayers stand behind and wave their fingers in disgust. Though Twitter may have it's downfalls (and there's plenty to pick at), there is hope beyond the horizon! For those of you who haven't heard of Plurk, you should … [Read more...]

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Founder of Omegle.com Answers Questions From Redditors

October 20, 2009 By 11 Comments
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Omegle.com has spread across many social networking hubs, forums, and internet chatrooms rapidly over the past few months. It's a new site with a very simple concept: you log in anonymously and talk to someone else. Someone random, someone you've *probably* never even met before, just talking about whatever. It seems like a breeding ground for spam and pranks, but it ultimately seen very positive results in traffic and user response. After logging into Reddit the other day, I was surprised to … [Read more...]

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Interview with Indaba Music: The Online Music-Making Community

July 12, 2009 By 5 Comments
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Are you a musician looking to find others to jam with, write music with, or just talk to? Or maybe you have a band, but want to find others who are writing the same kind of stuff? Yeah, listen to their tunes, kick back, maybe even share some wisdom with each other. Well look no further, as Indaba Music can cure all your problems. A social networking site at heart, Indaba Music is an online community of musicians, recorders, sound/audio producers, and anyone with a love for sound. You can … [Read more...]

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Link Your Social Networking Profiles Together with SocialFollow

July 6, 2009 By 8 Comments
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Social Follow is a cool new web application that combines all of your other social networking and social bookmarking profiles. I'm sure we all have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg, and many other profiles around the net. With SocialFollow, you are able to combine all of these profiles into one handy button. These are great for posting to your blog, sharing in your forum sigs, or posting it anywhere around the web! Joining SocialFollow is completely free, and it's a really neat … [Read more...]

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