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Gallery of Newest Pligg Launches for 2011

May 11, 2011 By 4 Comments
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The Pligg CMS has grown tremendously in just a few years time. The development team is hard at work constantly churning out updates and new patches for their libraries. Often times the community is able to release new collections and launches of the most popular brands running the open source script. Below are some of the latest launches for Pligg. The social news/social bookmarking script runs on a PHP & MySQL backend with an integrated plugins and template system. The gallery below … [Read more...]

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MySpace More Layoffs and Reflecting on What Went Wrong

January 12, 2011 By 7 Comments
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Last July, Inside the Webb reported on new changes coming to MySpace in an effort to streamline the overall design of the social networking giant. As reported at the time, the changes were long overdue, however overhauling such a large organization was no easy task. The once reigning king of the social networking world has suffered in recent years and failed to keep up with the Facebook phenomenon. Techcrunch reported only a few hours ago that the MySpace has cut 47 percent of staff (nearly … [Read more...]

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MySpace Updates User Profile Designs and UI Elements

July 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
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The former reigning king of social networking land MySpace is rolling out new user profile designs. The update came from Sean Percival, Myspace's VP of Online Marketing. In a short tweet Sean linked to his online profile, describing it as a "Clean new profile". The design updates do look amazing, and you can't help but realize these are long overdue. MySpace has always looked like a 10 year old's playground when it comes to profile pages frontend and backend. Luckily it appears as though the … [Read more...]

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Keep Up With your Digg Friends Submissions using Sub DiggerPlus

May 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Digg is one of my, if not the #1 favorite social news site to date. Wracking up tens of millions of pageviews monthly, Digg, Inc. is a dominant force on the web which has only seen constant and substantial growth. Keeping up with your friend's submissions on the site can get a bit tricky, but with Sub Digger+ the whole process is made very easy. Once at the page, all you do is plug in your Digg username and hit "enter". The app will take a few seconds to load, as it's contacting Digg's API … [Read more...]

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GeoTagging Network Foursquare Nears 1 Million Checkins Daily

May 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The hugely popular social networking and geotagging solution FourSquare has been rising through the ranks over the past few months. Skyrocketing into popularity, the company's official Twitter account @foursquare posted an update yesterday regarding the massive influx in updates. In their excited tweet, it is mentioned that Foursquare is now passing a huge turning point in their success. Clearly more people are hopping on the geo-network bandwagon, and it's catching on fast. Even with … [Read more...]

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Netvibes runs your Online Dashboard for Social News and Media Updates

May 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Netvibes is an amazing startup application founded back in 2005. It allows you to create a personal dashboard which you can log into, and from your account page you can set up whatever content you'd like to see. Aggregated RSS feeds, real-time tweets and trending topics, e-mails, podcasts, and a whole lot more. It's a revolution of social media and networking! It's an interesting application, to say the least. It has many features you don't find on other social apps, and it allows combination … [Read more...]

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Join Inside the Webb on our New Facebook Fan Page

May 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
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All good social media resources will run plenty of accounts through many social networking websites. This allows for a much larger readerbase, as fans can find out about your site through many different means. Well today Inside the Webb finally has a Facebook Fan Page! We have been running a Twitter @insidethewebb and a Google Buzz profile for a few months now. Since then we've seen a huge surge in traffic - not just from people checking out the site through our social profiles, but also … [Read more...]

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