May 13th, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Facebook, IM
OK, this could actually make Facebook Chat useful: you will soon be able to access it via Jabber. Tonight, Facebook is announcing that they will soon release a Jabber/XMPP interface for Facebook Chat. Via any Jabber-based chat apps, you’ll be able to communicate with your Facebook friends, see who’s online, view friends’ profile pics, […]
May 6th, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Facebook, social media
This is a guest article from Robin Cannon, who blogs regularly on web design, social networking and accessibility at his site Fog of Eternity.
I’ve had a Facebook account for a while, I have well over 100 friends, and yet I still can’t see any real point to it. Barring an occasional visit to clear out […]
April 15th, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Facebook, Mobile, T-Mobile, Video, Web Apps, social media
This looks interesting - JuiceCaster, a mobile broadcasting app, is about to arrive in Java app form on T-Mobile phones. The service, which is also available as a WAP site at m.juicecaster.com, lets you post media - like camera phone pictures and videos - and send them to your friends’ phones. You can also […]
March 28th, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Facebook, social media
I just saw this story hit Techmeme: it’s entitled "Facebook Friends Not Real Friends." They’re not? Well, at least not in the UK. Not anymore.
Apparently, the story arises from a case where a British judge cleared an ex-boyfriend of a harassment charge after he repeatedly sent his ex a "friend request." Your first […]
March 21st, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Facebook, social media
I can’t say that I agree with this one 100%, but it certainly is an interesting rant - over at the Industry Interactive, Inc. blog is a post titled "Facebook has failed us (or Facebook is like so Web 1.0)".
J Lane writes that Facebook is lame because the Facebook apps "suck" and it […]
February 24th, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Facebook, IM, Search, Web 2.0, YouTube
In case your social networks aren’t already overloaded with a bunch of people you don’t know, you can now locate a bunch of other unsuspecting victims to send your friend requests to using a site called Buddy Fetch. With this service, you can enter in a keyword, hobby, or interest into the search box […]
February 23rd, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Digg, Facebook, Mashups, Twitter, YouTube
Flotzam is a WPF mashup application that combines data from your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Digg accounts and then displays them, on one page. You also have the ability to add RSS feeds to Flotzam, and they will display, too. The app is basically a visualization tool, which, although pretty, isn’t what most would find […]
February 19th, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Apple, Facebook, Gadgets, Music, Software, Video
A man who goes by the name of "DVD Jon," gained fame for cracking both the DVD code and Apple’s FairPlay. Now he’s offering a new software application, called DoubleTwist, that allows for sharing of any music, photo, or video file on any portable media player as well across social networks. The CEO of […]
February 17th, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Facebook, Photography, Web/Tech, flickr
Mixbook.com is a site that lets you create photobooks from your digital photos. You can import photos from facebook, flickr, or upload them from your PC. You can also collaborate with others in the design of your custom book. Mixbook will then print and ship the finished photobook to your door so you can […]
February 12th, 2008 | by Sarah Perez | published in Email, Facebook, IM, myspace
Digsby is a new application that functions as a universal instant messaging client but also integrates with facebook and MySpace and your email! On the IM side, the app gives you one combined buddy list for all your AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber Accounts. You can manage multiple conversations with tabbed conversation […]
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