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A new website called PleaseRobMe.com has been created to warn users about the potential perils of using services like Foursquare, Twitter and GoogleBuzz, which let users share their location online …
PleaseRobMe website highlights danger of location sharing Tweets Read MoreIt’s all well and good telling the world you’re about to pop down the road to get some fags or that your toilet cistern isn’t working, but when it comes …
Now that’s what I call Tweeting! Astronaut Twitpics are out of this world Read MoreTwitter’s trending topics are now being served up in local flavours, so users can quickly view the hot topics going down in their ‘hood. Twitter has long offered a facility to view global trends, but …
Twitter trends go local – curtain twitchers approve Read MoreClearly inspired by growing traffic to location based, social networking services like Foursquare and Gowalla, Yelp have bolted on new ‘check-in’ features to the latest version of its iPhone app. …
Yelp updates iPhone app and goes for Foursquare with ‘check in’ features Read MoreComedian and writer Ricky Gervais has flounced off Twitter, declaring the site “pointless” and claiming that it was “undignified” for adults to be using the service. Gervais had been on …
Ricky Gervais quits ‘pointless’ Twitter Read MoreThe popular TweetDeck free app for Apple iPhone and iPod touch users has been updated to v1.3, and introduces support for Twitter Lists and geo-tagging. Tweetdeck lets users create groups, …
TweetDeck for iPhone hits v1.3, lists and geo-tagging support added Read MoreAlthough to many people, the whitterings of a Twitterer matter not one jot, the microblogging site has certainly evolved into an influential means of expression. INQ Mobile have come up …
The UK’s most influential Twitter users revealed Read MoreAbdur, the fella who is the ‘chief scientist’ at Twitter’s research HQ, has posted up Twitter’s Top Trending Technology Topics (try saying that after a few brandies), and it makes …
Twitter’s top technology trends of 2009 Read MoreAimed at hardcore users, the ludicrously named HootSuite for the iPhone offers a ton of power features for folks who simply can’t stop a-Twittering. Unlike other iPhone Twitter apps (and …
HootSuite iPhone Twitter app welcomes compulsive Twitterers Read MoreGoogle has announced a new search service that serves up a dynamic stream of real-time content from across the web, incorporating near-instant updates from web pages and social networking partners. …
Google adds live Twitter and blog updates to searches Read MoreAn excitable bloke can be seen raving about the Seesmic Twitter mobile client which has just been released for the Android and BlackBerry platforms. The interface seems straightforward enough, with …
Seesmic launch mobile Twitter apps for Android and BlackBerry with excitable video Read MoreIf you like to have all your Facebook and Twitter activity streams all shuffled together in one nice easy-to-use package, then say hello to Brizzly, a new ‘social media reader’ …
Brizzly ‘social media reader’ for your Facebook and Twitter needs Read MoreYou can’t move for Twitter clients on the iPhone these days, but TweetDeck are hoping that the desktop integration offered by their app will give them some leverage over the …
TweetDeck for iPhone gets a slew of updates Read MoreGoogle has revealed early details of a new product called “Social Search.” Speaking at the Web 2.0 Conference, Google’s Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience, said that the …
Google Launches Social Search, mixing search with social networks Read MoreBarack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize award has taken a lot of people by surprise – including El Presidento himself, apparently – and Twitter users (or should that be the Twitterosphere?) …
Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: 69% of Twitter users say WTF? Read More