By Sean P. Aune |
Digg is preparing to once again launch a redesign of its site in an attempt to win back some of the users its last redesign cost them. Last July Digg launched a redesign that didn’t go over so well with its users. A lot of…
By Tom Moccia |
Some of my best childhood memories where those birthdays when I got a new set of walkie talkies, and headed out into the neighborhood. There was nothing better than immersing yourself in a land of make believe, sometimes we were the cops catching the robbers,…
By Jack McGrath |
LinkedIn, the business-targeted social networking website, recently filed for an IPO, meaning that it will soon sell public shares in the company. The Mountain View, CA-based company is one of the first high-profile networking corporations to enter the public domain. Filing this request with the…
By Tom Moccia |
When you start a business, no matter how successful or popular you are with consumers, the question remains, “How do I know when I’ve made it?”. I would have to say, in the technology field anyway, you know your company has made it when you…
By Sean P. Aune |
Location based check-in service Foursquare is tooting its own horn with a proclamation that it enjoyed 3400% growth in 2010. While there are many who say Foursquare is essentially nothing more than a feature that should exist inside of other social networks, people still seem…
By Tom Moccia |
Lately, Groupon, the rapidly growing online coupon provider, has been the media darling, doing no wrong. Analysts have been salivating with speculation on when the overnight sensation would go public as interest is at an all time high. Well, the mistake Groupon made this week…
By Jon Rettinger |
As social media continues to evolve, more of our daily interactions occur online. I’m guilty of staying home talking to friends over instant messenger instead of going out, and I suspect I’m not alone. It’s not necessarily something I’m proud of, but without editorializing…
By Sean P. Aune |
Personally, I don’t get the Facebook obsession. I have an account, but I log in once a day if that. I have been known to go days without checking my account. Perhaps I’m still too old school. I like e-mail and instant messenger as my…
By Winston Sih |
Update from previous post: MySpace Laying Off Over Half Of Its Staff Tomorrow A “significant organizational restructuring that will result in a 47 percent staff reduction across all divisions globally and impact about 500 employees” was announced earlier Tuesday by MySpace’s CEO Mike Jones. Rumors…
By Jon Rettinger |
Out with one wave of phone rumors, in with another. The intrepid sleuths at Pocketnow have unearthed a Bluetooth filing revealing what appears to be the long rumored Facebook phone. This Android powered social networking featurephone phone is described as the ‘INQ Cloud Touch:’ “INQ…
By Sean P. Aune |
It would seem that the offices at social network MySpace are going to be a bit emptier after tomorrow as it has been reported by All Things Digital that the company is going to shed over half of its staff. Currently MySpace employs over 1,000…
By Jack McGrath |
In an effort to maintain the company’s status quo in terms of internal management, Facebook Inc. has signed a deal with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. calling for the collaboration between the two organizations for the main purpose of raising $500 million. Investor interest in the…
By Sean P. Aune |
The last 12 months have been very kind to Twitter. It’s valuation has climbed along with its users, it finally got around to that pesky “earning money” issue and it released a ton of new features. The folks over at Flowtown have put it together…
By Tom Moccia |
In case you hadn’t heard, Skype had a major outage last week and the popular calling service was rendered useless for more than thirty hours. Not only is Skype a major form of communication for millions of business people globally (the TechnoBuffalo staff included), but…
By Tom Moccia |
If you’re not a fan of Twitter, and thought the medium would phase out pretty quickly, think again. This week, Twitter announced they would be receiving a $200 million infusion of funds from venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins. Yes, the same Kleiner Perkins who invested in this…
By Sean P. Aune |
YouTube announced the Top 10 Videos of 2010 yesterday, and all we have to say is … what? No Jon Rettinger?!? There’s always 2011, Jon. This list really is like walking down a memory lane of 2010 as I had watched all of them except…
By Sean P. Aune |
In late Oct., Twitter laid out some new rules for how people could use its name, trademarks and so on. One of those included rules was in regards to using the words “Twitter” or “Tweet” in a domain or product name, but thus far the…
By Tom Moccia |
As if you don’t have enough social networks to keep track of, another has rolled out, from none other than TeleNav, Inc. If the name sounds familiar it’s because TeleNav is one of the largest global wireless location based service providers with more than 17…
By Sean P. Aune |
It would seem that Facebook and Skype have really taken a liking to one another. In Sept. they joined forces by allowing the popular VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service to integrate with Facebook, and this was followed a few weeks later by integration being…
By Sean P. Aune |
Yelp had a long lead on services such as Foursquare and Gowalla for building a service around the idea of reviewing locations, but it was lacking a check-in ability. That was rectified earlier this year, but unlike the afore mentioned services you didn’t earn badges,…
By Sean P. Aune |
You can’t go anywhere lately without hearing about the latest TSA (Transportation Security Administration) policies regarding more – shall we say “intimate” – pat down procedures. If you opt out of going through a full body scan, you get treated to a pat down which…
By Sean P. Aune |
It would seem that 25 percent of all the page views in the United States are now going to Mark Zuckerberg and his crew over at Facebook. A quick lesson in how the success of a site is measured for those who are unaware of…
By Tom Moccia |
I have been on Twitter for just over two years now and I have heard so many people tell me the service is useless and just a waste of time. I have documented numerous times that I use Twitter for many things other than connecting…
By Sean P. Aune |
Getting yourself into debt is a stressful situation to begin with, and it is one that people usually like to hide from their friends and family. No one wants other people to know that they have gotten themselves into this situation. Unfortunately, in this interconnected…
