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  • The world is all a buzz over Google’s new social networking service

    The world is all a buzz over Google’s new social networking service

    Posted on February 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Over-sharing the minutiae of your life is already difficult, so why complicate things with Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare when you only need one service to rule them all? That’s where Google Buzz comes in and makes annoying your friends with news about your snacking habits that much easier. Google Buzz is rolling out today, and over [...]

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  • LG GW300 impressions

    LG GW300 impressions

    Posted on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
    LG's kept our thumbs busy over the last few days with its GW300 -- a 2G featurephone with a portrait QWERTY keyboard, a first from LG that joins the likes of Samsung's CorbyTXT and Freeform along with INQ's Chat 3G. O2 UK offers this phone with just a standalone price of £78.29 ($129) with a minimum £10 ($16.50) initial top-up, but little is known about US availability for now. Either way, there's no harm in pointing your sexy eyes to our review just in case something happens tomorrow. Go ahead -- you know where to click.

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    LG GW300 impressions originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nokia Messaging for social networks hits beta, brings Twitter, and leaves out the N900

    Nokia Messaging for social networks hits beta, brings Twitter, and leaves out the N900

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    See, this is what we were saying. It's not that we're not excited about Maemo, or that we hate S60, or even that we dislike it when a company like Nokia builds a free messaging app that integrates social networks like Facebook (and now Twitter) into the handset experience. It's just that Nokia has just built an app that only works on the N97, N97 Mini and the 5800, leaving the company's quasi-flagship handset the N900 out in the cold. The new app can upload pictures and videos, integrates with email and the dialer, and pushes Facebook and Twitter updates live to the homescreen. It also serves as a all-too-timely example of how hard it is to support two operating systems at once. Alright, we're done preaching, time to fire up the N97 and tell some people about our day. A video demo is after the break.

    Nokia Messaging for social networks hits beta, brings Twitter, and leaves out the N900 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Why are people falling victim to Facebook scams?

    Why are people falling victim to Facebook scams?

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    The beauty of essentially quitting social networking, as I have, is that I don't have to worry about all of the associated nonsense. “Facebook's new privacy settings cause uproar.” Really? Not if you quit the site it doesn't. “Malicious programs causing social network malaise.” Again, not an issue if you're not all-consumed with tweeting every 10 seconds about what you're eating for breakfast.

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  • Were you one of the 2 million Xbox Live users who used Facebook this past week?

    Were you one of the 2 million Xbox Live users who used Facebook this past week?

    Posted on November 24, 2009 | No Comments
    At least 2 million Xbox Live users have logged into Facebook this past week, which I guess means the feature is a bit of a success. (You'll recall that Microsoft launched Facebook and Twitter to so much enthusiasm last week.) Mysteriously, Microsoft didn't reveal the number of people who logged into Twitter. Is this the end of Twitter?

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  • Facebook finally comes to webOS, not with a bang but a whimper

    Facebook finally comes to webOS, not with a bang but a whimper

    Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments

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    Just in time for the Pixi's grand debut, webOS devices (that's just Pixi and Pre) now have their first official Facebook app, joining the ranks of iPhone and Android... and we're sad to report that it's about as barebones as they can get. It pulls from the raw live stream, seemingly unfiltered -- even if you said "no" to Farmville updates on your main feed, they'll show up here. Clicking a YouTube link brings you to the YouTube app, clicking links go to browser. You can update your status or upload a photo, but that's about it. You can't seem to search Facebook for any info, view events, or anything else, and clicking on someone's name or photo brings up their contact info. And that's about it -- can someone give Joe Hewitt a ring? Still, it's better than nothing. WebOS 1.3.1 is required, not that you had any reason to hold off upgrading.

    Facebook finally comes to webOS, not with a bang but a whimper originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Twitter, Facebook come to Xbox 360 on Nov. 17

    Twitter, Facebook come to Xbox 360 on Nov. 17

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    As of next Tuesday, November 17, you'll be able to access Twitter and Facebook on your Xbox 360. The software update is free, like previous updates, and also includes Last.fm and Zune video compatibility. “What are you doing?” “Losing to 12-year-olds in Modern Warfare 2 over and over again! Not fun.”

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  • Facebook app developer rejects App Store, irony ensues

    Facebook app developer rejects App Store, irony ensues

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments

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    We always said that if Apple's arbitrary, inconsistent, and quite frankly baffling approval process didn't get straightened out soon, the defections were going to pick up pace -- and what do we have here? Joe Hewitt, the developer of the well-loved and highly regarded Facebook iPhone app, has flipped the script and rejected the App Store. And, as you'd expect, our man is not mincing his words, stating that his "decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple's policies," and that he's "philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process." While Hewitt can't comment on specific future projects (he's still at Facebook, but the app itself has been handed off to another developer) he has mentioned that he'll be devoting his time to web development for mobile devices. As you know, there is no approval process for the world wide web (which is apparent if you've spent any time on Geocities back in the day). Way to give 'em hell, Joe!

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    Facebook app developer rejects App Store, irony ensues originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Civilization Network headed to Facebook next year, for free.

    Civilization Network headed to Facebook next year, for free.

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Sid Meier—yes, the Sid Meier—just posted a note to Facebook announcing Civilization Network, which “will allow you to join together with your friends to create the world’s most powerful, richest, smartest, or just plain coolest civilization.” It will probably be huge, yes.

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  • The Pure Sensia touchscreen radio has built-in Facebook, Twitter widgets

    The Pure Sensia touchscreen radio has built-in Facebook, Twitter widgets

    Posted on September 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Now this is the type of radio a fancy gentleman would use. It's the latest PURE Sensia, a touchscreen European radio that supports FM, DAB (and DAB+), and Internet radio. There's also Wi-Fi and “widgets,” I guess, for sites like Facebook and Twitter.

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  • Viral Loop: Using Facebook and the iPhone to promote something called a ‘book’

    Viral Loop: Using Facebook and the iPhone to promote something called a ‘book’

    Posted on September 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Writing a book in 2009 is a tricky thing to pull off. Never mind the research, the interviews, or the writing, but then you have to face facts: who reads in 2009? Unless you're Dan Brown or Stephen King or Glenn Beck, odds are your book, no matter how thorough or well-written, isn't exactly going to fly off the shelves. What will fly off the virtual shelves, though, is an iPhone App. You see where I'm headed. Adam Penenberg, who's a contributing writer over at Fast Company magazine (and an old professor of mine from back in my NYU days), has developed an iPhone and Facebook App called “Viral Loop” to help raise awareness of his latest book, Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves. Let's take a look.

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  • Why watch that Facebook movie when you can see these?

    Why watch that Facebook movie when you can see these?

    Posted on September 8, 2009 | No Comments
    It has come to our attention that someone is making a movie about Facebook, called The Social Network. It stars Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker and Jesse Eisberg as Mark Zuckerberg. (Note: I've never heard of 50 percent of those people. Guess which ones!) To that end, your CrunchGear morning crew—Doug, Matt, Scott, John, and myself—has taken it upon ourselves to come up with even more movies based on popular Internet destinations and general tech-related greatness. These are a few of our ideas.

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  • T-Mobile makes Facebook and Twitter apps available for older ‘kicks

    T-Mobile makes Facebook and Twitter apps available for older ‘kicks

    Posted on September 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Earlier today, T-Mobile announced the availability of Facebook and Twitter apps (already available on the Sidekick LX 2009) for its older Sidekicks - the Sidekick LX (including Tony Hawk Sidekick LX), Sidekick (2008), and Sidekick Slide. While the Facebook app remains free for any ‘kick, the Twitter app is gonna run you $1.99 PER month on [...]

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  • About a Quarter Of Facebook Users Connect Via Mobile Phones

    About a Quarter Of Facebook Users Connect Via Mobile Phones

    Posted on September 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Facebook's quest to become the social operating system of the Web is driven by how many how many other Websites and apps tap into the social network through Facebook Connect. The mobile Web is a big target for Facebook. Back in March, it made Facebook Connect available to iPhone apps, since those are the most fully featured and popular. Today, it took another step in expanding the reach of Facebook Connect to any mobile phone with a Web browser. Called Facebook Connect For Mobile Web, it will let any mobile site accept Facebook IDs for sign-on, grab social data from Facebook with permission from the user, publish items into their Facebook stream, and more.

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  • Fresh from Nokia Beta Labs: Ovi Lifecasting, Social Messaging (aka Facebook lovefest)

    Fresh from Nokia Beta Labs: Ovi Lifecasting, Social Messaging (aka Facebook lovefest)

    Posted on September 2, 2009 | No Comments
    At the Nokia World 2009 event in Stuttgart, Nokia Beta Labs has announced a number of new services ready for testing right now. The most interesting one is Ovi Lifecasting, an application we caught wind of yesterday but is now ready for limited early bird beta-testing. Also new is an extension of Nokia Messaging called Social Messaging, which interestingly Nokia calls the groundwork for an impending proprietary multi-community social networking client.

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