Earlier this year CardMunch – an iPhone app that lets you capture business card data and store it to your contacts – was acquired by LinkedIn. Just today, LinkedIn is re-releasing this app integrating the functions of the original app with the capabilities of the social network behind it. Millions of business cards have...
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Groupon has recently added a link to its holiday Grouponicus offerings – the second year it has offered a holiday deals service. This year, Groupon will extend its Grouponicus offering to 41 cities – up from only 15 last year. The company mentioned that it will offer a bunch of great offerings that include smaller deals...
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According to a recent statement, Google has acquired Katango, a social networking start-up. Katango says that it develops “social algorithms that improve people’s online social interaction.” One of their initial products, an iOS App, was described as a social friend sorter, which allowed for easier sharing between groups of...
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Wall Street Journal recently reported that Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are nearing approval of a settlement that stems back from 2009. The settlement requires Facebook to obtain expressed affirmative consent from users anytime Facebook changes the privacy settings. This means that if they do make changes to their...
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Twitter users may see some slight changes over the next couple days as the short update service rolls out its activity and username tabs that it announced back in August. The Activity tab combines those together – making it much like a Facebook news feed where you can see what your friends are marking as favorite and who they...
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Just recently Firefox version 8 was released to the public and cites the following new features: Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons Added Twitter to the search bar for select locales. Additional locale support will...
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