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Social Media

How to Get Google Schemer Invite? What is Google Schemer BTW?

by Chethan Thimmappa  December 10, 2011

Google schemer is all set to break all viral records. “Google schemer?” i just WOWed as i heard the name. schemer.com is where you end up once you do a google search for “Google Schemer”! Yes, its yet another Google product which treats things as schemes! Well Google Schemer is in Beta and you need [...]

StumbleUpon gets a new design…everybody goes home happy!

by Gautam Doddamani  December 8, 2011
new Stumbleupon

Many of you might know the name of the most popular link discovery service. For people who don’t, read the title of this post! See how you discovered it? That’s what StumbleUpon is all about, discovering your favorite content on the web. The good news for Stumble-oholics is that StumbleUpon’s interface has been redesigned from [...]

I think Google+ Chat is better than Facebook Chat!

by Gautam Doddamani  November 27, 2011
google+ new chat system makes debut

A few days back, Google+ had rolled out a new chat system on the social network. As soon as i logged into my Google+ account, a small info message appeared telling me about a new chat feature. Apparently the Google+ team has now made chatting with people on the social network much easier than Facebook. [...]

Bump up your Klout score: Add Google+ to your Klout network

by Gautam Doddamani  November 27, 2011
Klout and Google+

Klout, believed to be the most popular influence measurer of your social activities on the web has got a new addition in its network. Its the brand new Google+. Yes the Klout team now has officially added Google+ which will make your Klout scores boom even higher. Klout announced in their official blog post, Our [...]

Google+ Trending topics is the new trend. Watch out Twitter!

by Gautam Doddamani  November 21, 2011
google-plus-now-has-trending topics

Google Inc. now boasts of a new feature on its beloved social network, the Google+. Its Google+ Trending topics, and believe us they are quite trending. The Trending topics can be found just at the top right side of the page when you search for anything on Google+. The most recent trends can also be [...]

Microsoft Socl: A sneak peek at Microsoft’s very own Social Network

by Gautam Doddamani  November 17, 2011
Microsoft Socl releasing shortly

Remember how we told you earlier that Microsoft was quietly developing its own social network named Tulalip. Well the name has been changed but the story remains true. Yes now we have more pics and a sneak peek arranged for you, of this very secret project by Microsoft. Screenshot credit: The Verge Luckily Thomas Houston, [...]

Twitter adds new activity tab and @username tab for better social connect

by Gautam Doddamani  November 13, 2011
Twitter's new changes: activity and username tabs

If you have been to Twitter recently then you must have noticed a  new Activity tab and an @username tab that replaces the old Mentions tab. Twitter rolled out these changes just this Tuesday which is aimed at providing users a better social media experience on Twitter. The new Activity tab on Twitter notifies you [...]

Google introduces Google+ Pages to everyone! What are G+ pages?

by Gautam Doddamani  November 9, 2011
Google introduces Google plus pages

Google unveiled their Google+ Pages to the public. Google+ Pages are a brand new way you can promote your business, brand and products on the most popular social network Google+. Vic Gundotra, Senior VP of the Google+ team revealed Google+ pages on the official blog post. According to him, So far Google+ has focused on [...]

Facebook joins hands with eBay to drive future e-Commerce

by Gautam Doddamani  November 7, 2011
facebook earns revenue with the new xcommerce system

The world’s top social networking platform Facebook and online vendor eBay have joined hands together for what is called a new social shopping experience. For the project, eBay will integrate Facebook Open Graph 2.0 functionality into its international e-commerce systems. X.commerce, a new business platform under eBay is to materialize the new social shopping experience. [...]

Google Reader gets a new look! Is now systematic and gives option to +1

by Gautam Doddamani  November 2, 2011
Google Reader gets a new look

That’s right. Google Reader is getting revamped. In the past couple of months every Google product has got the new Google look, starting from Google+, Gmail, Calendar, Docs etc. Now its Google Reader’s time. The new Google Reader interface is similar to Gmail’s interface. Also Google Reader has now integration with Google+ to share the [...]