Posted by admin in Buzz, General on 25. Jun, 2010 | Comments Off
Google Buzz can now be used as an ‘autopost’ destination if you are a Posterous user (the service lets you post things online fast using email. You email posterous and they reply instantly with your new posterous blog). As of yesterday you can add Google Buzz as an ‘autopost’ destination for your content. Posterous will[...]
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Responsecontrol partners announced this week that they have expanded their website portfolio for news and latest tips on Google Buzz. They introduced… BuzzTools, BuzzTwit, BuzzAxe and BuzzFool. Each site specialises in a different area of Buzz news. Buzztools tackles all the Buzz apps you should know about from independent developers, gathering lastest releases, reviews and[...]
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Late last month Twitter announced @Anywhere, a tool set which will enable developers to integrate twitter functionality into their websites meaning users can tweet from all over the web. More tweets, more interaction, more followers… that’s the theory anyway. Right from the get go, Amazon and Bing jumped on board allowing you to tweet and[...]
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Better late than never we say… Finally Google has now released buzz for the Android mobile platform. After all the heated news about the privacy settings of Buzz, Google are keen to re-start the marketing machine and get the buzz ball rolling again. With this outing they have decided to be a little more cautious[...]
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Google Inc. has acquired the company: DocVerse. They bought them to help them expand their online software programs and also as a way to harden their defense against the ever present threat of Microsoft Corp. DocVerse allows people to use the Internet to work together on documents formatted in one of Microsoft’s programs eg: word,[...]
Read MorePosted by admin in Buzz, Google on 25. Jun, 2010 | Comments Off
Google services such as Apps and Docs have been blocked by a number of schools because they are concerned about allowing pupils access to unrestricted searches. Google Apps rely on the secure layer internet protocol. This layer can access through those filters often used by schools to prevent pupils from seeing inappropriate material. Writing on[...]
Read MorePosted by admin in Google on 20. May, 2010 | Comments Off
Check out our favourite Google stars, sharing their wisdom with us lowly followers! The keynote speeches are online and the conference is still running. This channel is the home for videos of interest to developers. It will contain interviews, screencasts, and anything that the Google Code folk think is entertaining. So if you are planning[...]
Read MorePosted by admin in Buzz, General, Google on 20. May, 2010 | Comments Off
Google Buzz API will be happily positioned alongside the many freely available and community-developed protocols and standards for sharing and using social content on the web. Although, admittedly a work-in-progress, DeWitt Clinton of Google Developer Team says: “We intend to continue to iterate out in the open as we go along — and we hope[...]
Read MorePosted by admin in Buzz, Google on 20. Apr, 2010 | Comments Off
http://www.google.com/buzz/post?url=&imageurl= When Google Buzz launched in February, there was talk of a Buzz buttons to add to your site and now they are here http://www.google.com/buzz/api/admin/site We have one at the top of this post and we will be experimenting with them in our future posts…
Read MorePosted by admin in General on 20. Apr, 2010 | Comments Off
Want to create your own social networking site? Boonex is now a serious option for you to consider. Whilst researching social networking for content for this site we came across BOONEX, an open source social networking engine to help any budding developer or company test the water of social networking. We looked at loads of[...]
Read MorePosted by admin in Bing, Microsoft on 22. Mar, 2010 | 1 Comment
The iPhone version of the Microsoft Bing app has recently got a much needed update. This is particularly great news for ipod touch v1 owners as the app did not work. Other features include a range of design tweaks, various stability fixes and several additions including advanced bookmarking capabilities enabling users to bookmark directions, maps,[...]
Read MorePosted by admin in Buzz, Google on 09. Mar, 2010 | Comments Off
Introducing the first iPhone app aimed straight at users of Google’s new social networking tool Google Buzz is in the iTunes App store, available now, Buzzie! It provides the non-Buzz users a sample of what the service is all about, they can tune into Buzz conversations in their local area without logging into the service.[...]
Read MorePosted by admin in Bing, Microsoft on 08. Mar, 2010 | Comments Off
Microsoft is to begin a UK advertising campaign for Bing this week, in a series of adverts promoting the Bing search website. Adverts are going to start this week and run as part of a 3 month promotion. According to the Guardian, it will cost Microsoft 2 billion dollars! Rumored tag-lines are “Bing and Decide”. [...]
Read MorePosted by admin in Buzz, Google on 08. Mar, 2010 | Comments Off
Google admitted to BBC News that testing of Buzz, the social network was insufficient.Changes had to be made after angry users were worried about intrusions of their privacy. The BBC said that it understands that Buzz was only tested internally and bypassed more extensive trials with external testers – used for many other Google services.[...]
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