The Washington Post has been working on one of the most advanced news reader applications for Facebook. Here is the Social Reader for Facebook! The social reader is a fully interactive news reader application for Facebook. It brings all worlds best news stories into one place.
via – Crenk.net
It is very rare to see Google advertising any of their products on TV. However, they have decided that this is a necessary tool when trying to promote their Google+ social network.
For Google+ Google is trying to push the motto: “Sharing, but like real life. That’s a plus.”
Fancy a cloned version of GTalk for your Facebook account? Well FTalk is here. FTalk is a freeware tool which allows users to chat with their Facebook friends.
This application is very basic and they have just taken the whole user interface directly from GTalk.
It is about time someone came up with a Facebook chat application, but is a clone really necessary? Couldn’t you come up with something original!
via NirmalTV
Diglo is a new file sharing social network that is getting a huge amount of buzz at the moment. Diglo provides users with a place to share unlimited files, have unlimited storage and even keep anonymity. Diglo is your perfect match between a social network and a file hosting and media search engine.
It will be interesting to see if Diglo can become a strong service if they will just get taken down by Hollywood, Major record labels, etc.
Google has just launched their new social network project that is aiming to compete head on with Facebook. Google+ has all the features you expect from a social network, but with a few added features.
Tradeshift has managed to secure $7 million in funding for their social network for businesses. The funding round came from Notion Capital. Tradeshift have already had seed funding from Paypal who are their technology partner.
Tradeshift is a growing player in the business social network market with customers including the NHS, and the French and Irish governments.
Tradeshift was originally created in 2010 by pioneers in open e-business who created the e-invoicing system for the Danish government, it now covers over 180 countries with more than 50,000 registered businesses and is the world’s fastest growing business social network, with growth in 2011 of more than 60% per month.
“Tradeshift is undoubtedly one of the most exciting businesses we’ve come across since setting up Notion in 2009,” says Stephen Chandler, Managing Partner at Notion Capital. “Tradeshift is led by a team who are real subject matter experts in their field, extremely strong both technically and commercially and have a very clear vision of where they want to take the business – it has the potential to become the de facto business social network for B2B communications and processes. Tradeshift is the single most disruptive proposition to this market and is set to play a major part in its transformation.”
Facebook has unquestionably become a part of life for the majority of internet savvy people around the globe. Whether you’re a high school student using it to gossip with your friends, in your 30′s looking for old classmates, or an entrepreneur or bussiness owner publicizing your company, Facebook seems to have something for everyone.
I have always been savvy with technology and computers – I started working with my first computer at the young age of 8 and when I was 10, I taught myself how to program in BASIC literally overnight. For some reason, though, I didn’t immediately jump on the Facebook bandwagon the moment it became mainstream. It seemed silly, frivilous and simply trendy. I had been using MySpace and enjoyed the ability to control the look and feel of my page. I managed to find a few old friends on it, but most of them never posted anything. Mostly I just used my page as a personal blog to track my mundane life.
Then one day, I finally took the leap. I joined Facebook.
At first the pages looked dull and boring. A stark contrast to MySpace’s colorful pages, flashing blinkies and auto-loading music and videos. But what I quickly realized is that everyone I had on MySpace was also on Facebook and… guess what… they were actually posting! Next I realized that not only were my old friends there, but so were dozens more. To date I have connected with nearly my entire High School class, a childhood best friend I thought I would never find, old teachers, college friends, remote family and even old boyfriends (most of whom I was already still on speaking terms with). While these may not be people I feel the need to converse with on a regular basis, I feel priviliged that I can know what great (or terrible) things are happening in their lives, offer congratulations or condolenses, provide advice, wish happy birthday’s or just simply “Like” their status because… well… I liked it!
Today, like many people, I am hooked on Facebook. I have not only used it to connect with friends, but I have also used it to promote businesses I have been a part of and to follow other businesses I have interest in. And let’s not forget the oh-so-addicting games. So what if Facebook never existed? Where would be then?
Perhaps MySpace would have remained more popular. Or perhaps social networking as we know it today wouldn’t exist – at least not at the level it is now. Businesses would still rely solely on expensive advertising, email marketing and banner ads. While these methods are still used, Facebook’s advertising has been, in my experience, invaluable.
Some say people would call, write or speak in person more. But let’s be honest here, when was the last time you called someone just to update them on your life or find out about theirs? In High School? 15 years ago or so? People tend to stay in their own circles – in their comfort zone. Facebook allows us to open up and reach outside of our circle. It extends our comfort zone.
One thing is for certain, the world would be a less “friend”lier place. I never would have found my childhood friend or connected with classmates who had been outside my circle in High School. This also means I never would have intended to attend a reunion, which I now look forward to. Facebook has given me the ability to reach outside my daily circle and laugh, cry and vent with old and new friends alike. It has rekindled friendships and connected me with people I thought I would never get to talk to again.
So despite the addicting games and countless hours easily wasted away with Facebook, I am thankful it was created. I am thankful I took the leap. I am thankful for finding friends.
Case in point: Life just wouldn’t be the same without Facebook.
Hachi is a website that allows you connect with new people through your friends. For example if I wanted to become friends with someone (Person1) and my friend(Friend1) is friends with that person it would show you all the possible options to become friends with person1. You must connect via Facebook and it also allows you to connect with LinkedIn for even better results.
Facebook will be launching their new group buying program tonight. Facebook Deals will be launching in 5 US cities tonight and then will be launching in Europe in about three months time. There have already been a lot of comparison between Facebook Deals, Groupon and LivingSocial, but its expected that unlike the other services Facebook Deals wont charge retailers a percentage of the revenues.
Groupon and LivingSocial are controlling this market simply because of their technology and user base. Now, Facebook with the worlds largest user base is going to enter this very competitive and lucrative markets. Groupon and LivingSocial better look out!
p.s. Google has just launched their own group buying service. This space is getting overcrowded now.
(via RWW)
Republic (the leading fashion retailer) has just launched their own Facebook Deals service. Republics Facebook Deals service will be managed by the team over at One iota.
Deals will be activated when users ‘check-in’ on their mobile phone through Facebook to Republic stores in Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Leeds and London.
Using Facebook Deals, Republic hopes to drive local retail footfall through Facebook and tap into the growing number of mobile users who are using their phones to source products, compare prices and seek out the best deals on the high street.
