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Facebook Wants You To Post to Twitter

Posted on December 15, 2009 by cgseo

This week Facebook will reportedly be rolling out the ability to send status updates to Twitter directly from the publisher box. There are apps that cater to the cross-posting of updates between the two social networks, but this would mark the first time Facebook itself actually encouraged it. The move is an interesting one, considering that Facebook has spent much of its time making itself more Twitter-like. Nick O'Neill at AllFacebook has a good piece chronicling the company's "Twitterfication" over the past year, which includes events like opening the Status API, letting users subscribe to their friends and Pages and receive status updates via text message, releasing @replies-style tagging, and encouraging users to make status updates public. O'Neill says the only step left is to open a search API. Of course Facebook has also just released its own URL shortener . Facebook employees are already testing the Facebook-to-Twitter functionality: The feature will utilize the new Facebook URL Shortener, which could actually lead to more widespread awareness of it. Once Twitter is flooded with Facebook links, people may start gravitating to that to shorten their own URLs, although the service at FB.me is not live for everyone to use yet. Either way, things are really starting to heat up in the URL-shortener space. Not only does Facebook now have its own, but so does Google . On top of that, Twitter-favorite Bit.ly has just launched Bit.ly Pro . Related Articles: > Facebook URL Shortener Makes Appearance > Facebook Shows a Glimpse of Twitterness > Continue reading →

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Twitter to Spray Developers With the Coveted Firehose

Posted on December 9, 2009 by cgseo

Twitter announced that it will be opening up its data stream (otherwise known as the Firehose) in early 2010. This means the number of Twitter apps will skyrocket, and the potential for functionality in existing Twitter apps will be greatly increased. That means good things for developers, and most likely great things for Twitter. Twitter reportedly made this and several other announcements at the Le Web event in France. Other announcements involved a new developer site that will be launching soon, an increased rate limit for services that use OAuth, an API for browser-less apps to be launched in 2010, and an official Twitter-hosted developer conference called Chirp. The firehose would give developers access to the same spectrum of Twitter data that Google and Bing have access to, as Pete Cashmore points out . Twitter says there are already over 50,000 registered Twitter Apps so far. Imagine how many more will come out with such new possibilities made available. You can probably expect a lot of new "coolness" from our own Twitter-app Twellow , once we get access to the firehose, Twellow's lead developer Matthew Daines tells me. The firehose will mean a lot more accurate and real-time functionality for a lot of Twitter-related applications. With this, Google launching real-time results from Twitter and other sources, and announcements from other important companies , we're really going to be seeing the "real-time web" we've talked about so much start to truly take shape. On a related note, Twitter also stressed that it wants to become more transparent and communicate better with developers. In addition, the company intends to announce a business model that will involve "sharing money and success" with partners. If you thought 2009 was the year of Twitter, it looks like things are really going to get interesting in 2010. Related Articles: > New APIs Should Help MySpace Stay Relevant > Dell Attributes $6.5 Million In Sales To Twitter > Continue reading →

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Offline Use Now Part of Everybody’s Gmail

Posted on December 8, 2009 by admin

Gmail's offline feature has graduated from Gmail Labs, and is now a full-blown feature of Google's email service. The feature emerged as a lab experiment nearly a year ago, but it has now been deemed ready for primetime. "By installing Offline Gmail, you're able to use the normal Gmail interface to read and write mail, search, and organize, even when there's no internet connection," explains Gmail software engineer Aaron Whyte. "And Flaky Connection mode speeds up Gmail when your connection is slow or unreliable." "Since we first launched in Labs, we've heard from a lot of you who tried Offline Gmail, and your feedback helped us make a lot of improvements," adds Whyte. Google recently added a couple of new features for offline Gmail. These are an option to choose which messages get downloaded for offline use, and the ability to send attachments while offline . "Offline Gmail has proven particularly useful for business and schools making the switch to Google Apps from traditional desktop mail clients -- they're used to being able to access their mail whether or not they're online, and Offline Gmail brings this functionality right to the browser," says Whyte. To utilize the offline feature in Gmail, just turn it on and adjust your offline settings from the "offline" tab in Gmail's settings. Related Articles: > Continue reading →

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Bing Launches New Maps with Apps

Posted on December 2, 2009 by cgseo

Microsoft has announced the launch of a new Bing Maps beta, which incorporates Streetside and Photosynth imagery. "The new Bing Maps experience also features innovative new mapping applications such as Twitter Maps for real-time updates by area and Local Lens featuring hyperlocal, neighborhood content," a representative for Bing tells WebProNews. There are a number of interesting apps available, which is easily the most interesting part about Bing's new Maps experience: It will be quite interesting to see what other kinds of apps become available. There is a lot of potential in that department. Watch this clip (Silverlight) about the new Bing Maps: Maps aren't the only area where Bing is doing some new things. Other new features Bing features that will be rolling out over the next few days include: - A new Bing Windows mobile application featuring improved auto-locate and voice search, available for download at http://www.discoverbing.com/mobile . - The new Bing toolbar which flags online content and alerts you when you’re about to make a purchase that qualifies for Bing cashback savings, available for download at http://www.discoverbing.com/toolbar . - A social network Visual Search experience -- by integrating Facebook and Twitter feeds, Bing Visual Search allows you to quickly find your status updates of your friends and followers, sort by upcoming birthdays and more. This is coming soon at http://www.bing.com/visualsearch . The Behind Bing site that Microsoft recently introduced has additional information on Bing's new features. The site was set up to keep users informed about what Bing is up to. Continue reading →

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Gmail Lets You Send Attachments While Offline

Posted on November 24, 2009 by cgseo

Google has introduced a feature that lets you send attachments in Gmail while you're offline. It works the same way as it would online, except that you can't include inline images. "If you have Offline Gmail enabled, you'll notice that all your mail now goes through the outbox, regardless of whether you're online or offline," says Google software engineer Andy Palay. "This allows Gmail to capture all attachments, even if you suddenly get disconnected from network. If you're online, your mail will quickly be sent along to its destination." To get Offline Gmail, you have to go to the Labs tab in Gmail. Then select "enable" next to the offline Gmail option, and save you changes: Once you reload the browser, there will be an "Offline" link in the upper right-hand corner of your Gmail page, by your username. The link will take you to Offline Gmail's set-up. You will have to download Google Gears if you don't already have it installed on you machine. On a related note, Google is calling upon Gmail users to send them photos of themselves using Gmail offline in "unusual places." They are planning a blog post showcasing the most interesting ones. This could be part of a bigger plan to show people different cases where using Gmail offline can be handy, considering Google's big push for Google Apps of late. Related Articles: > Continue reading →

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Google Ignoring Its Own Policy on Desktop AdSense?

Posted on November 24, 2009 by cgseo

It has been discovered that Google is now showing AdSense ads inside Google Earth. While it is not that surprising to see Google putting ads on another one of its properties, it has raised a few eyebrows, given that Google Earth is a desktop application. Google actually states in its policy that it doesn't allow developers to use AdSense ads in their desktop apps, but it appears that Google is bending the rules for its own product. The company is certainly free to do so, given that it owns the product, but some are beginning to wonder if this could lead to Google changing that policy. Currently that section of Google's policy reads: "Currently, we don't permit Google ads or AdSense for search boxes to be distributed through software applications including, but not limited to toolbars, browser extensions, and desktop applications. In order to comply with AdSense program policies, please note that Google AdSense code may only be implemented on web-based pages." Blogger Amit Agarwal at Digital Inspiration appears to be the first to point out the ads in Google Earth, and he provides a couple of screenshots here . In one, you can see AdSense ads when you search for a location or business, and the ads can be found in the search results. In the other screenshot, you can see the ad in the window that pops up when you click a placemark (the red pins on the maps). The interesting part of this find is not so much that Google is placing ads in Google Earth, but what it could mean if the company were to in fact change its policy. "If that policy changes, we could see more and more of Office 2010 Starter or FeedDemon like applications that are completely free to the end-user but supported by web advertising," says Agarwal. Joseph Tartakoff at PaidContent adds that "arch rival" Microsoft has already promised to introduce the ad-supported version of Office to come pre-loaded on PCs. It is possible that there is being too much read into Google's decision to include AdSense ads in Google Earth. It does make for an interesting conversation though. What do you think? Related Articles: > Google Familiarizes AdWords Users with New Interface > Blogger Gets AdSense For Feeds Integration > Google Friend Connect Gets an AdSense Feature Continue reading →

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