Archive for the ‘Web Social’ Category

Getting Updated on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin

Monday, March 1st, 2010

There are a lot of social networking websites available on the Internet and most of these have millions of users worldwide. Some of the most famous social networking site includes MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. A lot of people have accounts on at least one or two social networking website and getting updates on them can be quite a nuisance as users will have to go to different websites to check what is currently going on.

There is a solution at hand and this is no other than Sobees. It is a program made for computers operating on Windows and uses the .NET programming language which can be run with most Windows computers.

Sobees integrates MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin all in one program. Depending on the number of accounts the user has, Sobees can show multiple tabs of different social networking site. Once logged in, users can let the program run in the background and if there are any updates on any of these social networking sites, the users will be notified.

The program is currently in Alpha version which means that it isn’t very stable at the moment. However, users will have no problem in using the program. Those that are interested in downloading Sobees can go to sobees.com.

Series of Google Wave Gadgets

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Thus, in order to make each wave more convenient and fun, Google Wave Gadgets were introduced. Here are some of the available Google Wave Gadgets on the net:

  • Twitter

Include tweety-wave@appspot.com in your contact list and comply with the instructions within the wavelet.

  • Wikify for Wikepedia

Wikify provides you with a complete definition of any subject that you feel like inside a wave. Simply include wikifier@appspot.com every time you require knowing any definition of a term.

  • Map Gadget

Allows users to edit a map, include markers and polys with descriptions and titles. The users can also seek for business and addresses and include them.

  • TwilioBot

Include twiliobot@appspot.com and it will automatically modify the phone numbers within the wave to click-to-call links.

  • iWave

This will let you make a profile in your wave using the Facebook connect.

  • Grauniady

This is a guardian Google wave prototype and you would definitely adore this. Just include grauniady@appspot.com in your contact list and key in a phrase that you wish to search using it. This gadget will demonstrate how mainstream media could take advantage of Google Wave.

  • Starify

This will let you bookmark waves. Just add starifybot@appspot.com to your contact list and you can start monitoring all your starred waves.

  • Bloggy

This distributes your wave contents on a blog site.

There are other Google Wave Gadgets that you may find online and all of them will make your waves more exciting.

Google wave extension the way of the future

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Did you know that the email was invented long before the concept of the Internet and the World Wide Web came into being? The email has become every popular in the recent years and it is perhaps the biggest communicating tool among the members of the present generation. Google has now tried to reinvent the entire concept of twenty first century communication system with their new Google wave platform. As we all know, the Google wave is a new age social networking/emailing/instant messaging client from Google that plans to take the world by a storm.

The he amount of buzz around this new gadget is justified as it is expected to revolutionize the way we communicate over the Internet. The most important feature of the Google wave is perhaps the Google wave extension. A Facebook user will probably be familiar with the applications present in the social networking website. Just like the applications present in Facebook, Google wav also allows third parties to develop their own extensions or applications around the wave architecture.

As mentioned in the launch video, Google wave will be an open source system that will welcome programmers from all over the world to contribute something to the project. The Google wave extensions ensure that the messenger /email client gets mass support.

With the help of the Google Wave extensions, Google has managed to make Wave a mainstream product rather than an isolated release. Google has formally welcomed software developers from all over the world to integrate wave into their daily lives and workplace. Google strives to turn Wave into the primary communication device of Internet users all around the world. The extensions include a lot of features that are built up on the architecture of the wave and give the users a complete Internet experience.