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TweetDeck has released an updated version of its desktop application that includes features aimed at helping users get the information that matters most to them. The app, which helps you manage your Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts by letting you organize updates from those social sites… Read More »

Social networking and the real-time web are changing how information on the Internet is consumed, as the ability to disperse and share information through social platforms and do it using real-time tools is shifting the focus of content from “historical” news to real-time events. Such a… Read More »

NeighborGoods, a web site that lets you share stuff with people in your neighborhood, today is launching publicly in its first city, Los Angeles. It’s somewhat of a cross between Facebook and Craigslist. For example, if you need to borrow a power drill for a home… Read More »

In its first big move to implement the stricter ad guidelines it introduced this summer, Facebook recently suspended applications that served advertisements with deceptive content within them. The apps were suspended without warning, leaving developers confused as to why Facebook took this action and didn’t give… Read More »

GetJar, a independent mobile application store, has launched a service dubbed the App Download Page, which points people to the versions of apps that are compatible with their mobile phones. By taking the guesswork out of which version to download, the thinking goes, the overall number… Read More »

Facebook Connect has so far been implemented on some 15,000 web sites, devices and applications, a number that’s likely to get a shot in the arm with today’s launch of the social network’s new Connect Wizard tool. With Connect Wizard, developers can integrate Facebook Connect into… Read More »

SugarSync, the web service that backs up and synchronizes files across multiple computers and mobile phones, is rolling out a feature today that lets users provide public links to their files. These links can be used to virally spread large files stored on SugarSync to social… Read More »

AppBank Wants to Help You Cash In on Facebook Apps

AppBank, a Seattle-based startup, today is launching a free application in beta that lets people without coding skills build their own Facebook apps, such as a quiz or game, in four steps — and earn a cut of the revenue from ads placed within them. The… Read More »

StatShot: U.S. Web Users’ Time on Social Networks Has Tripled

U.S. web users tripled the amount of time they spent on social networks in August from the same month last year, according to Nielsen. And advertisers took note — estimated online advertising spending on social networks more than doubled over the same period. Around 17 percent of… Read More »

Facebook Close to Burying Its Beacon Woes

At long last, Facebook is finally on its way to putting its Beacon troubles to rest. Following a class action lawsuit filed by 20 disgruntled Facebook users in August of last year, the social network said Friday that it has agreed to a settlement. Though the… Read More »

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