The Social Web

Be careful what you view on Facebook

[27 Jan 2012]

I'm not one to complain about a free service like Facebook, especially when it works so well at keeping people in touch, but... I was very ...

The Facebook Timeline

[23 Sep 2011]

The fantastic people at Facebook certainly know how to progress, improve and revolutionise. They sometimes take flak for a new feature, especially ...

Google Plus Needs You!

[21 Sep 2011]

Google Plus (or Google+ for short, or G+ for even shorter) is search giant Google's latest attempt to 'go social'. It is doing this so that ...

Google +1 for all Websites

[01 Jun 2011]

Webmasters can now put Google's "like competitor" +1 on their web pages. Many webmasters will groan with trepidation at the thought of having ...

How to Publish Your Facebook Stream

[25 May 2011]

If you'd like to publish your Facebook status updates on your own website, it takes a bit of figuring out. Fortunately, the instructions at ...

Facebook for Genealogy

[23 Apr 2011]

This is my big Facebook prediction for 2012: support for dead people. For now, only living, real people are supposed to be on Facebook, and ...

Twitter Intents make websites Twitter-like

[01 Apr 2011]

Twitter has added a new string to its impressive API collection, and this one is aimed squarely at web publishers who republish tweets. With ...

Google +1 Set to Rival Facebook Likes

[31 Mar 2011]

In its continuing efforts to 'get social', Google is rolling out the "+1" (plus one) button next to its search results. It wants people to click ...

About.me Launched: another platform we don't need?

[12 Nov 2010]

About.me is now live, on an invitation-only basis, and allows you to create an online profile of yourself and your interests. Sounds familiar ...

Apple Ping Announced

[03 Sep 2010]

iTunes is getting a social twist, with the ability for its 160 million users to share and recommend media on the Apple music and video store ...

iPhone 4 vs iPhone 3GS Comparison

[02 Sep 2010]

Vodaphone has a great page that puts the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS side by side: Compare iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. Extremely helpful when considering ...

Pushing Social: How to Write Spectacular Posts

[01 Sep 2010]

This is a series of articles published by Stanford on PushingSocial.com, giving you tips on how to improve what and how you publish in your blog ...

Twitter Does 'Tweet This'

[12 Aug 2010]

The adorable Twitter company is making it super easy to include 'Tweet this' on any website. This is most likely in response to Facebook's simple ...

Content-Link Exchange Request

[30 Oct 2009]

I was emailed a proposal yesterday, whereby I would be given some unique content which contained a link to the company in question. Here is ...

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