MySpace changes terms of use to combat app scams

In the wake of a firestorm over just how much of social-gaming companies’ profits can be attributed to potentially scammy offers and incentives, News Corp.’s MySpace has taken a stand (and, it could be said, taken advantage of the PR opportunity) by coming out vocally against them.
“We’re adding a fifth principle (to our developer terms [...]

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Facebook COO: No PayPal killer, ad network–yet

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg speaks with John Battelle at the Web 2.0 Summit about features we can expect from the social-networking site.
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SAN FRANCISCO–Two of the biggest rumors about big, upcoming Facebook products–an ad network and a payment transaction platform–won’t be making a big splash anytime soon, chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in a [...]

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Flickr versus m.Flickr: Which one should you use?

As a heavy Flickr user, half the time I’m accessing the site from my phone instead of my computer. So when Flickr got its very own iPhone application late Monday night (download link), I was excited to give it a spin. What I found though, is that despite some of its niceties, there are certain [...]

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Fennec’s third alpha now ready for Windows Mobile

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On Friday, Mozilla released Fennec Alpha 3 for Windows Mobile, the latest in Mozilla’s effort to put its Firefox browser on a mobile phone. As with Fennec 1.0 beta 3 for the Maemo platform found on some Nokia Internet Tablets, Fennec for Windows Mobile makes changes to the mobile browser’s theme, and its scrolling [...]

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Cloud interoperability on the horizon?

Arguments for and against the cloud are starting to calm down a bit, and most people agree that the cloud is somewhere in your future, if not in your present.
Instead of arguing semantics of application development and delivery, the discussion should really be around how to deal with a mix of on-premise and on-demand, a [...]

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A back-to-school guide for college students

It’s almost time for college students to head back to class. It’s an exciting time for both the students and those who want to see their loved ones succeed. But doing it alone with no help from the Web doesn’t make much sense nowadays.
That’s why I’ve compiled a list of resources for students [...]

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Adium gets its Twitter on in version 1.4

Mac users long ago discovered the incredible power of Adium, the open-source, multiprotocol instant-messaging application for the Mac. The next time someone suggests that open source can’t innovate, is not user-friendly, etc., point them to Adium. It’s simply incredible.

What Adium isn’t, however, is a good Twitter client. That’s about to change, starting [...]

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Yahoo counters Google Latitude: Friends on Fire

Taking a different approach to Google’s Latitude software, Yahoo has released a Facebook application called Friends on Fire that lets people share their location with each other.
Google Latitude is an island unto itself, using Google’s own technology for cell phone-based location detection and for managing who gets access to your location. Friends on Fire, though, [...]

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Webware Radar: Diddit brings life experiences to Twitter, Facebook

Diddit, a site that allows users to share life experiences with others, announced Friday that its “diddits” and “wanna dos” can now be shared with other social networks. Users will be able to deploy new Diddit widgets, showing their lists of what they’ve done (“diddits”) and would like to do (“wanna dos”) on their [...]

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Twitmatic turns Twitter into a TV channel

Twitmatic is a new video aggregator from the creators of Ffwd. It taps into Twitter’s public stream and pulls together a grouping of videos people have posted in their Tweets. It’s powered by the same technology that runs Ffwd, which means you can skip to the next video when you get bored of the one [...]

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