Posts tagged Social Networking
New shiny social networking site – meet Foursquare
Oct 10th
So yes, Foursquare is now available in London, and with it are all the badge-unlocking, social-drinking, night-life infesting, mobile gaming experiences our American friends have been experiencing for the better part of a year. It’s actually the kind of thing I was hoping Nokia and Dopplr would come up with following Dopplr’s acquisition…
For those of you who don’t quite know what I am talking about, Foursquare, is in a nutshell, a location service-based social network-come-game. What it does in effect is to tell you where your friends are and add a little fun to going out in the evening. More >
The origins of Twitter?
Oct 9th
I got thinking about Twitter today (hat tip to Simon D.) and started doing some research about its origins – I came across both this interview and this photo by Jack Dorsey.
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Reading the Twitter homepage, made me think about the different tools I have used to stay in touch with my friends and family over the years:
- I used to be a heavy MSN Messenger user when I moved to the UK – the status More >
Introducing the ultimate Facebook on the go for the masses (and it’s a little scary!)
May 11th
It is being billed as the ultimate Facebook on the go! Instead of logging on to search for friends, mobile phone Bluetooth technology alerts people to other users logged on nearby. In other words, profiles, pictures and background flash onto the screen so users can decide if they want to strike up a real conversation.
The system piloted in Berlin, called aka-aki, can also reveal whether a stranger is a friend of a friend and even if you share the same interests to break the ice. Fear not, the system also allows you to screen out any undesirables. Pheww!
I don’t More >
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