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Pandora now shares with Facebook, Twitter

Pandora, with new Facebook, Twitter, and Gift sharing features. Pandora on Wednesday announced the arrival of some new sharing features for the service. In the past, you have been able to share Pandora stations, but you were forced to do it via e-mail ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc

Glue adds game dynamic, suggestion stream, profiles

I've written about social recommendation network Glue before, noting that it is a social network that is just along for the ride as a Firefox/IE extension that slides out when you need it. The basic idea is that when you visit a site that's supported ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Wikipedia,  Metallica,  Miley Cyrus

Google Maps' appearance takes new direction

(L)ocal and arterial roads have been narrowed at medium zooms to improve legibility, and the overall colors have been optimized to be easier on the eye and conflict less with other things (such as traffic, transit lines and search results) that we ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

Tracked.com serves up details on companies, people

The start-up is positioned to be a competitor to Google and Yahoo Finance, which are largely ticker-based, as well as user-driven information sites like CrunchBase, Wikipedia, and, to some extent, LinkedIn. Conceived by Mike Yavonditte, formerly of ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Wikipedia,  LinkedIn Corp

Twitter launches 'Lists' in limited testing

Twitter on Wednesday announced a long-awaited feature to a small subset of its user base for testing. "Lists" lets users group Twitter accounts together for easy filtration. For example, you can create a list of all of your work friends or one for ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc

Google Docs rolls out student-oriented features

The results of their work, now available to try out, include new features such as an equation editor, superscripts and subscripts, document translation, improvements to surveys, and more outlining options. While none of these features is groundbreaking ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

Report: Nokia gobbles up Dopplr

In an effort to stop the bleeding at the cell phone giant, Nokia has been acquiring a string of smaller companies. With intense competition from Apple's iPhone and RIM's Blackberry, Nokia has been struggling to keep pace in the mobile industry. Om ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Om Malik,  TiVo Inc.,  Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Facebook supports username log-in

We knew that Facebook had bigger plans for vanity URLs/usernames when it opened them up for registration this summer. This might not seem like a big deal at first glance since most Web sites use username log-in. But this is a time saver, compared with ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  18 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  Twitter Inc

Vreebit rewards users for social networking

Vreebit is an immensely complex social-networking site, launched in beta on Thursday. Vreebit includes a wealth of features, including a calendar, tasks, resume, docs and photos, links, discussions, polls, petitions, expert advice (think Yahoo Answers) ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  17 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Google Inc.

Mint.com starts keeping an eye on your budget

Mint.com is the premiere web-based money management solution available Tuesday. The site pulls transaction information from your various financial accounts and presents the data in a beautiful, easily digestible format. CEO Aaron Patzer boasts that 50 ...

From HARRISON HOFFMAN, Webware,  18 Aug 2009

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