We all recall doing classic scavenger hunts growing up. Now, Boston-based SCVNGR is a startup that makes it easy to create a scavenger hunt from a simple mobile device. SCVNGR is the brainchild of Seth Priebatsch, a 21-year-old who founded the company while a freshman at Princeton University in 2008. We last caught up with…
Read MoreThe always outspoken Jason Calacanis sent out an email late last night to his list serve JasonNation stating his plans to delete his Facebook page this Friday at 1:00pm PT. What’s more, he’s planning to broadcast it live on the Web. Calacanis says: “Simply put, I no longer trust Facebook or Mark Zuckerberg with my…
Read MoreFamily dinners, weekend visits with relatives and regular family gatherings and holidays have traditionally been how families have stayed connected, sharing stories and updates about life. But as more and more of us have large distances between us, the occasional holiday visit is forced into a manic and stressful catch-up time. But what if you…
Read MoreEdison Research and Arbitron released study today titled Twitter Usage in America 2010, that shares some interesting data about usage of social networking site like Facebook and Twitter. The study presents three years of tracking data from a nationally representative telephone survey (via landline and mobile phone) of 1,753 Americans, and was conducted in February…
Read MoreOn Wednesday the Facebook’s Developers Conference f8 took place and was streamed live via livesteam. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced several new features including: one step permissions, saved caches, Facebook currency (Credits), and the social graph (Open Graph protocol). A breakdown of the Open Graph and Facebook connect by Bret Taylor, CEO and Programmer of FriendFeed,…
Read MoreChat rooms have been a hot topic lately as Chatroulette and other have raised overall awareness of chat rooms. lissn a startup that initially launched at TechCrunch50 this past year just relaunched a chat room-like conversation experience. The new version of lissn offers a new, more simplified user experience and a focus now on each…
Read MoreTwitter rolled out a new homepage design and with a tweet let us all know about it. The new Twitter homepage design puts more emphasis on the real-time stream as it is front and center. Twitter also rolled out a feature called “Top Tweets,” which are highlighted on the homepage. I have been waiting for…
Read MoreChatroulette has been the buzz of many marketers, technologist and Web enthusiasts for a few months now as it scored a New York Times article which proclaimed: “Nothing can really prepare you for the latest online phenomenon, Chatroulette.” If you haven’t heard about it yet, Chatroulette is a simple concept where two webcams are connected…
Read MoreIf you want to stay connected to your friends, news sources, and traffic updates without taking your eyes off the road to text, Aha Mobile, has the solution: The Palo Alto, CA-based company has developed a back-end platform that safely connects drivers to one another and to the Web with personalized, interactive radio stations. The…
Read MoreLivingSocial, the social commerce leader behind LivingSocial Deals and top Facebook applications Visual Bookshelf and Pick Your Five, today announced that it has completed a $25 million Series B round of venture funding led by U.S. Venture Partners. Grotech Ventures and Steve Case’s Revolution LLC are also participating. With this round of funding, LivingSocial Deals is…
Read MoreIn a world that demands information, breaking news, and constant updates, sometimes it’s hard to find out what’s really hot. Twitter and Facebook have played a big role in the real-time news experience, sharing trending topics and news feed updates with social recommendation mechanisms built in. Bigger companies like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have also been…
Read MoreWith all the social networking sites out there, keeping track of all them can sometimes be a bit time consuming. Checking your Facebook news feed or Twitter stream can lead to an unproductive time suck. NutshellMail can help you keep track of everything by sending you a daily digest of all the latest updates via e-mail. It’s like…
Read MoreThis probably seems fairly obvious to most people, but what you say online can stick around for quite sometime and help to either further or hinder your career. Everyday, we are all building an online reputation that affects our offline lives. While there have been many stories about people using their online reputations to help…
Read MoreGoogle has been all the buzz as it just launched a new social service that is basically a new lifestreaming product called Google Buzz. Google Buzz enables users to share photos, status updates, videos and more right from your GMail. It also has a mobile component at buzz.google.com that enables users to leverage location information…
Read MoreIf you’re like me, you run across a lot of content day-to-day on the Web that you want to share with your friends. Maybe you want to comment on it as well. There are a bunch of services that let you share things you find on the Web. Amplify looks to take things a step…
Read MoreIn 2009 Facebook users revolted against the Facebook Beacon a Facebook features that lets users share their purchases with their networks. A year later, I have signed up for Blippy which lets users sign up and link their accounts with companies like Visa and Mastercard Credit Cards, iTunes, Amazon, Zappos and even Netflix. They can…
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