Archive for September, 2007

Easily Build a Facebook Application

Facebook’s ability for users and companies to make and distribute applications within its social network has been a rather unstoppable force within the Web 2.0 world. And it has been exciting seeing all the applications that have been developed and all the companies that have jumped on board to build their presence on Facebook. But [...]

Private Beta Invites – Free!

We all know there’s nothing cooler than being the first on the block to have that new gadget. And the same goes for having early access to that hot new website currently in beta.
Why? Well… We get the status of being an “insider,” but mostly I think we just like to have bragging rights.
Still, whatever [...]

Google Phone…Asking why.

I was just reading this line from CNET’s article a few weeks ago about Google’s Marissa Mayer talking about iPhones and Google applications. To date I hadn’t read anything about these kind of numbers (football season might be taking away from all that new media reading), so they struck me as very interesting:
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Is Editing Wikipedia Pages Anonymous?

Well the simple answer is no. The ability to view which IP addresses have been editing pages in Wikipedia has always existed, but now a student from Cal Tech has gone ahead and not only simplified the process, but has also created a searchable database of IP addresses making changes to pages. The website, [...]

The iPhone? I Was Right…That’s all.

Ok, so I could have chosen a less obnoxious title. Also, it’s not like I was the only one making the point…but STILL.
Today we find out many things from Apple, including that they are releasing the iPod “Touch,” which is basically an iPhone without the phone. What I found almost more interesting was the following:
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Facebook Gets Searchable

From Mashable, among others, we find that Facebook will soon be listing profiles in search engined like Google, MSN and Yahoo. So if you have a Facebook profile and you have not set it to private, I can “Google” you and find your Facebook page.
To be more accurate, the full profiles will not return [...]