News tagged with social platform

Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet 'e-mavens'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google Wave to Launch Public Beta Service by End of September (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has just announced it will be opening its public beta release of Google Wave Service on September 30. Google Wave is a real-time communication platform that combines aspects of email, ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3 weblog

Key Automobile Alliance Chooses MeeGo For Cars

The Linux Foundation today announced that GENIVI, an auto-alliance driving the adoption of In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI), will adopt MeeGo as the standard software environment for IVI systems built by car companies including ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

American Express makes digital wallets

American Express on Monday launched an online financial transactions service that it claims goes beyond what others provide in a market dominated by PayPal.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Social networking meets ambient intelligence (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharing small snippets of information about your daily life is a key feature of the online social networking revolution. Soon status updates and other social information could be generated automatically.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

No More 'Social Media,' More Single Log-ins for Multiple Platforms

(PhysOrg.com) -- As more people use social media platforms, they will begin moving away from using the term 'social media' in the new year, predicts Dr. Karla Gower, associate professor of advertising and public relations.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Android phones to pit vampires against slayers

Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers.

Technology / Software

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google+ mobbed after doors opened, experts tell

Google+ was mobbed with visitors after the social network opened its doors to the public last week, industry tracker Experian Hitwise reported.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Facebook, HTC building Android smartphone: report

Facebook has allied with Taiwan's HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, according to technology blog All Things Digital.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Helpful or creepy? Overpersonalized Web sites may spook shoppers

Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune."

Technology / Internet

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China's Alibaba splits online shopping unit Taobao

China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group announced Thursday it has split its consumer online shopping platform Taobao into three firms to adapt to an increasingly competitive landscape.

Technology / Business

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Flipboard sees magazine future in tablet computers

Flipboard chief executive Mike McCue on Monday said the startup's iPad application has been downloaded more than 3.5 million times as tablet computers enable personalized Internet-Age magazines.

Technology / Business

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google+ slow and sure in challenge to Facebook

Google remains undaunted in its bid to create a flourishing online community that can go toe-to-toe with social networking powerhouse Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook smartphone could come by next year: report

Facebook hopes to release its own smartphone by next year, as the newly public social networking giant looks to boost its revenue in the mobile Internet market, the New York Times reported Monday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Facebook steps into middle of smartphone lifestyles

Facebook on Wednesday moved to become the heart of smartphone lifestyles by making it easy for people to find deals at nearby shops and connect with mobile software applications.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0