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In 2011, Twitter reaped $139.5 million in revenues from advertising efforts. However, there is good news in store as the company looks to grow by more than 80% in 2012.

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PassTheNotes – Student-Teacher Collaboration
Monday, 28 Nov, 2011 – 7:36 | No Comment
PassTheNotes – Student-Teacher Collaboration

A couple of college students noticed something: the applications being used inside the classroom and the ones used daily by people outside of it are not always the same.  Collaborating or social networking are just …

Shuttur – a New Image Sharing Community
Monday, 19 Sep, 2011 – 7:32 | No Comment
Shuttur – a New Image Sharing Community

Shuttur is a brand new image sharing service with a community bent.  Images are uploaded by anyone in the community (member of the site) and categorized into one of several popular categories of image type.  …

Socialinkd – A New Way to Connect
Monday, 5 Sep, 2011 – 7:38 | No Comment
Socialinkd – A New Way to Connect

It’s becoming amazing how often we hear the phrase “find me on Facebook!” today.  Everyone seems to be on the world’s largest social networking site.  Yet finding someone isn’t always as simple as searching their …

Zuujit – A Social Marketplace for Making Online Sales
Friday, 19 Aug, 2011 – 5:17 | One Comment

If you want to sell anything online nowadays it can take a while – not to mention the existence of a few hoops to jump through – to make it happen.  But now there is …

The Appsterdam Project
Monday, 1 Aug, 2011 – 7:21 | No Comment
The Appsterdam Project

People in the business of making mobile applications know the name Mike Lee.  He was co-founder of Tapulous (now owned by Disney), which created the infamous iPhone game that broke the ice for the game …

Google+ – Traffic Starts Dropping for the First Time
Friday, 29 Jul, 2011 – 5:54 | No Comment

Whenever Google does anything it always garners headlines across the web. This was certainly the case when it launched its first proper social network, Google+ a few weeks ago.

Verified Celebrity Accounts Coming for the Google+ Service
Thursday, 21 Jul, 2011 – 10:12 | No Comment

According to a variety of news reports that have been published in the last few days, it looks as though Google may be following in the footsteps of Twitter when it comes to celebrity accounts.
While …

Unsubscribe.com – Anti-Virus/Spam for Web 2.0
Monday, 27 Jun, 2011 – 7:50 | No Comment
Unsubscribe.com – Anti-Virus/Spam for Web 2.0

Unsubscribe.com launched last week and got a lot of attention almost immediately.  After a week of using it, I think I can say that it’s definitely something most savvy social networking users should have in …

Facebook Fights Back Against LinkedIn
Monday, 20 Jun, 2011 – 12:12 | No Comment
Facebook Fights Back Against LinkedIn

A lot of excitement accompanied the initial public offering last month of LinkedIn, the “little site that could”.  This quiet giant suddenly hit the public discussion pool, despite having been mainstream as one of the …

Simply Cast Provides Multi Channel Marketing for Modern Businesses
Thursday, 26 May, 2011 – 7:51 | One Comment

Today’s businesses need to have a multi faceted way to promote themselves and ensure they can reach the widest possible audience.  This normally means using the services of several other companies to achieve every promotional …

Tringify – Make it Easier for Customers to Contact You
Thursday, 19 May, 2011 – 10:14 | No Comment

Social commerce is all about making the most of your website, interacting with various social media sites and also making it easy for people to get in touch with your business.  A new website, Tringify, …

Social Corral – Making it Easier to Promote Your Social Media Accounts
Wednesday, 4 May, 2011 – 10:03 | One Comment
Social Corral – Making it Easier to Promote Your Social Media Accounts

Social networking is an essential element of social commerce.  Not only can you interact with potential clients on various social media sites, you can also show people which social media sites you have joined via …