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Ten Ways to Change the World Through Social Media

By Ty Wenzel • May 12th, 2008 • Category: Cool Websites, General, Resources, Trend Forcasting, Web 2.0 | API | Mashups

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Editor’s note: We’re pleased to welcome Max Gladwell, of MaxGladwell.com , as a regular guest writer on sustainablog. Max Gladwell covers the nexus of social media and green living. We feel that these two trends and technological developments hold tremendous promise for improving quality of life for everyone on the planet.
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Facebook says no to OpenSocial, yes to taking your money

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: Techie News

There was a strange moment this afternoon at the Snap Summit 2.0 in San Francisco. Dave Morin, Facebook’s Senior Platform Manager was fielding some audience questions after spending the better part of an hour giving a very broad overview of Facebook’s development efforts to a room full of mostly developers. For many, the event was [...]


FindMe, an irritating GPS for Facebook friends

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: Web 2.0 | API | Mashups

The new location-based service FindMe is a straightforward app that uses cell phone towers to broadcast your general whereabouts to Facebook friends, saving you from updating Facebook manually with places you frequently travel. In beta, FindMe installs on your cell phone and updates your Facebook status when it senses you’ve changed locations. For each new [...]


Jangl Gets Distribution Deal With PerfSpot; Updates Facebook App

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: Techie News

Mobile social communications provider Jangl is announcing a new distribution relationship with PerfSpot today. Nielsen Online recently ranked PerfSpot as the U.K.’s fastest-growing social media site, with PerfSpot witnessing over 700 percent growth in the last nine months of 2008. The company self-reports over 50,000 new members signing up daily.

Jangl already has applications inside of [...]