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Archive for August, 2009
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Top 5 Ways to Use Social Media/Technology for Good
August 14th, 2009 
Social Guy 
Social media and technology have allowed us to interact like never before. But what if we took the social media and technology we use every day one step further – using it to do good and make an impact?
Digsby Partners With MySpace and OneRiot to Bring Real-time Social Activity to the Desktop
August 12th, 2009 Social Guy 
dotSyntax announced a new version of Digsby today, partnering with MySpace and OneRiot to bring real-time social activity to the desktop. Designed with simplicity in mind, Digsby has quickly become the easiest way for people to stay connected and manage all of their social accounts.
MySpace users now have a new way of interacting with their friends and family using MySpaceID. The new Digsby MySpaceID integration delivers a complete MySpace activity stream, status updates, and photo albums right to the desktop along with real-time notifications, and is available to MySpace’s global community. (more…)
Twubs.com Introduces Hashtag Registry
August 12th, 2009 Social Guy 
Twubs.com, a social media aggregator of Twitter, YouTube, TwitPic, RSS and other feeds around hashtags, introduces a new hashtag registry, which gives any user or organization the ability to register their hashtag(s) on the site. Registration allows a user to become the administrator of the Twub and provides increased protection against spam by blocking certain users or words.
Registering a #hashtag also prevents multiple uses of the hashtag, helps refine the conversation when entering a Twub, and makes it easier for users to find conversations relevant to their interests by hashtag type, such as company name, hobby, conference, church, event and others.
Nimbuzz Launches on Google’s Android OS!
August 12th, 2009 Social Guy 
Nimbuzz announces the launch of its multi community mobile social messenger application for Android handsets. Unique for Android users, Nimbuzz introduces a revolutionary buddy list layout, Skype IM, a time-sensitive user interface, home-screen notifications, auto-reconnect, clickable URLs, and local social network support to make Nimbuzz the most sophisticated IM application for Android handsets.
Though there aren’t as many Android devices sold yet as iPhones, they are a mass market product and Android is a logical extension to their lineup of over 1000+ supported devices. The free app is available to download from the Android Marketplace.
