JaypeeOnline

Archive | Social Networks RSS feed for this section

Home » Social Networks

Facebook Password Reset Scam

18. March 2010 ·

If you receive a password reset email from Facebook on your inbox, be careful! Facebook users are being warned of a malicious email password reset scam that is making its rounds and quickly spreading across the social network the past couple of days. This massive spam run is the latest version of malicious emails targetting [...]

Home » Social Networks

Cubicl: Social Network for Groups

11. March 2010 ·

0 Comments

If you think that there’s already too much or too many social networks in existence, think again. There’s another social network in town, which was created especially for “groups”. This new social network is called Cubicl. Each one of us have and interact with different groups of people each day – our family, friends, coworkers, classmates, [...]

Home » Social Networks

Google Buzz

9. February 2010 ·

6 Comments

Determined not to be left behind in the social media revolution, Google officially launched today a new product called Google Buzz which confirms earlier rumors of a new social status feature being integrated into Gmail. Google Buzz was presented to the media by Bradley Horowitz, Google’s vice president for product management. With the creation of [...]

Home » Social Networks

Facebook for iPhone 3.1

7. January 2010 ·

7 Comments

UPDATE: At the time of writing, I found out that a newer version – Facebook for iPhone 3.1.1 has been released which includes bug fixes for address book syncing. This will be my first iPhone-related post after my wife gave me an iPhone 3GS as a Christmas present. Since I started using it, I’ve already download [...]

Home » Social Networks

SocialSafe – Facebook Backup Tool

19. October 2009 ·

15 Comments

For most of us, Facebook has evolved from an ordinary social networking site into something that’s meshed into our lifestyle, a part of our daily routine. We use it to connect with family and friends, send each other messages, share photos and videos and tons of other stuff. What if Facebook suddenly shutdown or its [...]

Home » Social Networks

Yahoo! Meme

29. September 2009 ·

2 Comments

Early this year, Yahoo! launched a new product/service in Portueguese called Meme which according to rumors was a clone of Twitter. But according to the people who gained first access to Yahoo! Meme, it doesn’t even come cloes to Twitter and some even call it a “mediocre” or a poor man’s version of Tumblr. Right now, [...]

Home » Social Networks

My New Twitter Background

18. August 2009 ·

13 Comments

When I officially introduced JaypeeOnline’s blog mascot to you guys a couple weeks ago, I mentioned that I was also working on incorporating the blog mascot into my Twitter profile, meaning creating a custom Twitter background. At that time, I was very busy due to the backlog caused by my 2 month blogging hiatus so [...]

Home » Social Networks

Yahoo! Know Your Mojo!

17. August 2009 ·

8 Comments

What is a mojo? In the movie Austin Powers, the secret agent/spy lost his “powers” when he lost his “mojo”. Urban Dictionary defines mojo as – “the word originally means a charm or a spell. But now its more commonly said meaning sex appeal or talent”. Yahoo! recently released a new service Know Your Mojo! [...]

Home » Social Networks

IZEA Launches Sponsored Tweets

5. August 2009 ·

12 Comments

I’m sure most of you who are on Twitter are already familiar with Twittad and Magpie, Twitter advertising networks/services that provide Twitter users a way to make money on Twitter. Yesterday, IZEA, the company behind Social Spark and PayPerPost unveiled its newest online money making service called Sponsored Tweets. What is Sponsored Tweets? Sponsored Tweets is [...]

Home » Social Networks

Twitter Unveils New Homepage

29. July 2009 ·

11 Comments

Earlier today, Twitter unveiled their new or redesigned homepage showing a cleaner interface and overall, a more aesthetically pleasing design. For Twitter users who haven’t seen the new homepage, you have to log out or if you’re using TweetDeck, Twhirl, Twitteriffic, Skimmer or any third party client you have to go, open your browser and [...]

Home » Social Networks

Skimmer: Lifestream Desktop App

7. May 2009 ·

59 Comments

While browsing the web and looking for cool stuff and apps, I came across this lifestreaming desktop app called Skimmer. Skimmer℠ is an Adobe® AIR™ desktop application designed to streamline, beautify, and enhance the experience of participating in your most frequently used social networking activities. It improves upon your day-to-day interaction with multiple social networks, removing [...]