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LEAKED: New SXSW Foursquare Badges!

Last week, I released a full list of Foursquare badges – something that was difficult to find before. But now, it seems, that list isn’t complete enough!

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03 2010

Twitter Officially Changes “Update” Button to “Tweet”

Twitter has been making changes to keep up with the very lingo that has been created around the microblogging service. The word “tweet” was already introduced into the user interface by the tweet-count changing from Updates to Tweets.

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03 2010

Hootsuite Add Foursquare and MySpace Integration

In their announcement of their SXSW plans, Hootsuite announced their integration of location-based juggernaut Foursquare, as well as faux-social-network-turned-music-self-promotion-clusterf*** Myspace!

This, no doubt, is not a coincidental timing considering the huge amount of checkins expected at SXSW this year. The location-based service also gives special badges for specific events.

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03 2010

Israeli Army Nixes Raid After Facebook Leak

JERUSALEM, March 3 (Reuters) – The Israeli militarycalled off a raid in Palestinian territory after a soldier posted details, including the time and place, on social networking website Facebook, Israel’s Army Radio reported on Wednesday.

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03 2010

Mashable Release New iPhone App!

Mashable have had an iPhone app for a while now, but today, they’ve announced a completely new app!

The old app, which was pretty clunky and showed some non-mobile web pages. So it’s no surprise that Pete Cashmore and the Mashable team were keen on introducing a newer app.

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02 2010

YouTube to Live-Stream Tiger Woods Press Conf (8am PST)

According to YouTubeTiger Woods will be breaking his self-imposed silence today to address the months-long unraveling of his career, and his good name.

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02 2010

NEW: Google Goggles – Use Images as Search Terms!

Google are taking advantage of their huge user base once more to identify logos, landscapes, artwork, landmarks, and lots more! Why? Because they want to use the info to make their new Google Goggles into a working Search Engine that uses images instead of text! The application is available now on Android phones.

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02 2010

Google Vs Facebook: Which is More Social for You?

So MyBrandz just came out with a new test you can take that will measure which one of the two large brands - Google, or Facebook – is the more Social brand for you. It’s a cute idea – but it’s not being done in the most tactful way…

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02 2010

Microsoft Office 2010 Gets More Social

Microsoft have just announced a new addition to Microsoft Office 2010 – and it’s social! The tool is called Outlook Social Connector, and it’s designed to bring communications history, contact information, and professional and social networking information into the outlook calendar. The Social Connector is designed to help you stay in touch with the people you care about.

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02 2010

Buzzzy.com: A Search Engine for Google Buzz

Google Buzz had yet to come out with a search engine to make sense of the whole mishkabable, so Buzzzy beat them to the punch!

What I found fascinating is the accuracy and relevancy of the information I found when searching!

Here are some pictures of the Search Engine’s results for “Olympics”:

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02 2010
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