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We all know that everybody is jumping into the bandwagon of using the internet all over the globe, be it for fun on social sites like Facebook which by the way grew more than 400million users, or be it for “Googling” information they need.   Below is a remarkable video by Jesse Thomas portraying the state of the internet how sites grew up and where are we headed… JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on READ MORE...

We all are pretty much wanting to say many things when we get ticked off when some BIG OLD company doesn’t do what it is supposed to do, in proper manner, and when negligence takes place all they can say is “SORRY” instead of helping us. Sounds kind of familiar? Singer Dave Carroll faced a similar situation when flying with United Airlines last year. I wont say much as the videos would tell you all of it in a humorous kind of READ MORE...

So are are fed up with the over mass of your social media life? Especially on Facebook? Social networking makes you want to end it all? You may be ready for online ritual suicide with the aid of a new website that helps your social identity but with honor using the “anti-social network” Seppukoo. Something similar but totally Anti social unlike Facebook, offering users the ritual end of you VIRTUAL SOCIAL LIFE, giving you a fabulous RIP page as READ MORE...

As people engage within online social media more and more, Facebook is trying to give users more privacy over their data. Facebook is rolling out the changes they announced on December 1st. Now when posting anything before sharing, you can select options that are: “Friends, Friends of Friends, Everyone and Customized.” so that you can control who sees what of your content. Mostly people get confused over where to set privacy filters on READ MORE...

The wave of Google CEO Eric Schmidt joining Twitter with the username @eschmidt0, became a phenomena overnight. Clearly @ericschmidt0 was something very strange for guy like Schmidt. But just an hour ago the username @ericschmidt has been verified as the account of the mountain view chocolate factory’s CEO. The wonderful fact is  the account has over 5,400 followers already, thus brining into context how social media has changed our lives, how READ MORE...

Twitter has really become a phenomena for all of us. Everyone uses it everywhere to update status, promote products or even send messages along loved ones. But would you, on your day of your wedding, before saying the “I do”, tweet out to the world about your present status of standing at the altar and getting married? Well this couple doesn’t mind so, and it’s so unbelievably awesome and romantic that, I believe that really social media READ MORE...

Facebook has been playing with its privacy policy for a little while. Now that facebook has over 350million users worldwide and expanding, many users have different privacy needs. Looking into that you might notice today when you logged into your facebook accounts, a personal letter from the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. It has been a great year for making the world more open and connected. Thanks to your help, more than 350 million people READ MORE...

Last month, our favorite social networking site, Facebook, revamped its UI just to get more functionality rolled out as it prepares to take on twitter for live updates search. But it seems like facebook is doing more than what it just did last month to give more power to it’s users. Here are our top 3 observations about the upcoming Facebook homepage redesign, along with screenshots:   1. All menus go on the right hand side 2. Search Comes READ MORE...

Last March, at TED, when I saw for the first time how India’s own Pranav Mistry came up with his design gadget called the SixthSense that augmented reality, turning every day objects of life into usable controls such as your hands, Tshirts, or even your PaperPad.   We at The Technology Cafe, are pretty much excited how this could not only change how we interact with objects but how education could leverage such technology, especially in READ MORE...

At Toronto’s Blyth Academy in Canada, the sony e-Reader will be provided to each and every student which comes with a Touch Screen. The school is completely transforming how students will learn from now onwards, with no text books, no bags and no envelopes of papers. I completely support the idea and i think with the advent of such Readers, learning would be much more fun, interesting and more environment friendly. Lets see this fantastic video READ MORE...

Just yesterday we talked about Microsoft Bing gaining 10% market share in the US, after it’s release five months ago. Today we see again that bing is constantly trying to update its features which might help users to find relevant data quicker and easily with the launch of  ”latest posts from news sites” feature. As you can see, whenever you put a query related to a news site in the bing search bar, those sites, or feeds which READ MORE...

Twitter announced today that for the first time, it is introducing twitter-MMS based service in association with orange UK. The service would be first introduced in the UK. Here is the official Announcement: “The UK has had an outsized cultural impact on the world. From music to sports to literature… and now – MMS with Twitter. Today, not only has Orange UK turned on Twitter SMS, but it has added a first-of-its-kind special enhancement. Orange READ MORE...

Is this really the Google we know? Gmail having problems since the past 7 months, then Google Apps, and now recently the newly announced Google social search to compete with the Microsoft Bing/Facebook/Twitter search deal is also down. Google gave a response with an email to Tech Social news publisher, Mashable: The Google Social Search experiment is temporarily down. We are working on it and expect to restore access sometime Monday or Tuesday I READ MORE...

Bing has fairly impressed many critics and as the holiday season approaches, Bing announces a $10K CashBack Sweepstakes contest in LA. So pack your bags and start purchasing. the offer is open only to legal residents of the US. Click on the image below, to enter the sweepstakes… Please Leave us your comments… READ MORE...

  Twitter’s international push has been rapidly accelerating. In the last month alone, the company has brought tweeting via SMS to India, launched Twitter Mobile in Japan, and opened up Twitter to Spanish speakers across the world.   Now Twitter has made inroads into Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country. In an announcement on the Twitter blog, Director of Mobile Products and Partnerships Kevin Thau revealed that it has READ MORE...

   Skype Founder got what they wanted – a renewed stake and board representation in the Skype that will be spun off eBay soon – the Scandinavian duo Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis can divert more of their attention again to the latest Internet venture they’re putting their weight behind: Rdio. The yet-to-launch digital music startup was first talked about publicly a couple   of weeks ago in a New York Times article but READ MORE...

  We all love word press and quite honestly it has become the DeFacto standard for any blog these days. We our selves are proud word press users. But when it comes to micro blogging we are stuck to not to many options. You ant create micro blogging blogs just like you can do on wordpress that efficiently.   But worry not anymore, Montreal-based StatusNet, aims to become the DeFacto choice for users wanting to micros blog just like twitter. READ MORE...

Microsoft on Monday as part of their ongoing collaboration with Facebook, released a very exciting new developer resource: the Microsoft SDK for Facebook Platform (http://www.microsoft.com/facebooksdk), enabling use of Microsoft technologies such as Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in conjunction with the Facebook social platform.       The toolkit is comprised of the following core assemblies:   [caption READ MORE...

  Microsoft’s web portal MSN.com has been given an extensive makeover for the first time in almost ten years. The new, revamped MSN homepage is now live. The new MSN butterfly represents a fresh new approach for MSN and is the cornerstone of the new design.   MSN’s new look based on cleaner lines, a focus on select verticals, and easier user configuration along with a new logo. The new home page provides easier access to powerful Bing READ MORE...

  Well every website/blog owner wants maximum user base to the site content. We all try social awareness via messaging our friends on Facebook and twitter, but clearly that not enough. What if now your website was automatically “Grazed” or you may call it scanned and was submitted to Graze directories and people looking for content get directed to your website without having you to do the hard work. Sounds interesting?   The Technology READ MORE...

Many Facebook users are getting FAKE emails to confirm their Facebook account Password reset, but originally the email is a dangerous piece of malware. The malicious executable is linked to the Bredolab botnet, which has been linked to massive spam runs and identity-theft related attacks. Below is a sample of the Facebook password-reset messages hitting e-mail inboxes this morning:   You might see the “support@facebook.com,” email address, a READ MORE...

  Who doesn’t want world peace and what better way to promote and support it than social networking. peace.Facebook.com is a new incentive started by Facebook today that makes it spread the notion of world peace. This portal ask users to Facebook is proud to play a part in promoting peace by building technology that helps people better understand each other. By enabling people from diverse backgrounds to easily connect and share their READ MORE...