Archive for September, 2011

The test phase that began in just three months ago has finally come to an end. Google+ has officially been made available for all, and with its release, there are also a number of new features that Google has integrated with its other services. Read the rest of this entry »

So we all know that Facebook’s strongpoint hasn’t exactly been the way that it handles data. And since Zuckerberg’s big announcement last week about the new Timeline project, which is supposed to be a collective “story of your life” available for others to see online, has made data protection agencies a bit anxious – just how does Facebook plan on ‘collecting’ all of the information needed to create a Timeline for its 800 million users? The answer can be a bit disturbing to some: it already has it. Read the rest of this entry »

Google+ is making waves in the social media domain. After the site officially went public last week, traffic increased 1269%, according to new data from Experian Hitwise. Google+’s ranking thereby went from 54th to 8th within one week in Hitwise’s Social Networking and Forums category. The new success should cause for some unrest amongst the competitors at Facebook, which conveniently released a number of new features last week, many of which have been criticized as ‘copying’ Google+. Nevertheless, Google+ is proving itself to be a serious threat to other social networks out there. Read the rest of this entry »

Quicker has finished its Beta phase and is now introducing itself with new functionalities and the first regional offers. The location-based service portal, which launched in September last year, will put its regional product offering in residential trade into focus. Read the rest of this entry »

iPhone users have been able to use the mobile application from meinestadt.de for local product offerings for about one year now. Now, Android devices also have the capability: the city-portal has integrated the “kaufDA Navigator”, as with its iPhone app a year ago. Read the rest of this entry »

Just one day after announcing the improved friends lists, Facebook employee Zach Rait introduced the new “subscribe” button in a blog post. The new function reminds users a bit of Twitter, als the following option, or subscribe option, allows users to subscribe to posts from others with whom they are not even friends with on Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook is finally making sure there will be more transparency and differentiated identities with some new features. Mark Zuckerberg’s giant social network is reacting to the growing competition with Google+ and pressure from data protection agencies. Read the rest of this entry »

Local search in communities and mobile are ever-developing into a hype, according to the latest user study from the US pollster Pew. More than fifty percent of all smartphone users search for local information on-the-go. Read the rest of this entry »

They just keep going and going: shortly after purchasing the rating-service Zagat, Google has now purchased the Berlin-based start-up DailyDeal.de, an online coupon site founded in December 2009. With the purchase, Google is making clear that it isn’t afraid of the online coupon market, and is signaling its intention to expand own service Google Offers to Europe. Read the rest of this entry »

Searching the internet for people and their contact data has just become simpler with the new web search from dastelefonbuch.de, which was just added to its classic search function.
The search for individuals online is supported using selected sources, according to dastelefonbuch.de. Entries from social networks like Facebook, Twitter, XING, Myspace, LinkedIn, StayFriends or Lokalisten are reviewed, but also from other sites like Wikipedia, news portals, various blogs, as well as company websites and private internet sites. Like the research available in the directory, users can specify first- and last-names, as well as the location. The results are then listed by DasTelefonbuch in a neat display according to the source. Read the rest of this entry »