Archive for the ‘Virtual world’ Category

Seit kurzem erst lassen sich über den standortbasierten Check-in-Dienst Foursquare via webbasiertem Feature „Explore“ personalisierte Empfehlungen für Bars, Museen oder sonstige Lokalitäten abrufen. Jetzt können User bei der Wahl eines Restaurants zusätzlich auf die Speisekarten von fast 250.000 Restaurants in US-Großstädten zurückgreifen. Die Daten stammen laut Unternehmensblog vom Start-up SinglePlatform.

Die Speisekarten stehen bislang für das standortbezogene Desktop-Feature Explore sowie auf foursquare.com sowie m.foursquare.com zur Verfügung, die Integration in die Apps soll bald folgen. Neben den Gerichten sieht der User bei vielen Restaurants auch die einzelnen Preise.

With the growing threat of a financial crisis in Europe, it’s easy to think that this would hinder the development of the tech sector. Fortunately, this is far from the case. As Ben Broshi reported at the beginning of October, Berlin has been gaining international attention for its rampant growth in the tech world, especially for new startups. Now, the German news provider Der Spiegel has also turned its head towards the Hauptstadt. Read the rest of this entry »

Well well well, if this isn’t a prompt response to the new features on Google+: at the developer conference F8, the founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg introduced some dramatic changes to the largest social network. Facebook will be developing the profiles, or the core of Facebook, into Timelines. The Timeline will allow users to tell the story of their lives on a page. In addition, the team introduced a ticker that shows news in real-time. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Nearly half of the 312 million people in the United States use a social network. And of all adults who use the internet, about two-thirds are on a social network. This is displayed in a recent study by Search Engine Journal, who agrees that social media is here to stay.

“[T]ake a look below at the steep curve of the user growth rate in all age ranges and demographics, and the continuing pervasiveness of social networking into every facet of work, play and life in general. It’s hard to argue that social media hasn’t changed forever how we interact and connect online,” writes Jenise Uehara Henrikson at Search Engine Journal. Read the rest of this entry »

The German social network wer-kennt-wen.de is now cooperating with Gettings, a provider for mobile, location-based deals. Through the cooperation, users of the community can begin pulling up information about current deals and offerings in their vicinity. Read the rest of this entry »

Lary Page can be excited about the positive reception of the Google+ project and a record turnover for the second quarter of the year. Meanwhile, Facebook has received a poor grade in the subject of user satisfaction from a study.
The social media market is ready for a new player, according to the census administered by the 2011 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Business Report, which was conducted with the market research institute ForeSee Results. The social network Facebook received the poorest grade of all the social networks that were analyzed in customer satisfaction. The winner in the category for social media was Wikipedia. But who could have been in first place in the portal and search engine sectors? That’s right: Google. Because the study was conducted last month, Google+ is not included in the study, as the project wasn’t launched until afterwards. But according to a press release by ForeSee, the low results that Facebook has received give Google+ a good start, that is, if the service can offer users something better. Read the rest of this entry »