Blog Archives for the tag social

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WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg: social and mobile is the "fourth phase of our evolution"

The founding developer of the popular blogging software WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, shared some of his thoughts about what’s next for the platform today. WordPress is completely open source, but Mullenweg…

Holland Windmills

My Chrome Theme Lets You Personalize Your Browser

A few weeks ago, the Google Chrome team launched a new app in its store called My Chrome Theme, which allows you to create and share your own custom theme…

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Google Play Gets More Social With "Shared With Me"

Sharing music is becoming a favorite social feature for many people with Facebook introducing the News Ticker and deep integration with apps like Spotify and Rdio using the Open Graph…

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Facebook Helping Mobile Apps Grow by Leaps and Bounds

The social mobile app boon is thanks in large part to Facebook and it’s Open Graph platform it launched last year at f8. Many apps have seen explosive growth and…

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Gmail Adds More Content From Your Friends on Google+

As expected, more of Google’s products are getting the social treatment with Google+ functionality. The latest project to get further “Plussed” is Gmail, and the features are actually quite handy….

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About.me Goes In A Social Direction With New iOS app

The social profile network About.me, which was acquired by AOL in 2011 is continuing to expand its usefulness with a new iOS app that makes interacting with people easier. About.me…

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Advertisers Aren't Ready To Handle Social

This post is part of a series sponsored by Internet Explorer 9. Learn more here. Missed the tweet and just now seeing this post? Pin this page in IE9 to…

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Your Data is Being Used For Ads, Get Used to It

This post is part of a series sponsored by Internet Explorer 9. Learn more here. Missed the tweet and just now seeing this post? Pin this page in IE9 to…

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Google+ Profiles Start Displaying Info From Google Contacts

The march towards merging all of Google’s products continues, and this time it’s Google Contacts that’s getting the social treatment. The Google Contacts team announced last night that address book…

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Google Goes All In For March Madness

Yes, it’s March Madness time. The time where everyone who attended a popular college magically becomes a basketball fan. Google is getting into the college basketball mix with some fun…

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Salesforce is Making Serious Moves in Social

When you think of Salesforce, you might not think of it as a social company. Its business products “in the cloud” store all of your business records, transactions, and notes….

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Google Finds Itself Playing the Role of Microsoft These Days

Just like Microsoft was the dartboard of the Internet for so many years simply because of its sheer size and “power”, Google has become the latest easy target. Over the…

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Little Monsters Gives Lady Gaga the Social Edge

We all know how popular musician Lady Gaga is, but regardless of the popularity of her music she’s done something that not many other artists can say. She has built…

In the Shadow of My Career

Google+ Had an Impressive Month of Traffic in December

While traffic stats can be a tricky thing, one thing they’re good for is to judge growth trends. According to a new report by web traffic analyst Compete, Google+ saw…

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Trapit and Pinterst Integration is Brilliant

If you’ve been paying attention to the web lately, or the special lady in your life according to its demographics, you might know that the curation service Pinterest is on…