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Twitter to Implement Verified Account for Celebrity Profiles

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Recently, Twitter had to face a lawsuit filed by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa relating a bogus profile created on Twitter impersonating the La Russa.  When the issue was brought to Twitter’s attention, the Twitter team immediately took action and cancelled the account.  And as far as the Twitter management is concern, they have done their part and ensured that the said violation of  Twitter’s TOS was immediately uphold. Hence, Twitter is not paying any settlement fees to La Russa nor does they have any plans of  paying anytime soon. [Read more…] about Twitter to Implement Verified Account for Celebrity Profiles

Yahoo! Mail Now Has More Useful 3rd-Party Apps

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Yahoo is “supercharging” its web mail services by launching more useful apps coming from third party providers.  Starting today, all U.S.-based Yahoo! Mail users who have the option to add web apps and tools such as PayPal, Zumo Drive, Picnik, OtherInbox and Photobucket. This is in addition to the previous apps introduced earlier this year – XoopIt, Flickr, and Flixster. [Read more…] about Yahoo! Mail Now Has More Useful 3rd-Party Apps

Google Docs Now Supports Microsoft Word, Excel 2007 Files

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One of Google’s web products that I use most often is Google Docs. This Document processing tool allows me to work/write articles “in the cloud”. For those of you who are hesitant to use Google Docs since its didn’t support uploading of your Excel or Word 97 files, well you would be glad to know that Google Docs has started to do so now. [Read more…] about Google Docs Now Supports Microsoft Word, Excel 2007 Files

DocCash Lets You Earn Money by Uploading Documents

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I’ve been reading some online coverage about this new way to earn money online just by uploading documents called DocCash.  So, I decided to check it out and found out that its a program launched by Docstoc – a document sharing site similar to Scribd.  And DocCash is using Google AdSense revenue sharing scheme to let you earn from the documents you upload on Docstoc. [Read more…] about DocCash Lets You Earn Money by Uploading Documents

Twitter’s Small Settings Update Creates a Big Fuzz

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For the Twitter folks, it was nothing but a small settings update, but for Twitter users it was definitely a big issue if you  have to take into account the buzz that it has created in the “twittersphere”. If you’re a heavy Twitter user you’d know that I’m talking about the “small settings update” done by Twitter which disabled notification sent to your Twitter account from people you don’t follow. [Read more…] about Twitter’s Small Settings Update Creates a Big Fuzz