True to previous news, Microsoft has finally made Windows 7 Release Candidate available for download to anyone, anywhere, and until July 2009. Yes, you read the last part correctly, Microsoft is extending the days when you can download the biggest update to our be.loved Windows OS. So this means that you don’t have to rush up on trying to download the Windows 7 today. Chances are you’ll be annoyed at how slow the process is going to take due to the outburst of users wanting to download the software. But if you insist in having it today, you might want to read 7 important things to remember before you download Windows 7. [Read more…] about Seven Things to Remember Before You Download, Install Windows 7 RC
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Facebook is the No.1 Social Network in Europe, What Else is New?
As if it’s not yet a known fact that Facebook is now the no.1 social network worldwide, comScore made an analysis of Facebook’s growth in Europe for the past year. And guess what? Results of the analysis reveal that Facebook increase by 314 percent from Feb 2008 to Feb 2009. Interestingly, these increasing number of audience are not just one-minute visitor of Facebook, but are actually spending an average 3 hours per month visit. [Read more…] about Facebook is the No.1 Social Network in Europe, What Else is New?
Signs of the Times: Book Catalog in Twitter and a Social Media Degree?
I was supposed to write only about the one-year course specializing on social media but then I also came across this article re a book catalog using Twitter. So decided to write an article about them together as it clearly shows how social media is becoming a way of life today. [Read more…] about Signs of the Times: Book Catalog in Twitter and a Social Media Degree?
Gmail Gains More Visitors than YouTube
Although the difference in their page views is very minimal, it’s still interesting to note that Gmail has overtaken YouTube the past two weeks. This was according to some data released by Hitwise. [Read more…] about Gmail Gains More Visitors than YouTube
10 Major Newspapers that Might Fold Up or Go Online Soon
Imagine this, Amazon Kindle Store pushing new issues of your daily newspapers right into your Kindle 2 reader. In the commuter train most of the passengers no longer holding the latest issue of their broadsheets but are reading the latest news either on their iPhone, Kindle 2 or even some on their netbooks. Such could be the near future of newspapers and newspaper reading. With the growing popularity of electronic and online copies of newspapers, it seems inevitable that printed newspapers are bound for extinction. Apparently the 24/7 Wall St. also believes so. It even predicted 10 major newspapers which are either bound to stop publishing on print or to go electronic. [Read more…] about 10 Major Newspapers that Might Fold Up or Go Online Soon
Microsoft Spins Social Web Around Hotmail, Messenger and Other Live Services
In one of the most significant social moves from the Redmond giant, Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail and other Live services will include features that make it possible for users to maintain and share notifications across their network of online contacts. What is more interesting is that the services will support notifications from third party web applications too ( e.g. Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, iLike, Yelp, WordPress Blogs among others).
An excerpt from SearchEngineJournal:
The new Microsoft Live Service portal would bring together Windows Live Messenger which is by far one of Microsoft’s most popular web service and infused them with both new and refurbished old online services such as an upgraded Hotmail, Windows Live Group, photo gallery, toolbar, calendar and many more.
All companies with major web properties have been announcing social features to better service and retain their users. Google had announced its single profile for all services which is a step towards greater integration across its umbrella of services. Yahoo had announced its Y!OS initiative to make social data accessible across services.
But real integration means you can have access to your networks from any service. This is where the absence integration with FaceBook and MySpace for the Microsoft initiative matters. But it is hoped that those nitty gritties will be resolved in due course.