Want to keep tabs on the latest doings at here’s the thing? If you’re already on Facebook, it’s a piece of cake—and if you’re brave enough to try Twitter, you can follow along there, too. Following on Facebook Getting regular updates from...
Based on the terrific response to my Google+ feature yesterday, it seems that many of you are eager to give Google’s new social network a spin. But while Google is accepting more and more people into its Google+ “field trial,” you’ll still need...
Probably the biggest question Google needed to answer about Google+, its ambitious new social network, isn’t “how” or “what,” but “why?” Why would anyone want to add another social network to their lives when we’re...
Lost track of how many apps you’ve invited into your Facebook account? You’re not the only one. Luckily, there’s a new (and free) service that’ll perform a quick audit of your various Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn apps and grade them based on...
It’ll take a few weeks before all of Facebook’s 750 million-plus users get Skype-powered video chat installed on their accounts, but if you’re feeling impatient, relax—there’s a shortcut. Also: Learn how to disable Facebook video chat if...
Seems like those little Facebook “Like” buttons are everywhere, from headlines on the New York Times to TV shows on Hulu; heck, even here’s the thing is riddled with “Like” buttons. But what actually happens when you “Like”...
Oh, what a tease. Visiting with reporters at a Facebook office in Seattle on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly let slip that the social giant would “launch something awesome” next week. Well, now, what could we be talking about here? Maybe that...
A little over a week after President Obama tapped out his first-ever tweet, Twitter snared yet another global dignitary: none other than the Pope himself. Using Twitter for iPad and an iPad 2, Pope Benedict XVI sent out the follow tweet on Tuesday: Dear Friends, I...
Yep, the rumors were true. Smartphone maker HTC just announced that the Status, a new Android-powered handset with a full QWERTY keypad and its own, dedicated Facebook button, is set to arrive on AT&T later this summer. Details on a price tag and exact release...
Google made a big splash Tuesday with its unveiling of Google+, a new (and long-rumored) social network intended to help small groups of friends share and congregate online. Sounds a little like Facebook, right? That’s surely the idea. Google+ isn’t quite...
