Tag Archives : Facebook

Kindle for the Web Amazon has announced ‘Kindle for the Web’ beta, which allows book samples and snippets to be read directly from a web browser without any Kindle software. Customers simply click the “Read first chapter FREE” button on a book product page on Amazon or on other websites, and the first chapter will open within the web page. Customers can change the font size [...]

Source : ifeelgoods.com If you are a regular user of Facebook Credit, soon you may not have to spend as much as you are normally do, thanks to e-tailers(online retailers) , who could offer the credits as shopping incentives. Ifeelgoods, an e-commerce promotions provider for online retailers, has integrated Facebook Credits into the online shopping experience, by which its e-tailer  clients can [...]

Facebook Page Browser Facebook has officially launched a new feature for helping users discover Facebook Pages, the tool is called “Page Browser,”and  was briefly available to users earlier this month. Page Browser suggestions are tailored based on pages users previously ‘Liked’, and following a new Page simply entails clicking on its icon. Users can search for the pages based on “Country” [...]

Facebook An online report had  claimed that Facebook could be working on a phone of its own to compete in the fiercely competitive and lucrative Smartphone sector. Facebook was prompt is dismissing the report. “The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook (Facebook) is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects [...]

Older version of Yahoo Mail Yahoo has announced the launch of a cleaner, faster and more social version of Yahoo Mail. Blake Irving, Yahoo’s executive vice president and chief products officer, launched the new design at Yahoo’s headquarters here during an event  called “Product Runway.” Yahoo said that its 281 million Yahoo Mail users will start seeing the new design [...]

Facebook Facebook’s “Like” button could be integrated with Bing’s search results. Facebook and Microsoft are in talks and the  agreement would significantly expand the search relationship both the Internet giants share. Features expected includes the possibility for Bing’s search service to mine anonymized data from consumer usage of  Facebook’s Like buttons, which [...]

New Twitter Twitter has  unveiled  a new version of its web interface. Some users have already started getting  the new format, though Twitter says on its blog that it “will roll out as a preview over the next several weeks.”. The new look seems to follow the two-column style of  its iPad app, it is essentially a version of the sleek new Twitter iPad app but optimized for the web, with [...]

Ping Apple’s Ping music social network had a rocky start, it was hit with spam comments,  saw Facebook withdrawing ‘Facebook Connect’ and is plagued with  international availability issues, despite these issues it surpassed the 1 million user milestone in few days after launch. Apple had introduced Ping as the centerpiece of iTunes 10, users can follow updates from both their friends [...]

Facebook Connect Facebook has reportedly pulled the plug on using the ‘Facebook Connect’ on iTunes Ping by turning off Apple’s access to its Facebook Connect API, as  an agreement between Apple and Facebook couldn’t be reached,  prompting Facebook to cut off access.  Apple subsequently removed the feature from its service. Ideally, Facebook’s  API is open to any application [...]

Foursquare Android app users could now check in on Foursquare with their voices. It’s a speech-to-check in feature integrated by Vlingo and this absolutely is a time saver. With the new app, Android users can speak a simple “check in to < place name>” command from the home screen . The command will make Vlingo to automatically pull up the location in question, and other nearby venues, [...]