July 21, 2010
by rick
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We do not only expect that news will find us, but also if we have a complaint about a product or service, we expect the manufacturer or the provider to find us and to solve our issues. And since the web is indexable and searchable most companies want respond to complaints before they spread and end up in the top results of Google. Continue reading
February 10, 2010
by rick
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You might have noticed that Google launched Buzz somewhat 12 hours ago. And since the fanboys are already cheering: I won’t be cheering, since I think it is not the best thing since sliced bread. Google tries (and fail) again to get one of the most important parts of the Internet: creating a massive social network.
Some reasons why I think Google will (again) not succeed with Buzz Continue reading
September 22, 2009
by rick
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Apple is moving slowly towards embracing the social media market. They introduced Genius a long time, which enables to give you advice what music might be interested for you in relation to the music you already listened. With the upgrade van de iPhone OS they introduced Genius for apps, which gives you advice on what apps you might want to use based on the already installed apps on your iPhone. Continue reading
July 31, 2009
by rick
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Both in Twitter and Friendfeed (and probably an awful lot of other applications) there is a design flaw regarding users protecting their updates. As you might know you can only read updates of users that protect their updates after they gave you permission for it. Continue reading
March 20, 2009
by rick
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Microblogging has almost become a commodity in most (social) networks and has become a lot easier since almost each microblogging service has their own (open) API. The fact that you no longer need the interface defined by the network to microblog but you can use another third party tool (for example TweetDeck or Twhirl) of your choice to do it is an immense step forward compared to social networks four years ago. The downside of all these tools and APIs is that they can be misused for distributed microblogging. Continue reading