Before you start worrying, we’re not talking about people who read together in “social” book clubs; today we’re talking about social reader apps on Facebook.…
OPLIN 4Cast #282: Social readers fail?
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Before you start worrying, we’re not talking about people who read together in “social” book clubs; today we’re talking about social reader apps on Facebook.…
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The new Facebook Timeline format for Pages has been rolled out for everyone now, including “brand Pages” for companies and organizations, such as libraries. That means…
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Last week, T-Mobile received quite a bit of attention in the technical media when they introduced “Bobsled,” an app for Facebook that allows Facebook friends…
Many people think the recent protests and changes of government in the Middle East have been enabled by widespread use of Facebook and Twitter, and…
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Up until now, many public libraries have not been too concerned with the security of their public wireless networks. Libraries, after all, are open to…
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Do you have patrons who may be interested in checking in to your library as well as checking out library items? Perhaps you do, but…
The October 1 demise of Bloglines that was announced a couple of weeks ago launched a raft of articles about the decline—or not—of RSS readers.…
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You probably saw last week’s news about Facebook Questions, but you might have missed the news that Ask.com also decided last week to quit competing…
Location-based services are built into to many of our favorite online tools. For example, with our mobile apps or GPS, we can find nearby restaurants,…