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Dirtch just launched. What is Dirtch? Dirtch is a service that lets you check out if there is “dirt” on a name you enter, e.g., illegal activities, legal problems, frauds, scams, shady dealings, bad reputation or very negative comments about a...

TopicScoop launched a Twitter search service that provides more insights into the search results. Using TopicScoop is like any other search engine: Enter a keyword(s) into the search box, click Search. Within seconds, TopicScoop analyzes hundreds to thousands of tweets...

More and more Twitter Advertising networks are launching. There are long time leaders RevTwt and Magpie, and there are new comers sponsored tweets and ad.ly among many others. Both sponsored tweets and ad.ly put their bets on celebrity Twitterers and are...

Jahah, a VOIP start-up launched a voice phone call service for Twitter users on September 9. 2009. It is called the @Call service and is in beta release.  It is only being picked up by blogs today. To make a call,...

Update: This appears to be an untrue rumor. It spread fast nonetheless because of the original tweet. Mark Glaser @mediatwit sent out a tweet: “Source with knowledge of deal tells me video service Brightcove in talks with Google about buyout in...

Bloggers running Wordpress beware: older versions of the popular blogging software are under attack. You need to update your Wordpress to its latest version now.  To be safe, you need to run version 2.8.4. All versions prior to this one...

Twitter has finally and officially announced the intention to integrate the retweeting functionality into its microblogging platform, by launching the Retweet API. Currently, of course, people have to manually retweet or switch to a third party client, which makes the...

Facebook is clearly looking to expand the boundaries of their services. Just a few days ago they acquired Friendfeed, and now it has been reported that they have begun testing a new service of theirs- Facebook Lite. As the name...

Facebook have shocked the world by acquiring feed aggregators Friendfeed and also hiring the social networking sites four founders to important positions inside the newly purchased company. The four founders of Friendfeed were ex-google staff Paul Buchheit, Sanjeev Singh, Jim Norris...

“Twitter is a unique social network that offers several potential applications for a company’s marketing strategy.” Twitter, the microblogging social network, has become the favourite of celebrities and the tech-savvy. Businesses worried about left behind are experimenting with this service, in...