UPDATE: It seems Google has now blocked the invite loophole below. Let’s hope they don’t make the same mistake as Wave.
Google has disabled invites to Google+ but it seems there’s still loophole allowing you to give your friends access to the social network. If you have access and want to invite your friends follow the steps below.
Seems to be an odd way to go about it, but the people I’ve tried it with so far now have full access, even without previously signing up for access with Google. Good luck!
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It’s that special time again that comes along every four years, the largest sporting event in the world is upon as. As we come to the close of the group stage of the tournament, there’s no better time to track your team’s progress. Here are some great resources that will help you stay on top of what’s happening in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
The popularity of location based applications is on the rise with the global introduction to the likes of Foursquare and Yelp!. Though it seems many have forgotten Twitter has been location aware for some time now.
Twitter gives you the option of enabling Geotagging in your account settings (see image below). Once enabled, third party applications will add a link to your location along with your tweets. (Note that these will only be visible on third party applications and not on the Twitter website).
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LinkedIn has recently opened it’s platform for compatibility with third party applications as well as launching Twitter integration. Is all this turning a professional network into a social one?
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You may have noticed something different about your Facebook news feed a few days ago. Yes, Facebook sensed that you may have finally got used to how the page worked and thought it was time to give everyone something new to complain about. Once again Facebook have changed the news feed and once again there are a lot of upset Facebook users and groups.
I generally find Facebook to not be very user friendly and the most recent changes confirm this. You now have two options of how to view your Facebook feed:
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The long awaited preview launch of Google Wave has come and gone. You can sign up to receive an invite here (don’t hold your breath) if you haven’t received one already.
It has launched with mixed reviews, most of which can be attributed to all the hype surrounding Wave and the fact that it’s still in alpha release. The potential is there, which is something not many will deny, unfortunately it hasn’t reached a level of usability as of yet that will engage most users.
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After releasing the long awaited and much improved iPhone application, Facebook have launched a few other neat features over the last week including @mentions, notifications for Mac and Facebook Lite. News about the ‘Facebook Movie’ also emerged.
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When I began writing this post it was heading down a very different path. To be honest, it was going to be another attack on how traditional media these days just can’t keep up with technology when it comes to breaking news stories. This is where Twitter comes in handy. Following both traditional and new media sources gives you a constant feed of when stories are announced.
