October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
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‘Google +1 Button’ Chrome Extension Lets You +1 Any Page On The Web
Google's +1 feature is an excellent, and almost addictive, way to bookmark your favorite links and share them with your friends on Google+. The only problem is that not all websites have +1 buttons. Imagine if you couldn't share your favorite pages on Facebook because a Like or Recommend button didn't exist? Frustrating, I know. A new Chrome extension makes... Read more » Foodily Launches Facebook App For Social Recipe Discovery
Foodily, the social search engine for recipes that recently partnered with Blekko, has released a brand new Facebook app that integrates their service into the social network. Eating is a social activity and whether you want to find a nice recipe for 1 or invite your friends to a well planned 4 course dinner, Foodily's app allows you to plan your entire meal by... Read more »
Pixable Now Lets You Browse Photos And Videos Shared On Twitter
Pixable has announced that you can now browse through photos and videos that people you are following have shared on Twitter. The service, which previously only indexed photos uploaded and videos being shared by your Facebook friends, now pulls media that are being shared on Twitter using Twitter's own photo-sharing feature as well as TwitPic, yFrog, Instagram,... Read more » Ticketmaster Launches Facebook-integrated Social Seating
Ticketmaster has just announced that it's integrating Facebook into its interactive seat maps. You will be able to share event plans with your friends by tagging yourself in seats, allow your friends to see where you will be sitting at an event and find out which seats are available for purchase. More than 9,000 interactive seat maps are being made initially... Read more » American Express Launches Charity Facebook App, Helps Users Participate In 9/11 Service Projects
In honor of 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance, American Express has launched a new Facebook app to help users commit to acts of charity. The "I Will Volunteer" app, powered by the volunteer division of Points of Light Institute, HandsOn Network, will help users connect to specific volunteer projects within their community. Over 60 organizations across America... Read more »
Miramax Launches ‘Miramax eXperience’ On Facebook, 20 Movie Titles For Rent
Facebook has become a new hub for movie rentals, and many major motion picture companies like Universal and Paramount have begun to offer up titles in exchange for Facebook Credits. Universal recently put up the cult hit "The Big Lebowski" for rent on Facebook and Paramount Pictures offered the entire "Jackass" catalog to fans on the social network. Now Miramax is... Read more »
RockMelt Updates YouTube App, Lets You Watch Video Subscriptions
RockMelt has been making some interesting moves in recent months. In April, it launched an iPhone version of its social Web browser. It has since teamed up with Facebook to make its browser more social and also raised $30 million in funding in June. RockMelt has now updated its YouTube app, meaning that you can now access more functions of the video-sharing service... Read more » Universal Pictures Puts Up ‘The Big Lebowski’ For Rent On Facebook
Fans of the Big Lebowski will have a new way to watch the famed movie -- through their favorite social network. With the release of the film's high definition Blu-ray, Universal Pictures announced that the cult hit will be available for rent through the picture's official Facebook Page. The film is part of Universal Pictures' new Social Theater app which allows... Read more »
EA’s ‘The Sims Social’ Goes Live On Facebook
Electronic Arts (EA) has opened up access to its Facebook version of “The Sims,” meaning that anyone can now play “The Sims Social.” The game, which was announced back in June, lets you interact with Sims belonging to your Facebook friends as you guide your Sim through their life. You can share your activity within the game with your Facebook friends and... Read more »
Groupchat.tv Lets You Video Chat With 50 Facebook Friends
A new video chat app called Groupchat.tv has been launched that allows you to hold a group video chat with up to 50 Facebook friends at the same time. The app was created in just 2 days at a hackathon event in San Francisco by the team behind e-commerce service Tinypay.me. Groupchat.tv fills a usability gap on Facebook as the social network does not allow you to... Read more »
