I am sure there are many who use iGoogle to centralize information that relates to them. Although many use it to add unnecessary gadgets and games, if used properly it can be quite effective to stay up-to-date on things. I have been using it to subscribe to some of the best social media blogs out [...]

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Voyeurism.
Although the term “voyeurism” is usually related directly to sexual interest, these days we use this particular term to define other behaviors as well. Here is the definition of Voyeurism according to Wikipedia,
In clinical psychology, voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual [...]

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Warning : Written on a Saturday morning before a cup of coffee. Ignore the typos.
I use Facebook quite actively and this is something that I just noticed yesterday. I am pretty sure this feature was rolled out sometimes yesterday cause I had not seen it before. I have yet to see anyone talk about it [...]

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I rarely use hootsuite but there is a good chance I might be using them soon. I logged in this morning and was surprised to see a little “plus” sign next to each tweet. That plus sign is your gateway to finding what the URL is all about. If you see a link, whether it’s [...]

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As usual I got up this morning, turned the computer on and started going through the news feed on Facebook. I saw Mashable’s update and almost had a heart attack. This is why :

They have changed the title since then, but the Retweet button on that post is still pushing the same misleading title on [...]

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At least on 43things.
I was just browsing the web and thought I would stop by 43things to see what was going on that side of the internet. They have a nice little list set up which shows the top 10 New Year’s Resolutions of 2010. I guess a lot of people are planning on losing [...]

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