LinkedIn is the social network for business professionals. It not only lets you showcase your skills but it has all the tools you need to expand your network. If you are a super-networker, chances are you have plenty of paper business cards at your disposal. Digitizing all those one by one could be a hassle [...]

In this day and age, people use social networks such as Facebook to share what goes on in their life with their friends and those close to them. iPhone apps such as Path are also great tools to use to share your updates with the world. Path has been around for quite some time. The [...]

Many of us use RSS feed readers such as Google Reader to keep up with our favorite blogs. Not everyone enjoys using Google Reader’s interface on iPhone though. There are plenty of other RSS readers around that can make iPhone users more productive going through stories and blog posts on the go. Newstream is an [...]

Before the rise of social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, people used to get their news from TV or radio. News break a whole lot faster on sites such as Twitter. As long as you are connected with interesting people and follow the right types of accounts, you will never run out of [...]

Twitter is one of the most popular social networking services around. It has enabled its members to connect with people from around the globe. While communicating with people on Twitter is nice, sometimes you may want to have a more real conversation with your Twitter friends. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just call [...]

Facebook has been the top social networking community for the past couple of years. It has millions of members and still has some upside. In the past few weeks, we have seen the rise of Google+. It is no wonder that the Facebook team is more determined to introduce new, useful products to stay ahead [...]

Google Reader is the best RSS reader on the market. Whether you have 10 RSS feeds to keep track of or thousands of them, Google Reader is more than capable of handling the job. iPhone owners have plenty of apps to choose from in order to access their Google Reader feeds on their iPhone. Readlines [...]

Facebook is one of the largest social networking websites around these days. Millions of people spend their time connecting with others and sharing things with their friends on Facebook on a daily basis. It is so easy to forget about important events and dates on Facebook if you are connected to too many people. That’s [...]

Those of you who are active on Twitter and Facebook know too well about the power of quotes. Posting inspiring and thought-provoking quotes to your social media profiles can help motivate your followers and friends. These types of posts do get a lot of likes and retweets (depending on the type of quote you post) [...]

Keeping up with the news can be a tad bit difficult if you have lots of chores to tackle everyday and do not have your radio or TV with you. Besides, sites such as Twitter often break news sooner than your TV. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way you could keep up [...]

We have all played with Twitter and Facebook. In those social networks, you get to update your status and share with others the things you are doing, reading, or tackling. Spuzzle (Social Questions) is a different kind of social network. Instead of telling people what you do, you play a social Q&A with them. It [...]

There is more to social networking than Twitter and Facebook. Those two sites may get a lot of action, but there are other social networks that can be quite fun to be a part of (depending on your interests). GetGlue is one of those networks. It’s a social network for TV shows, music, and books. [...]

Facebook is one of the most popular social networks around these days. Millions of people spend hours of their lives interacting with friends and strangers on Facebook. But there is more to Facebook than just chatting with others or updating your status. You can use the network to find where your friends are. That’s what [...]

Twitter is more than just people talking about what they have had for lunch. It’s about communicating with others, providing value to the community, and sharing your experiences with the world. One of the best ways to share information with other Twitter users is by uploading your very own photos. In fact, many twitterers already [...]

In the past few months, we have seen a lot of face making and avatar tools released to the market. They all give you an easy way to develop a picture for your online profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking websites. Sometimes those cartoon-like pictures are not what you want for your social [...]

There was a time when I was using too many Twitter applications to manage iAF’s Twitter account. One app to keep tab of all the discussions about our brand and others to post tweets and communicate with iAF followers. But Hootsuite has been a great life-saver for our team. It’s a very easy to use [...]

Facebook has become one of the most popular websites on the planet in just a matter of few years. Millions of people spend hours of their time communicating with others and sharing videos and pictures with their friends. If you happen to follow a lot of people on Facebook, you realize that it’s so easy [...]

There are plenty of places that you can reach out to others to network and make new contacts. Facebook, Twitter, Ning, and other top Web 2.0 services are a good place to get started in that regard. But sometimes you just want to meet new people online and have chat with them for fun. That’s [...]

SocialFlyr is a cool application for those who want to share information with others on social networking accounts or through e-mail with flyers. It comes with everything you need to create and distribute e-flyers. e-flyers are great to promote events or services online, and as long as you are creative, you can go viral with [...]

Avatars used to be somewhat a novelty a few years ago, but with the explosion of the social media, more people are using avatars on their online profiles for branding and other purposes. If you are going to use an avatar on your online profiles, you want to make sure that you have one that [...]

You thought pod-casting is fun? Wait till you start your own Tweetcast. TweetMic is a cool Twitter application for iPhone to start with your Tweetcast fast. Whether you own an iPhone or an enhanced iPod Touch, you can use TweetMic to record voice tweets. You don’t have to sign up for any new service to [...]

Sketch meets chat in Touchat. Touchat is a cool chat application for iPhone that lets you chat with your Google contacts by text or sketching. GTalk is one of the most popular chat platforms, and you can use it to stay in touch with your friends via Touchat. And if you are good at sketching, [...]

If you have been using Twitter for a while, there is a good chance you have heard of FriendFeed as well. FriendFeed is one of the hottest Web 2.0 services out there that lets you reach out to others and network with them in more ways than one. Whether you want to get into discussions [...]

Talk about a cool iPhone application. Whrrl lets you capture memories and experiences as they happen, organize them, and share them with friends and loved ones. Whrrl is connected with Whrrl.com, but you can share your photos and stories on Facebook and Twitter as well. You can see stories unfold on a map and network [...]