Social Discussion Boards and Dynamic Chatrooms with Donut Chat

A new chatroom client has been released on the market, and it runs so smooth I can’t believe it’s not being used elsewhere. Donut Chat is my latest find in the ways of community and boards, and the software runs perfectly. I’m a huge fan of chat rooms, they’re useful as support forums, sharing ideas with friends and business partners… really anything. ...

April 23, 2010 · 2 min · 364 words · Jake

Social News Website for Financial Articles and Tips at Tip'd

You don’t find many great social news websites these days. You know, the kind that let you vote on stories and the most popular hit the front page? Digg and Reddit are still pretty good, and there are a few nice Pligg sites out there but overall not too many. ...

April 21, 2010 · 2 min · 273 words · Jake

Google Releases Official Buzz Share Widget with Live Counter

Google has recently released the beginning of a small API working with Google Buzz. There have been plenty of issues with Google Buzz’s widget, and many other sites made their own to fill the gap. However with this newest release even Mashable has updated their Buzz widgets. ...

April 15, 2010 · 2 min · 255 words · Jake

Find Popular and Useful Websites Easily with TopSite

Ever find yourself wondering “how can I find the best blogs on the web, or the best social media apps for rating food or movies”? Well look no further, your web search engine is here! When your trust pal Google has failed you, I recommend giving TopSite a shot. It’s a social search engine which tracks down the top 10 most popular websites based on a keyword. ...

April 14, 2010 · 2 min · 303 words · Jake

How Metacafe Stacks up against Video Streaming Apps

It’s no doubt when it comes to social media and web video, YouTube takes the cake. Currently within top 5 Alexa rank and also owned by the #1 search engine and website online, YouTube has everything backing it. Google doesn’t control the monopoly though, there are so many cool video streaming services out there each with their own to offer. ...

April 13, 2010 · 2 min · 394 words · Jake

Google Merges Startup Visual Search Engine Plink with Google Goggles

Google has taken another step forward in visual and image search after acquiring UK-based startup Plink. Having only launched 4 months ago, Plink is a visual search engine which you can download as an Android app and take a photo of a picture to find out more information about it. ...

April 12, 2010 · 1 min · 193 words · Jake

Craze.cc - New and Innovative Social News/Discussion Community

I love social media, I’ll get that off my chest right now. There are so many new and innovative websites popping up each and every day which take the idea of social networking and spin it around with some new features and a new look, then present it to you in a clean and elegant way. Well Craze.cc is certainly one of those sites, and the idea is spreading fast. ...

April 11, 2010 · 2 min · 418 words · Jake

Pligg Social News CMS Releases Official 1.0.4 Upgrade

The popular Digg-clone script Pligg has released their latest version as of today, stable release 1.0.4. There are a lot of new features from 1.0.3a and 1.0.3b releases of the CMS script, which have fixed a lot of security issues and bugs in the code. ...

April 8, 2010 · 3 min · 553 words · Jake

YouTube Rolls out new User Interface for Flash Video Player

Having seen YouTube roll out new video and profile pages over the past few months, it’s been obvious there’s been a new Flash User Interface in the works for the common video player. Well as of today, YouTube has finally released the newest UI to most video pages, and are slowly trickling down throughout all videos over the next couple of days. ...

April 7, 2010 · 3 min · 448 words · Jake

Jay Adelson Steps Down as CEO of Digg.com

In a recent blog post entitled simply “Update from Jay”, it has been officially announced that Jay Adelson will be stepping down as Digg’s CEO after 5 prosperous and amazing years. Jay has done an amazing job as CEO, and I firmly believe Digg wouldn’t hold it’s current success status today if it wasn’t for his ideas and inspiration. ...

April 6, 2010 · 2 min · 349 words · Jake