Twine – Tie it All Together is a web 3.0 application that helps people discover and organize articles, blog posts, news and other resources relating to their interests and then share it with like-minded people. It is not mere a social bookmarking service. It is a complete social media service with a bit of social networking, wikis and blogging – a complete knowledge network indeed! The Twine social service was launched by Radar Networks and is now available in a beta version that requires an invite from the site to register. People are using this service and critics are evaluating [...]

The social networking craze has resulted in the development of many exciting and unique social applications. Different social networks, community-based sites, video-sharing sites and, last but not least, social web browsers – including Flock Social Web Browser – have been seen over the years. These social applications offer exciting services, but the idea of using a social web browser is not only exciting, it is also unique and valuable. This proves that Flock is rocking! Efficient browsing and exciting social networking together help users discover, connect and share the best of the modern web and give them more personal web [...]

The launch of Socialtext 3.0 indicates that enterprises are adopting the Enterprise 2.0 culture. The use of different Web 2.0 tools and technologies within the enterprise increases business productivity, stimulates greater innovation and improves connection between employees, partners and customers – the ultimate goal of an enterprise! Enterprise 2.0 focuses on collaboration and this is what Socialtext 3.0 features. Socialtext 3.0 blends Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed and Wiki to assist enterprises to quickly and efficiently respond to changing customer needs by improving collaboration among different stakeholders. From a simple enterprise wiki, Social Workspace, Socialtext has transformed into a complete Enterprise social [...]

Social bookmarking plays a vital role in promoting a website. Social bookmarking sites were created to make surfing the internet easier and faster for their users by giving them the ability to bookmark a website, blog post or an article. People can then share their bookmarks with friends and other users having common interests. Social bookmarking helps business and individuals with websites because it spreads links quickly, increasing the popularity of sites. Social bookmarking is free and it is a great form of viral marketing online. As a business owner, social bookmarking can help you increase your site traffic.
 
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StumbleUpon is a website and content discovery service enabled via a browser toolbar. StumbleUpon is categorized as a social media website which allows its users a new way to experience the internet. StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. Using a combination of human opinions and technology learning to immediately deliver relevant content, StumbleUpon presents only the sites which have been suggested by other like-minded Stumblers. StumbleUpon offers nearly 500 topics which users may choose to indicate their interests and preferences so each Stumble produces only the most relevant content. Information on the Internet changes rapidly. StumbleUpon is a [...]

Web videos are a quickly growing online trend. It is the beginning of new era on the internet as the entertainment industry is now embracing the web. The idea of watching popular TV shows and your favorite movies anytime and at no cost is simply amazing. Chatting with friends on IM, sharing something interesting on social networking sites and watching television online is the real web entertainment experience. The emerging online video services have made it possible. A few of the popular online video services are YouTube, Flickr and Hulu. It is being said that Hulu is the best video [...]

A Brief History of Blogs:
I am sure you have heard of blogs, which is derived from term web log. Blogs are virtual journals created by individuals and stored on the internet. It is a platform where people from all around the globe write journal style articles. Usually a blog contains text, images, videos and links to other websites. Readers can leave comments in an interactive format.
Jorn Barger was the first person who used the term weblog on December 1997. In May 1999, Peter Merholz introduced the short term blog.
In a similar style to the Da Vinci Code with their [...]

While emailing and chatting with your friends and family, have you ever shared a website link that you thought they might find interesting? If so, then you have participated in social bookmarking.
Today I am going to explain to you why social bookmarking is great.
You might have heard of the more popular bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us, Digg and Stumbleupon, but maybe you have not tried them out yet. Let me clarify the concept of shared bookmarking:
Brief history of social bookmarking
“The concept of shared online bookmarks dates back to April 1996 with the launch of itList.com. Within the next three years, online [...]