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In many industries, grey hair and wrinkles confer a certain amount of wisdom, knowledge in gravitas. In the world of computing, it’s the absolute opposite; the huge success enjoyed by web entrepreneurs like 24-year-old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shows that youthful ambition is the order of the day.
And so it is with the founders of Twitterfall, Tom Brearley and David Somers, two 19-year-old computer science students at the University of York who have made one of the best Twitter tools on the market.
Twitter, the microblogging service beloved by geeks, celebrities and politicians, is a fantastic communication platform, in which users send messages of 140 characters or less ruminating on the things that interest them. It provides a fascinating real-time insight into the hot topics of the day, and has played a key role in many recent breaking news stories, such as the Mumbai terrorist attacks and Hudson plane crash, where eyewitnesses provided a rolling account of events through Twitter.
author: Mark Ward for BBC NEWS
Facebook has been targeted by malicious hackers seeking to steal valuable data from members.
The social network site has been hit by five separate security problems in the last seven days, say security experts.
By creating fake messages padded with details of Facebook members the thieves are capitalising on the trust and social links that drive the network.
Security firms warn that the popularity of social networking sites makes them a tempting target for hi-tech thieves.
Google has launched a new feature that allows users to edit, delete, and comment on search results and share them with other users.
The new tool, called SearchWiki, is now available worldwide in all of Google’s English-language search services.
It allows users to rate and comment on search results, and see how others have rated theirs, adding a social networking dimension to the services provided by Google.
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“What’s the latest that you notice with Youtube as of late?” this was the question a fellow blogger asked me over Yahoo Messenger chat. To satisfy my curiousity, I hastely check YouTube and this is what I found out: A widescreen YouTube player.
Yes you read it right. Youtube has gone widescreen in preparation of hosting more professional content. There are reports that Youtube is going to start cutting deals with content producers–the Hollywood types in which it will soon start offering feature films. Having a widescreen player makes a lot of sense for feature films.
YouTube is the most popular video sharing site out there, but that isn’t to say that there aren’t things about it that annoy users With that said, there are a wide array of plugins for Firefox to make the YouTube user experience that much better. Here are over 20 that will let you save your favorite videos before they disappear, stop them from autoplaying when you come to a page, and more . 20+ Firefox Plugins to Enhance Your YouTube Experience
Listio for Web 2.0 is a nice community directory of web 2.0 applications, tools and services. It was initially developed to start tracking web 2.0 applications and what is new and exciting in the web 2.0 space.
It’s free to join and you can also submit your own web 2.0 application, tools or services that you created or discovered while surfing the interne. You can also give reviews/opinions on particular Web 2.0
Click here to know more about Listio for Web 2.0