Daily Archives: August 23, 2012

Boingo Wi-Fi Finder for iOS smartly adds data usage tracking

August 23, 2012
Boingo Wi-Fi Finder for iOS smartly adds data usage tracking

Boingo Wireless, the company with a virtual Wi-Fi network comprised of more than 500,000 hotspots, officially added a data usage feature to its app for iOS on Thursday. The new Boingo Wi-Fi Finder for iOS is available in the iTunes App Store and remains free of charge, although Boingo’s network services typically have a...

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Sentia Media acquires Australian social media monitoring service BuzzNumbers

August 23, 2012

Social media monitoring platform BuzzNumbers has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Sentia Media, the two companies have announced today. Since its founding in Sydney in 1982 as MediaMonitors, the recently rebranded Sentia Media has built one of the largest media intelligence businesses in the Asia-Pacific area. The BuzzNumbers acquisition serves to bolster the...

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Facebook for Android now allows you to add your own events, brings photos and emoji to messages

August 23, 2012
Facebook for Android now allows you to add your own events, brings photos and emoji to messages

Facebook has updated its Android app bringing event creation, a new upload flow for sharing photos and the ability to add photos and emoji to messages. The update is live in the Google Play Store. It’s been a busy week for Facebook, as it’s rolled out changes to a range of its services. On Wednesday, Facebook pushed...

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Topic Pages Need An Open Network Too

August 23, 2012
Topic Pages Need An Open Network Too

This week I’m exploring why topic pages are getting traction on the social Web. But one potential flaw in topic pages is that they are typically closed networks. Wikipedia, The New York Times, Branch, Medium – these are all tightly controlled, essentially closed knowledge networks. Sure you can wrangle an invite to Branch, or eventually convince...

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