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The iPhone made history with its extensive use of available applications to increase usability and functionality of the phone, and the iPad is certainly following suit. Picksie, a new app for the iPad, helps users find new local places for food and for fun. If you’re bored, and you just can’t seem to figure out…

Bloglines.com, a web-based news feed and RSS reader, has announced that the website will officially shut down on Friday, October 1st. Bloglines is owned by InterActiveCorp, the same organization that runs the Ask.com search engine. When asked why the site will be discontinued, the Bloglines operating team claimed that other social media sites such as…

Email is being revamped into a social media platform thanks to new applications. Without the new email apps the old-school communication channel provides limited interaction, unlike the communities and services provided by social media platforms. Rapportive, WiseStamp, and Greplin are a few of the applications now available to make your inbox into your own customizable…

Google revolutionizes the internet experience once again. This time Google has enhanced the search experience with Google Instant Search– the faster, smarter, and more dynamic way for the average user to search. Google asserts that users can save 2-5 seconds per search. There is no down side to this new technology for the average user….

The latest data relase by The Nielsen Company shows that 61% of smartphone users are reported to have downloaded a game application, making them the most downloaded type of application among mobile phone users. The runner-ups are weather and maps applications, where large screens have proven to be a more gratifying experience for users. The…

Shopping comparison site TheFind.com has found a way to make the online shopping experience personal and social. TheFind’s developers worked with Facebook to integrate the Like button into the comparison shopping site. This new feature enables consumers to compare products and retailers with their Likes on Facebook. Online shopping has now become a social shopping…

Back in 2007, Amazon invested in a small company called Amie Street. Amie Street, an online digital music service, specialized in independent music in a unique way. All MP3s on Amie Street start out free. As more customers purchase the MP3s, the price of the download increases, with a cap of $0.99 per song. Amazon…

Ping, a social media site released by Apple, has already reached over 1 million users in the two days it has been released. Apple introduced Ping to the world during the unveiling of iTunes 10. The main attraction to the social media site is its focus on music, and it has been described as a…

Once again, Google steals the top spot for searches on the Internet for July 2010. About sixty five percent of the United States population used Google for searches. Yahoo was in second place with almost fifteen percent, and in third was Bing with fourteen percent. Neither Yahoo nor Bing were anywhere close to Google’s traffic….

This infographic, created by Jesse Thomas of Jess3, shows the proportional size of social media sites and online providers like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Gmail and Skype. For example, only about one third of the 500 million users on Facebook are actively using their Facebook mobile application. The infographic puts social media into perspective, and also…