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YouTube has gone through a complete redesign with a view to keep all of us watching longer. There is also a lot more interactivity and sharing options. Most of what you used to see on the left of the video has now been moved below the video. You can also share a video now with a single click on Facebook. Twitter, Myspace, Orkut, StumbleUpon, LiveSpaces, Hi5 And Bebo. You can also share by email. For those of you who use the embedding options which used to be on the right. It is now found below the video. With regards to user comments. The comment with the highest rating is now featured prominently above all the other comments. Additional information about the video is also consolidated below the video. This is a very subtle change but noticeable for long time YouTube users. You will no more see the five stars rating system on YouTube. You now have only two buttons like with a thumbs up and another button with a thumbs down. The logic being that when the five stars were around people st...

FarmVille has some new cool limited editions items heading to all farmers. In addition to the regular mystery box there will also be an April's Fool day mystery box for a limited amount of time. Spring themed limited items that are coming soon include a chocolate cow, egg shaped houses and some very cute little bunnies. An original post by Sociolatte

Co-op farming is coming soon to FarmVille and here are the official details. 1. New Jobs that you can complete with your friends 2. FarmVille will feature new jobs that you can complete with your friends 3. Folks in FV can ask for help completing various will ask for help in completing various farming jobs. You'll be able to team up with your friends and neighbors to tackle these jobs for various rewards 4. Each one of these jobs will have a timer. 5. If you and your friends finish the job before the timer expires you will receive either a gold silver or bronze medal depending on how quick and efficient you are your friends were. 6. The faster you finish the better the medal 7. If you and your neighbors are savvy enough to win a gold medal you will unlock a very special prize. An original post by Sociolatte

FarmVille has released an update with regards to the Horse Stables. Previously the pink haired ponies and the brown ponies would only produce brown foals when placed in the horse stable as of March 25th Brown ponies and pink haired ponies would now produce pony foals when now placed in the horse stable with a stallion. So ponies can now produce pony foals. An original post by Sociolatte

FarmVille's spring themed feature the new spring basket allows you to collect spring eggs (easter eggs) from your friends and redeem them for special items. (calls easter eggs. spring eggs because not all of their users celebrate easter). This feature works exactly as the valentine's day box and the pot of gold. How this feature works. On opening your gift box you will find a spring basket waiting for you. After you place the spring basket on your farm you will be able to start collecting spring eggs. In order to collect spring eggs you will have to receive them from friends as gifts. Eggs can be sent to neighbors via the free gifts page. You will also be able to find eggs while fertilizing a neighbors farm. Clicking the "Asked For Eggs" button will allow you to send a single spring eggs to any of your friends just like the free gifts page. This gives you friends the chance to send you one in return. New farmers having been around for seven days or less can send out m...

Your host, Merton, freestyling in real-time with random strangers on Chat Roulette. You can also follow Merton's YouTube Channel . Merton the funny man Video Chatting with random strangers on Chatroulette . A site where you can random chat with total strangers. Your host, Merton, freestyling in real-time with random strangers on Chat Roulette. pianochat An original post by Sociolatte

For advertisers in the US running a TV Ad is as simple as getting connected to the internet and placing your Ad for as little as $20 per TV spot. All you would need to do is to use an internet connected computer, upload a video file to your Adwords account and as usual set a daily spending budget (The amount you are willing to spend per day) pick the time of day you would like your Ad to run. Select specific keywords and the TV show you would like your Ad to appear on. Google TV Ads currently runs only in the US and you can only target US based cable networks. This is a boon for small businesses with a limited budget and key target audiences.  Always affordable Create an affordable TV commercial and run it for as little as $20 per TV spot. Reach the right audience Use our targeting tools to find the networks and programs for the audience you want to reach. See immediate results View TV impressions and resulting web site traffic data to see how TV drives real results for your business. ...

Apple's new tablet will get off to a faster start than Apple's Smartphone did 2 years ago.    An original post by Sociolatte

Coming April 3rd 2010 the iPad already has 150,000 apps ready for the iPad. Apps for games, social networking, entertainment and productivity. To list the various types of Apps available would be quiet exhausting. With it's wide screen the iPad is good for movies and especially for games. Users can now play games on the go with a large screen in high definition with a screen that automatically adjusts itself to the users position. Can you sync your iPhone and iPod Touch Apps with the iPad. If you already have Apps for your iPhone or iPod Touch you can sync them to your new iPad from your Mac or PC. Once you Sync them they will run in their original size or you can expand them to fit the screen. How to download Apps on the iPad. Simply tap the App Store icon on your iPad and you can download Apps wherever your are. There is also a section of the store that features Apps specifically for the iPad. There are already hundreds of Apps that make use of the iPad's large display, respo...

Google has released Orkut for Android phones,especially in places where they matter, mainly India and Brazil. Orkut the social networking service from Google which was launched a few years ago gained traction mainly in India and Brazil and still continues to be a popular social network in these countries. You can now use Orkut on all Smartphones built using the Android based operating system. How to install the Orkut for Android Application. 1. Visit the Android market from your Android device 2. Under the social Applications category search for "Orkut" 3. Or directly scan the QR code below to install it. Note: This application only runs on Android devices running version 1.6 or higher How to install Orkut friends live folders on your Android Device 1. Click Menu 2. Add 3. Folders 4. Orkut This needs to be done once you add the Orkut for Android application. Add photos from your Android phone to Orkut 1. Click Menu 2. Share 3. Orkut This can be done while browsing your photo ...

Prepaid game cards from popular social game creator Zynga are now available in retail stores across the US. The growth of social gaming is on the rise with Zynga's title boasting 230 million users. These game cards are available for Mafia Wars, FarmVille and YoVille. Pre-paid game cards help those who do not have access to a credit card to buy virtual gaming goods from stores located close to them. Cards are available at   7-Eleven, Inc., Best Buy, GameStop and Target.  About Zynga Zynga has over 235 million monthly active users playing its games. These games include FarmVille, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars, YoVille, Cafe World, FishVille and PetVille, which are available on Facebook, MySpace, MSN Games, Tagged, Yahoo! and the iPhone. Zynga players have raised more than $3 million for social causes by purchasing virtual goods across its games. Zynga is headquartered in Potrero Hill in San Francisco. For more information, visit  www.zynga.com  and  www.zynga.org . The $10 and $25 cards ,...

Prepaid game cards are now available at a store near you. Retails are now selling Game Cards for Mafia Wars. Available at   7-Eleven, Inc., Best Buy, GameStop and Target. Making it easier for people who do not use credit cards to go to a retailer close to their home to purchase these prepaid game cards.  For Mafia Wars it works similar to reward points but with two offers.  $10 Gift Card for 42 Reward Points $25 Gift Card for 110 Reward Points After purchasing your game card go to your Godfather page and click on 'Game Cards' and redeem your reward points by clicking on the 10 digit pin on the back of your card.   An original post by Sociolatte

PetVille has announced new Yards for your pet house. There is a simple way to get started and you can also help your friends get started by sending them free gifts. The new yard store is also open and ready for business with materials to help decorate your yard. How to Build a yard. There are 5 different kinds of material that you will need. Collect each of 10 yard building materials for a total of 50 items Each of your friends can send you different kinds of materials Extra yard material can be purchased from the yard window How to get started. To get started you would need to click on the new yard icon on the right side of your house. There will be a progress sign while you are constructing your yard. You get one wheelbarrow of dirt to help you get started. Your yard will contain a wooden sign with a green button on it. Click this button to use the materials you have collected. This button can be used anytime you have new materials to use. Materials: Once you have used up all your ma...

HTC EVO 4G specifications The HTC EVO 4G is powered by Android 2.1, a 1GHz Snapdragon QSD8650 processor, 1GB ROM and 512MB RAM. The phone will ship with a bundled 8GB microSD card, and its memory slot supports up to 32GB cards. There's also built-in digital compass, G-sensor, proximity sensor, light sensor and GPS. Additionally, the EVO 4G sports an 3.5mm audio jack and an HDMI out port, as well as supporting Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity.  An original post by Sociolatte

Dell's Smartphone the Aero is to be launched by AT&T in the US and will run on Google's Android operating system. The Aero will feature A 5 megapixel camera Mini-applications that will provide access to photo sharing sites like Flickr and Picasa. Video sharing network YouTube and social networks like Facebook and Twitter. The phone comes with a 3.5 inch display, WiFi, GPS, Web Browser and adobe flash support. AT&T have started taking pre-orders but have not said when the phone will be available. A whole year has passed since Dell made the first announcement in China and also said that the phone will be available on multiple carriers. The Smarphone market in the US is already crowded led by RIM followed by Apple and other andriod based Smartphones. Apple therefore better have features that are not available on the Blackberry and the iPhone. An original post by Sociolatte

Google has officially announced via a blog post that Gmail users will not have suspicious activity alert in the account. So if there is someone trying to hack into your account or maybe even hacked into your account. You will be notified and asked to change your password immediately.  Now, if it looks like something unusual  is going on with your account, we’ll also alert you by posting a warning message saying, "Warning: We believe your account was last accessed from…" along with the geographic region that we can best associate with the access.  So if someone is trying to remotely trying to access your account or gained entry into your account you will be notified along with the geographic location of the hack. By clicking on the details link next to the message you will be able to see account activity along with the latest geographical points of access. Now if it is legal in the sense that you were travelling or maybe or your husband/wife is also travelling you can click on...

PetVille has announced a discounted sale of all pets in Wonderville for a day only. 25% off on all available pets. So hurry if you want to purchase new pets as this sale is for a day only. March 25, 2010. An original post by Sociolatte

New Items are coming to farmVille to get all farmers excited. Here is a list below. 1. Dogs: it is now official dogs will be coming to FarmVille. There was a lot of speculation about dogs coming to FarmVille and it is now going to happen. Farmers can now have dogs on their farms. We do not know they breeds  and kinds of dogs but will update you as it happens. 2. Animal Mystery Box: This will be a unique themed animals mystery box that will feature only winged animals. The box will feature some cool new animals making an appearance in the market. 3. New great themes for spring features and items. 4. New Challenges to feature rewards and bragging rights. An original post by Sociolatte

FarmVille announced via their podcast this week that the total number of items that can be held in the gift box has been increased to 50. This feature was added on February 24th along with a whole lot of features added by FarmVille. Si this is the official number announced by FamVille and you now know how many items can be stored in your gift box. An original post by Sociolatte

This Weeks podcast from FarmVille brought out an interesting uses questions. The user wanted to know if baby animals on FarmVille ever grow up. The answer to that was that baby animals as of now do not grow up but FarmVille plans to introduce a new feature to users who want their baby animals to grow up. The game creators have announced that if users choose they can allow their baby animals to grow up. This is still in the works and the feature has not been released but soon will. So those users who do not want their baby animals to stay babies forever will now have an option to allow their baby animals to grow up. So farmers can now have the calf's and foals grow into full grown adults. The plan is to introduce this feature this coming spring and more details will be available soon. An original post by Sociolatte

Yes it's Happy Birthday Twitter once again. March 21st 2006 was when Twitter saw it's first Tweet. Jack Dorsey sent the first Tweet " Just Setting up my Twttr". 4 years on and Twitter is totally becoming a global phenomena averaging 50 millions Tweets a day. Hated by some loved my many Twitter attracts some sort of response. Being lukewarm towards Twitter is not something you see.  Twitter has changed the world 140 characters at a time. Happy Birthday Twitter. An original post by Sociolatte

PetVille has experiences phenomenal growth since it's launch on Facebook in December of 2009. In four months time the game already has 6 million fans and growing. PetVille creators are very happy and are giving away a free clean bomb to all members. A Clean Bomb is used to instantly clear your home or your pet with a single click. Saves you all that cleaning time. Visit the PetVille page on Facebook An original post by Sociolatte

How to get a foal in FarmVille. You need to first find a Stallion wandering around on your farm. Once found you could offer shelter to the New Stallion in your Horse Stable resulting in a Foal the next time your harvest your stable. This seems the easiest way to get this cute looking creature on your Farm. So the next time you login to the game you will find an information pop-up warning you that you may come across a wondering Stallion on your farm. Once you find the stallion you can post your new discovery to your wall. you friends can click on it and also give the stallion shelter for the night inside their own stables. So the next time you and your friends harvest your stables you are likely to find a new foal. You don't actually adopt a stallion but simply give it shelter for the night. Here's how it works . 1. Periodically you will get a pop-up that a wondering stallion has appeared on your farm 2. This pop-up will allow you to post a feed to your wall 3. 10 of your neigh...

Let's see isn't this embarrassing. Google applies for the Nexus One trademark and is denied because a small Oregon firm already owns the rights to the name. Somehow the genius minds at Google had failed to take into account the name.  The  United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) recently denied Google's trademark application for "Nexus One" because Portland, Oregon-based  Integra Telecom  already has rights to the name. As first reported by  TG Daily , the small telecommunications company registered "Nexus One" two years ago and uses it for its telecom services. The company Integra does have trademark right for "Nexus" and is willing to Google about it. They are willing to discuss and make sure interests of both companies are met. Google however has said that they will fight the ruling.  Some how Google names seems to keep running into troubled waters. Soon after the phone's launch, the family of late science fiction author  Philip ...

Sabbath Manifesto:  Put down the Blackberry. Stop with the Facebook status updates. Quit Tweeting. Sign out of Gmail. Unplug, unwind and power down. Join us in fighting back against the tidal wave of technology taking over society and our lives. The ancient Jewish  manifesto that God made all things in six days and rested on the seventh is back. A group of Jewish hyper connected individuals want to slow things down and reconnect with the real. They are asking people to totally unplug from Technology on the National Day of unplug March 19 -20 sunset to sunset. Will you do it? It sounds good with all the Tweets and Facebook status updates and live feeds happening. Driving people to sit more in form of their computers and not with their real world friends. maybe it's time to reboot and unwind and touch the universe. The Sabbath Manifesto has 10 points to help you if you do want to reboot and connect with yourself and the real world that you once knew. 1. Avoid technology. 2. Connec...

Nia Vardalos calls 911 after seeing suicide threat re-tweeted on Demi Moore's Twitter page.  An original post by Sociolatte

With 82 millions users world wide FarmVille is by far one of the most popular social games on the Internet. There will come a point on Facebook where you will hit the Play FarmVille button and get started. Here are a few helpful tips for you to get the most out of the game. Space Utilization. make sure your plots are well organized on your farm. This leads to experience and profit. Neighbor's Gifts Instead of buying from the FarmVille marketplace like animals and trees. Add a lot of neighbors who can actually send you these items as free gifts. make sure you send some back because what goes around comes around. Taking advantage of your animals More than just being cute once your animal counter reaches 100% you can collect milk, wool and eggs which you can then sell for coins. The more coins you have the richer you are to spend for other items Build them up. Buildings don't just add to the aesthetics of your farm they also provide you with experience and profit. Horse Stables, C...

Discovered by Patently Apple the patent describes a location based social networking application for the iPhone called iGroups. iGroups allows users to form a social network with other users around them. Delivering social networking capabilities and yet maintaining  a users privacy.

Facebook has now started sending Facebook page updates for people who have created their own Facebook pages. Of course your page needs to have some traction before you get these updates. It is also a good way for Page creators to get the updates on how well or not so well their page is doing and your encouraged to work on it some more. This new feature of Facebook has been launched more aggressively ever since their became the most visited site in the US. Yes, for a whole week Facebook had beaten even Google to become the No1 most visited site. The whole of last week Facebook held the number one spot. Facebook now seems to want to set the importance of their service in terms of driving traffic to your page and even your websites. It become more and more important to make sure your websites are optimized for Facebook as their importance in generating traffic grows. People who own pages on Facebook can now get weekly updates of their pages on Facebook and think of ways to make it better ...

It has been reported that Google and partners are developing Google TV. Google an Intel have teamed up with Sony to bring out a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes. For Google and Intel it is a way of bringing their internet and computing dominance to an arena where they have had little say and for Sony it would be a big competitive and technological advantage. The three giants have also tapped Logitech which makes remote controls and speakers. The new set-top box will make it easy for TV users to navigate popular social networkings sites right from their TV. The software used will be the Android operating system created by Google. A person with knowledge of the Google TV project said that the set-top box technology was sufficiently advanced that Google had begun testing it with Dish Network, one of Google’s longstanding partners in the TV Ads program. This will also give Google the opportunity to further it's reach in TV advertising. Source [ NY Times ] An original po...

Simple guide to using the call log on the Nexus One. 1. Click the phone shortcut to activate the touchscreen 2. Click on the call log on the top bar 3. Long press on any

Chatroulette  is a brand new service for one-on-one text-, webcam- and microphone -based chat with people around the world. This is the official description of the site. Well let's start of with How does Chatroulette work. Basically it is a service with requires a webcam and a good internet connection. You open the site and your webcam gets connected. Your face appears and the face of another person. Yes it allows you to live video chat with random strangers. To find a new person to chat with you need to click n new game. If you are the stranger your encounter feel comfortable with each other you can have a real live chat right there. Found by a Teen from Russia this site is taking the college crowd by storm according to reports provided by ComScore .  US visitors to Chatroulette for the month of February has touched 960,000 visits. From the charts below you can see that a large part of Chatroulette's user base are male college going people. This obsession for random user chat ...

There are many reasons why you would want to connect your YouTube channel to Google Buzz. Get more people to view your videos and share your content. Buzz is one more additional way to share all your great videos with the world or share it simply with your friends and family on Buzz. Once you add YouTube as a connected site of Google Buzz. All your videos get shared automatically depending on your privacy settings. If you choose to share with the public it get broad casted across the site. If you choose to share in private then you chosen contacts are able to view your videos. You need to set the privacy options first. Sharing on Buzz is one more additional way of generating traffic to your videos posted on YouTube and even gain more followers How to add or connect YouTube to Buzz 1. Login to Gmail 2. Click on the Buzz tab 3. Click on connected sites 4. Click on the Add button beside YouTube Once your YouTube channel has been added. You can then set your privacy options. Beside YouTube...

Mafia Wars is all set to bring back robbing. Now property owners will have to keep a closer eye on their properties. Making sure their assets do not become vulnerable. Users can now get ready to pull some heists and bank all the new robbing collection items. Users will now have a different excitement level to the game with having to cower their backs and making sure their stuff is safe. It will also give you a chance to prove your ability to mastermind robberies and attack vulnerabilities.  Item's you will need. Mask, Drill, Climbing Equipment and Diamond for cutting. An original post by Sociolatte

Mafia Wars adds 3 new crew collections.   Weapons Shipment Hijacking, Theft of a Drone and Prototype Carjacking. You can help only one mafia at a time and for more help please click here . 

Another item for your backyard the mini-stone dragon is now available only for a day. With the yet to release backyard for your pet's home PetVille is all geared up to make it as exciting as possible. This new item is available only for a day and there is only one way to get it. You need to receive it as a gift. So start sending gifts to all your neighbors and hopefully they will send you the mini-stone dragon or go the old fashion way and beg for one. Other giftable items for your backyard are the Pink Garden Flamingo and the Smiling Garden Gnome. An original post by Sociolatte

CEO of Twitter speaks about @anywhere and what he sees as the important thing of the social network. @ Anywhere has to do with following individuals more than a whole bunch of people. So if you want to follow someone without getting involved with all your other contacts posting on your timeline, you could now use @anywhere to follow individuals and not get caught up with all the noise on your Twitter main page. He also says he does not look at Twitter as a social network but more as an information network. An original post by Sociolatte

Here is a list of items found in the Mystery bag in Mafia Wars. here are mafia wars mystery bag items : 10 free skill points five of loot item on your wishlist Huey High Powered Binoculars Mr. Pinchy 1 godfather point a random loot item a random consumable item a random collection item a random boost an Envelope of Thai Baht 10% discount on reward point purchases a Mystery Bag Collection item – chinese new year collection. (Baoding Balls, Cricket Cafe, Dragon Mask, Four Toed Dragon, Money Envelope, Year of the Tiger and Money Frog) Mystery Bag: Chinese New Year Collection Chop Shop Vehicle Collectibles Boets Job Mastery Item Komodo Dragon New Bangkok Gifts: Bladed Tonfas Jobs Where You Can Get Looted Items in Mafia Wars Muai Thai Bodyguard Royal Thai Army Beret Notes: The Wishlist Item selected by the Mystery Bag will be the first giftable item in the LEFTMOST wish list slot. If the LEFTMOST item is not giftable, or the Mystery Bag is not gifting that item from the wishlist (See NOTE #...

Official website for the third installment of the  THE TWILIGHT SAGA :  ECLIPSE , starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. As fans wait eagerly for the third installment, the creators of the movie have been busy adding interactivity to the whole thing. The new movie set to release on June 30, 2010 has a lot of social interaction added to it. You can now follow Eclipse on Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, YouTube and Yes it also has an iPhone App. There is also an official movie trailer out for The Twilight Sage: Eclipse Follow The Twilight Sage: Eclipse on: Twitter   Send us your best  #EclipseTrailer reaction video and we'll post all next week! Please include  #EclipseTrailer so we can see them! Facebook MySpace YouTube iTunes .  Some of the best Apps for Twilight fans are Vampire guide for forks, Twilight tracker, Twilight Scene it, Forks Tour and Twilight the movie game. Enough to keep their fans busy till the movie release.  An original post by Sociolatte

Apple's iTunes has embraced Facebook now. With the launch of their official Twitter accounts of which I have written in the previous post. iTunes Facebook page is live and vibrant. The page features content and information  about the iTunes store and available downloads in the US.  Welcome to the official iTunes Facebook page. Become a fan and share this page with your friends. The content and offers on this iTunes fan page are focused on the U.S. iTunes Store. The page also has featured content and special offers. The fan page already has  3,219,625 fans  This is what they have to say on their info page. Website: http://www.apple.com/itunes Company Overview: iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video, and syncs it all to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it’s a store where you can find more to entertain you, any time of the day. Visit the iTunes Store to browse over 10 million songs. You can also rent or buy HD movies, get HD episode...

Steve Jobs may not have created a Twitter account but the iTunes store has a couple. Apple iTunes store has a number of accounts created specifically to cater to various genres available on their store. There is a seperate account for music, movies, podcasts and TV. Listed below are the accounts for easy access and you can follow the ones you are most interested in. 1.  iTunes Trailers . Official movie trailers and theatrical content updates to Apple iTunes Trailers, Apple TV, and for the iPhone/iPod touch on Twitter. 2.   iTunes Music . Official music updates for the U.S. iTunes Store including new releases, pre-orders, iTunes LP, exclusive offers and more. 3.  iTunes Podcasting . Podcast Episode of the Day, from iTunes Podcasting. 4.  iTunes Movies . Official movie updates from the U.S. iTunes Store on Twitter. 5.    iTunes TV . Official TV updates from the U.S. iTunes Store on Twitter. And there you have it. An original post by Sociolatte

How to share iTunes Via Twitter and Facebook. These sharing features apply only to albums songs and downloads available in the iTunes store. You can now Tweet what your listening to in iTunes 1. Click on the arrow next to 'Buy Album' or 'Buy Song' 2. The drop down menu will have share via 'Twitter' or 'Facebook' 3. Click on your choice and your done Very simple as all products launched by Apple With the launch if iTunes 9 Apple has added these social options to bring their products into popular social networking sites. It does really well for the company since all Apple fans tend to share a lot about their favorite Apple products. An original post by Sociolatte

St. Patrick's day fever continues with the new mini-game four leaf clovers from PetVille. To begin you would need to click on Shamrocks once they appear in your Pet's home. To help your friends out you would need to click on links in their news feeds to help them find clovers. There are also fun prizes to be won on St. Patrick's day  If you see a big green clover hanging around your pet's house, click on it and that will launch a game, and the goal of this game is to pick which patch contains the lucky four-leaf clover. You have three tries, and if you choose correctly, you will be rewarded with special St. Patty's Day loot.  Start the game by clicking on shamrocks when they appear in your house! Help friends find clovers by clicking on links in their news feeds! New shamrocks will appear in your house from time to time so that you can play again! Make sure to post the game to your news feed after you play so that your friends can play extra times too So you must f...