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I’ve also been  playing around  with  Google+  (and the neat  mobile Web app ) this morning and so far, I think it has some potential ( not everyone agrees ). But people like me tend to use more than one social networking service, so I was happy to see someone has already built a  Chrome extension  that lets Google+ users push posts to Facebook and Twitter. It’s a little buggy from time to time, but overall, it works as advertised.

Image via Wikipedia Charlie Sheen may or may not be “winning,” in life, but he has won a rare honor: the “Fastest Time to Reach 1 Million Followers” Guinness World Record . Guinness community manager Dan Barrett says the agency “just researched and approved” the record this morning. According to Barrett, Sheen reached that milestone in 25 hours and 17 minutes. As of this writing, Sheen’s Twitter account,  @CharlieSheen , has close to 1.2 million followers. Guinness did not have a previous record for that category, Barrett says. Sheen also set a Guinness record for “Highest Paid TV Actor Per Episode — Current” at $1.25 million. Sheen  joined Twitter March 1 . In a matter of minutes, Sheen acquired more than 60,000 followers and a Klout score of 57 — without even tweeting. According to  a report in  Advertising Age , Sheen was able to get his account verified so quickly because Internet startup Ad.ly brokered his account with Twitter.

Image via Wikipedia Worried that your child may be being secretly groomed on the Internet by a predatory paedophile? Well, you can take a breather as scientists have developed a new mobile phone application that helps identify adults posing as children. The software, Child Defence, enables children to scan web chat on their mobile phones to check the age of people they are messaging, reports the Daily Mail. The software has been written by researchers at Isis Forensics, a spin out company based in Lancaster University. The software uses the latest advances in language analysis technology to identify language quirks peculiar to different age groups.

Image via CrunchBase Facebook , texting and other social networking tools make new couples to jump into bed faster, reveals a new US survey. According that third annual sex survey by Shape and Men’s Fitness magazines, nearly four out of five women and three of five men say that digital intimacy leads to having sex faster, reports a foreign news agency. However, only 38 percent of women said they have actually slept with a date any sooner because of online intimacy.

Image via CrunchBase Apple's iPad and iPhone 4 took the No. 4 spot in Facebook's 2010 Memology, joining the Google Zeitgeist and Twitter top trends in popularity this year. The iPad earned something of a sweep in 2010, as the tablet computer made its way into the top trend lists of leading Internet powers Google, Twitter and Facebook. Facebook Dec. 14 revealed 2010 Memology, list of top trends culled from analyzing status updates published by the social network's 500 million-plus users across 236 countries.

Image by Getty Images via @daylife I've always seen a great deal of potential in Facebook's advertising offering. The premise is that ads are highly targeted based on users' profile information. Theoretically, the more a user adds info about the kinds of things they like, the better idea Facebook has about what they are actually interested in, and can serve ads accordingly.  Does Facebook serve you ads that you find relevant? Let us know . To be honest, it's been hit or miss with me. I see a lot of ads for things that I actually do like, which is more than I can say for ads in other channels, but I see a lot of ads that make me wonder why I was possibly targeted for them as well. The question is: how good at targeting is Facebook? I stumbled across a post from Robert Brady at Righteous Marketing talking about the problems he's having with Facebook ads. 

Earlier today, Facebook rolled out New Facebook Profile which provides easier way to share more information about the users. If you are one of those who do not like the new user interface or who want to get back to old Facebook profile page, then there is no easy way to get back to old profile page. Facebook developers have not provided anyway to get back to old Facebook profile. You need to follow the below steps to get old Facebook profile page . Note: We’ve tried it out on our new account. It works like a charm. You should follow the tutorial on how to get old Facebook profile carefully . How to Get Old Facebook Profile Here is how you get back your old Facebook profile page . Remember, this process is bit risky (not at all if you follow it properly). This is how my new Facebook profile page looks like.

Amid some excitement and some skepticism, the so-called “ Facebook killer” finally launched its Alpha version earlier this week. The first batch of invitations have been sent. Will you ask for yours? Although initial backers will be first in line, the guys at Diaspora have promised to quickly start making their way through the mailing list . “By taking these baby steps,” they say, “we’ll be able to quickly identify performance problems and iterate on features as quickly as possible.”

It seems that the word Face has been targeted by Facebook , they want it trademarked and incredibly, the US Patent Office has granted the social networking site a Notice of Allowance. This basically means that the word Face is effectively now the trademark in the US of Facebook.

The power of online social networking was demonstrated by the tens of thousands who gathered in Shanghai at the weekend to pay their respects to the people who died in last Monday's blaze. The event at Jiaozhou Road was launched on microblogs and information spread rapidly on the Internet , especially on social networking sites such as Kaixin001.com. According to a survey by Shanghai Daily and Touchmedia, of 110,000 people traveling in taxis in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen , 57 percent of interviewees use social networking sites or microblogs for more than half an hour a day, and 18 percent for more than three hours. Microblogging is the most popular form. Almost 60 percent of the interviewees said they publish information on microblogs, communicating with friends, following celebrities, expressing their opinions, sharing jokes and conducting online marketing, said the survey.

Twitter is a status-updating or microblogging  social networking website . It is a breakthrough in social networking because it takes communication into another level. Before, a person can only update his status (eg. what he's doing, where he is) at a certain time. But with Twitter and it's mobile integration, he can update his status almost all throughout the day and get in touch with people that matters to him the most. But the functions of Twitter do not stop there. It is now used by various fields. Business, for example, has used Twitter to get in touch with customers on a personal level. It is also a nice place to meet people from different parts of the world that shares the same interests. Furthermore, its possibilities to promote new technology, news and  products  can't be denied. Join Twitter and use these Twitter applications to spice up your tweets! Find Tweeters like You  Directories and User Search Tools Just Tweet It A twitter directory sorted by...