Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

“Mentions” bring Twitter and Facebook closer to Bennifer status

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

There is a new feature on Facebook and I am not sure how many of you Facebook users even know it exists.  The new feature has been aptly named “@Mentions.”  Thanks to my blogging friends @Mashable I found out about this great new element in Facebook two days ago.  I began researching it this morning and decided that many of you might be interested in finding out more.

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ShareThis makes sharing easy

Monday, September 14th, 2009

The amount of content on the internet grows every second of every day.  As I post this blog, there are thousands of others doing the exact same thing.  Many of those “bloggers” are likely contributing their own opinions or even new facts to the web.  You might stumble upon these blogs or ideas in a number of ways: Facebook, Twitter, Google searches, JumpstartMyPC.com, etc.  Occasionally you are going to come across an article or blog post that you really want to share with a friend.  What then?

Until recently, people have shared web site addresses (URL’s) via email or even verbally.  With the success of Facebook and Twitter, millions have found new ways to share information with friends and family.  And now, there are hundreds of sites that allow you to quickly share information with others on their “network.”  There is one tool however that combines all of these ideas and more.  That tool is ShareThis.

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