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Two Applications to Maintain Your Applications on Android

Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by Bhavishya Kanjhan.

Last month, we covered 5 applications your Google Android phone should have come with which listed applications providing the basic functionality every phone should have. If you’ve been using your Android phone for a while, you probably have a lot more than just 5 applications. In this post, I will tell you about two applications which are essential for maintaining the long list of applications you already have installed on your phone.

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StumbleUpon Makes Serious Changes

Posted on 06. Oct, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

This is a guest post by Luis Sandoval.  Make sure to check out his blog, Daily Slackr, to get a dose of social grace for the media neophyte.

StumbleUpon recently announced that changes were coming to the ailing start-up that was acquired by Ebay just a few months ago, and is now on the market to be sold without a word as to why. Industry pundits are speculating on the reasons for the quick 18 month turnaround of StumbleUpon, but what is for sure is that StumbleUpon is due for some major changes, all of which took place recently.

The start-up has dropped the browser plug-in format which was a barrier to entry for new users not familiar with the site ranking and sharing program. The new StumbleUpon is a browser toolbar that sits nicely at the top of your browser window and offers the same functionality that the plug-in version offered, but with a much cleaner look.

Users are able to share their favorite sites with their friends in the network, and rank pages which helps in the overall search engine ranking for each individual page.StumbleUpon will also continue to recommend sites it thinks you might enjoy based on your preference selections, which drives you to new sites you may not have otherwise found.

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SocialAddict Brings Social Networking to Your Desktop

Posted on 05. Aug, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

As a blogger that tries to constantly market myself through social networks, I am often frustrated by having to open so many tabs or go to so many webpages just to update my status.  Sites like Ping.fm are making it easier through aggregating some of the updates, but it’s still another website to go to (if you don’t have a Ping.fm invite, get one here).  I prefer desktop clients like Twhirl, if I can have them.

SocialAddict is a new desktop application that allows you to update several social networking sites from the comfort of your desktop.

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