2,00,000 Facebook usernames registered within three minutes
Facebook has allowed its users to have a unique username for themselves and surprisingly a whooping 200000 usernames were registered within 3 minutes after launching the service.
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Google to launch a microblogging search engine
Twitter search sorts the results by their date i.e. in a chronological order and not their relevancy. There is a need for a perfect search engine like Google, Yahoo etc. for microblogging sites like Twitter.
Twitter launches verified accounts
Twitter has launched verified accounts. You can see a “Verified Account” badge in the Twitter pages of many popular Twitterers. Well, everyone cannot use this feature as it is limited only to celebrities, musicians, organizations and other public agencies. Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears etc. have verified Twitter accounts.
Bing API for developers
Microsoft’s Bing is out for a while now. Many of us have already tested Bing and found it to be much faster and user friendly than Live search. Well developers get ready for the Bing API. Bing has a very good REST API.
Search options added in Google Video Search
Google Video search has added some advanced search options making it more easier to find videos. You must have noticed one of the latest features in Google Search, the “Show Options”. A similar “show options” can be found in Google video search too. You just do a search and you’ll see the “search options” at the top of the page.
Blogging with write4net
For many people, blogging is a part of their daily lives. But there are other people too who don’t get into blogging seriously but want to write something off and on. Now you can also blog with just your Twitter account. No sign ups required and all that’s needed are your Twitter credentials. Write4net makes that possible.
Google Chrome out for Mac and Linux too
Google Chrome, the browser that is gaining much popularity today has built temptation for Linux and Mac users regarding the launch of Chrome for these platforms. Well now Linux and Mac users will be able to use Chrome, or to say a crash prone version of Chrome.
Some great new features in Animoto
Animoto is a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. You’ll just need to upload images and you’ll have a stunning video comprising of your images. You can also add music to your videos. There are some really cool transitional effects available and every time you get different result even for the same collection of photos. You can also add background music for you videos.
Microsoft comes up with its new search engine Bing
Microsoft is soon rolling out its new search engine, Bing. Formerly known as Kumo, Bing is the latest effort by Microsoft in the Search Engine scenario after live search. It is expected to be public from June 3, 2009. Rumors have it that Microsoft will be investing a 100 million dollars for its promotion.
Facial recognition technology now comes to Facebook
Many of us have started using the facial recognition technology to search people offered by iPhoto or Google Picasa. But how would it be to look for your friends’ photos using the Facial Recognition technology? Sounds cool? Face.com is bringing this technology to facebook via a new application called the Photo Finder. Not only you’ll be able to search your friends’ photos in your network but also look for them in other photos where you’ll get suggestions for tagging them.
