Facebook and The Wall Street Journal have teamed up to launch a widget on WSJ articles that allows you to see what your friend’s are reading. According to a report from the Associated Press, once you’ve opted into the feature you will see the widget when browsing WSJ, which will then display links to articles that are popular within your network (amongst other people that have added the application)….
Chronicles of Alva
…recording the adventures of a low-techie in a high-tech world. She’s in the middle of becoming middle-aged, and won’t take “meh” for an answer. Some names and a few details have been changed to protect the indignant!
Quick Online Tips
- 5 Must Have Portable Apps to Carry in Your USB Drive
- 3 Quick Tips to Connect Your Site to Social Media
- 9 Questions Web Designers Should Ask Their Clients
- Download Google Chrome Extensions
- Download Google Chrome for Mac Computers
Blog P.I.
- Vote Burns
- Examples of Bias in Conservapedia’s Examples of Bias in Wikipedia
- Interview With the Internet Expert
- TechCrunch and the New New Journalism
- Congressional Quarterly’s Shady Twitter Account
TechCrunch
- Facebook Sets A Date For Its Third f8 Conference. Expect Another Huge Announcement
- The Colossus: My Favorite Company I Met in South America
- Twitter App Store oneforty Raises $1.6 Million, With More On The Way
- The Anatomy of The Twitter Attack: Part II
- Indie iPhone Game Doodle Jump Passes 1 Million Downloads
Wired How-To Wiki
- Plot Your Favorite Locations on a Map
- Fix a Broken Pixel
- Judge Distance by Sight
- How to Make Custom Christmas iPhone Ringtone on Mac
- Upgrade Your Comcast DVR
LifeHacker
- Twitter Gets Hijacked, and Now's a Good Time to Change Your Passwords [Reminders]
- FreeNameTags Creates Wearable Name Tags For Your Next Party [Printables]
- Common Laptop/Netbook Positions to Avoid [Health]
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- Take a Deep Breath in This Week's Open Thread [Open Thread]
Slash Dot
- Google Found Guilty of French Copyright Infringement
- Microsoft Seeks Patent On Shaming Fat Gamers
- DECAF Was Just a Stunt, Now Over
- Yes, Google Does De-List Pages; But When?
- First MySQL 5.5 Beta Released
SEOMoz
- WhiteBEARD Friday - Give and Ye Shall Receive
- 8 Predictions for SEO in 2010
- How To Monitor & Track Google's Real-time Search
- Whiteboard Friday - Dealing with Duplicate Content
- Persuasion 101: Ask Yes/Yes Questions
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- Kneel Before the Mistress of Mistakes
- My Top Five Chrome Extensions
- WordPress 2.9 be rolled out soon
- What Makes The Perfect Theme?
