I’m all for Twitter; however I’m not a really avid user because I find it cumbersome sometimes. There are so many updates to go through before I can find the update that a particular person made. I think Twitter heard my sentiment, and probably, of a lot of users too because it has rolled out the biggest update of date. This update is the Twitter Lists that enables users to consolidate their contacts into groups. Through this grouping, a user can easily find the updates he’s looking for. Just click on the group name and voila! updates will immediately show up!

Web addresses are about to change! If you think that it’s going to be confined to the English language for all time, you’re wrong. Pretty soon you’ll see web addresses in various characters like Korean, Arabic, Japanese, Hindi, Greek, and Cyrillic. Internet users in these countries will be able to surf the web in their respective languages.

This move to permit other characters other than English is still set for approval on Friday, which is the final day of the meeting that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is holding in South Korea.

The new Opera Mini 5 has landed! Opera, the leading provider in mobile browsing has unveiled its latest product last Wednesday. With excellent additional features, Opera browser users definitely have something to celebrate about. Opera Mini 5 offers a new user interface that makes browsing easier and more convenient. For example, the address box can be changed easily to a Google search box. This interface looks very much similar to a desktop browsers’, so that’s really a good thing! It made even more convenient for touchscreen devices.

Facebook’s domination is not stopping any time soon. This massive social networking site has recently announced its acquisition of the FriendFeed service. If this is the first time you’ve heard of FriendFeed, well it is a service that’s almost similar to Twitter. It’s also a microblogging service that offers real-time updates from its users. However, FriendFeed doesn’t have that much users that is why it’s more beneficial for them to partner with Facebook who has over 250 million users.

Facebook has added a new feature to the networking site. The new feature, already made available this Monday, enables users to search for specific updates from the site. A user can type in a certain keyword on the search bar and the new interface automatically gathers all updates related to that keyword that other Facebook users have made. Aside from results from Friends, the search outcome can also include Events, Applications, and Groups. The new search feature includes an Everyone filter that allows users to be on top of the various topics and updates about major topics. However, the updates won’t show on the Facebook page until the user clicks show.

Facebook, who really does not love this terrific website, we simply love it!
Apart from groups, friends, causes, photos, notes, and all these things you can find on facebook, applications are also, a reason why some may use Facebook nowadays.

Are you an avid Apple aficionado? Then for sure you didn’t miss out on the latest browser that the company released. According to Apple, Safari 4 is faster than the other browsers available today. It is about eight times faster than IE8 and three times faster than Firefox when it comes to loading HTML Web pages. Mac and Windows users can’t wait to check out if such claim is really true. So, only after three days upon release, Apple has already recorded more than 11 million downloads. As you can see, such is their keenness to try it out for themselves.

Pretty soon a new name in online publishing will be on everyone’s lips. Scribd is a fast-growing website where anyone can upload digital content such as books, research reports, and other printed materials. People who want their works to be visible to potential clients will benefit from the exposure that Scribd provides, especially now that it has over 60 million visitors every month. Authors and publishers will be glad to use Scribd as their online publishing platform because it provides them with the choice to set the prices for their work and the level of copyright protection it will have.

OK, so you have your own pictures, you disclose your personality, and you put everything that will imprint your personality on your own Facebook page; but why does it still feel like your personal branding isn’t complete? Probably because it isn’t! However, that’s about to change as Facebook started last Friday exactly at 9:01 pm offering personalized usernames and URLs for its users. This will replace the random numbers assigned to every registered Facebook user. Instead of “id=710618724, the address or URL will show the name you choose. Take note that not all will be given this privilege. It’s a first come, first serve basis.

I can’t say that I’ve had much pleasure of using Yahoo 360. For a social networking site, I guess Yahoo 360 left a lot to be desired. Since it was in 2005, Yahoo 360 only had a handful of faithful users. It never achieved the level of success that Yahoo hoped that time. After putting off closing down the application several times since 2007, Yahoo has finally announced the final sentence for Yahoo 360. July 13 will be the last day that users will be able to enjoy the said networking site.

How many sites are you signed up on? Do you have Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Blogger, and others? If you have accounts in all of these, you’re probably one busy bee. Since you have your hands full every time, you probably need several pairs of helping hands, right? Well, let your helper be the 8hands Desktop application. This is one nifty program that organizes all your online accounts, puts them in just one neat setup so that if there are updates you’ll see them immediately. So, instead of having to check the sites one by one and probably wasting time in the process, you can do all simply through 8hands.

Have you or are you using the social web browser Flock? Well, you might be interested to know that a new version has been launched recently. The new Flock 2.5 version is a browse that’s actually based on the Firefox 3. It contains advanced features to make browsing and keeping track of updates easier. This new version supports Twitter and Facebook. The browser already has a Twitter widget in the home page and Facebook Chat can be accessed from any webpage. Flock 2.5 is also linked to other social networks, media sharing services, blogging platforms, and a lot more. It’s like everything you need is provided by Flock 2.5.

A new web application will be coming pretty soon I think. Although it’s all hush-hush right now, reports have it that Hunch will be coming out soon. Hunch is the latest project that Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake is busy on. With Hunch you don’t have to worry if decision-making is not your strongest point. Sometimes all it takes is a bit of guesswork to pave your way to success, and Hunch will help you find your way through your dilemma!

Have you ever come across a domain name that doesn’t use the English language? Well, I haven’t. But, we might encounter one soon because the United Arab Emirates will now permit domain names that use Arabic characters. On Monday the Ministerial Council for Services officially approved the proposal that was put across by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). TRA made the proposal as a part of a national strategy to name Arabic language on the web.