October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Startups
Formspring Rolls Out New Site Design
No need to adjust your set, Formspring got a major facelift. The question and answer social network calls it their "most significant design evolutions in Formspring’s history." The new redesign is now more user friendly, more desktop friendly and introduces some new features to Formspring. One of the first things you'll notice is infinite scrolling. Just like... Read more » FullyFollow.me Lets You Add Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Friends With A Single Click
Have you ever tried to share more than one social network contact information at one time? It can be messy and get horribly complicated and a lot of people default to only sharing a single contact. Well, instead of connecting with a person one social network at a time, the startup company FullyFollow.me lets you do it all at once. This website makes the whole process... Read more »
Sulia Teams Up With Twitter To Provide Focused News Feeds For Publishers
Twitter has just teamed up with a startup company that could very well make sifting through irrelevant junk tweets a thing of the past. Micro-content organizer Sulia announced an official deal with Twitter that lets it provide a system that would organize the most authoritative tweets into channels for its subscribers and app makers. This is good news for media... Read more »
Localmind App Lets You Ask Nearby Users What’s Going On
With the rise of social question and answer websites such as Formspring and Quora, it was only a matter of time before someone brought that type of service into the location-sharing space. Localmind takes the stress out of finding out what's happening in your area or what is going on at a specific location by letting you ask questions to anyone nearby. After... Read more »
Social Web-powered Search Engine Topsy Closes $15M Round Of Funding
Real-time search engine Topsy Labs has just finished up a successful round of Series C funding that brought them $15 million. With the new infusion of money, Topsy is looking remain relevant in the ever-fluctuating social search field. Confident that Topsy is up to the task, past funding partners BlueRun Ventures, Ignition Partners, Founders Fund and Scott Baniste... Read more » Memolane Brings All Your Social Media Activity Into One Visualized Timeline
With a plethora of social networks at our fingertips, it is not always easy to divert attention to Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Instagram all at once. However, a new service promises to bring all of your social networking activity into one visual timeline with Tuesday's public launch of Memolane. The service will contextualize all of your photos, videos,... Read more »
Ticketfly Gets Boost from Facebook, Becomes More Social
Your ticket buying experience is getting social thanks to Ticketfly. The concert tickets startup helps promoters sell tickets and spread the word about their events via social networking. Ticketfly Amplifier, will allow promoters to "amplify" their events to Twitter and Facebook with just a click, as well as allow fans to post to their walls the tickets they just... Read more »
Fundly Raises $2M From Investors
Fundly, fundraising company, announced that they've secured $2M from investors. The company has already helped raise $200M for its customers, so it's nice to see it doing so well for itself. Fundly says they'll use the funds to further develop their product so they can keep helping caused-based organizations. “Cause-based organizations rely on the support of... Read more »
SCVNGR Passes 1 Million Users
The location-based mobile game platform SCVNGR reeled in its one millionth subscriber Tuesday, and it's showing no signs of slowing down. It took less than nine months for SCVNGR to hit the million mark, and it's actually gaining momentum. Taking about six months to hit the 500,000 mark, the social gaming platform added its latest 500,000 users in less than half... Read more »
Path Video Arrives on the Web
Personal network startup Path has announced that its Path Video service is now available to view on the Web. Path is designed to allow you to share the most important moments of your life with your closest friends and family and limits the number of contacts you can have to 50. However, some of your nearest and dearest may not have access to a smartphone and as... Read more » 
