Facebook will Launch Actions Very Soon

The tech site VentureBeat shared the latest about Facebook’s effort to interlock various sharing options into one through its social network.

Facebook Actions is the on the last stage of testing and checking. Sources familiar with the matter said that this new feature could be launched any day now.

This is part of Facebook’s new Open Graph which was introduced last September during the f8 developer conference. The Open Graph has three elements: Timeline, Ticker and Actions. The first two elements have been already unveiled to the users.

The Return of MySpace

MySpace decided to be a Spotify look-alike with the release of its latest version. MySpace was recently purchased by Specific Media and its latest version has built-in search engine and Facebook integration.

Based in the records, MySpace has 42 million songs in total plus 30 million songs from talented, unsigned artists. Partnering with Facebook would widen the scope of MySpace’s audience. The site’s last recorded traffic is 24.9 million last month.

Mozilla Continues Search Partnership with Google

Google will still be Mozilla’s default search engine for the next three years. Google has been one of the primary source of income for Mozilla, generating $121.1 Million in revenue for 2010.

Lady Gaga and Nelly Furtado’s Twitter Accounts Hacked

All of a sudden, Lady Gaga offered free iPad 2s to all her 17 million Monsters that follow her on Twitter. The first tweet that was published promised Macbooks to those who will click a shady link and share a few personal details. Then it was followed by another tweet with a promise to give out “free” iPad 2s.

Whoever did this obviously targeted Lady Gaga since the tweets published begun with the word “Monster,” the moniker Lady Gaga calls her fans.

Mozilla Releases Firefox 9 Final Version For Windows, Mac and Linux

After five weeks of beta testing, Mozilla has just released the final version of Firefox 9 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The release which now includes type-inference support boasts an improved JavaScript performance and comes with an expanded support for HTML5 and CSS standards.

Other significant updates include an improve theme integration, multiply displays and two-finger navigation for Mac OS X Lion users.

Ordinary People Featured in Sweden’s Twitter Account

Instead of the usual government announcements, Sweden will be tweeting about hilarious jokes and anecdotes from tweeters like a writer, a teacher, a priest, a founder of an advertising agency and even a trucker lesbian. The move was made possible by the Sweden’s tourism agency and they dubbed the project as Curators of Sweden.” The [...]

LinkedIn Launches Polls for its Groups

Principal product manager at LinkedIn, Ian McCarthy, wrote on LinkedIn Blog that they released such tool since Group Moderators were looking for “easy, time-sensitive ways to generate conversations within the group.”

The new tool is not exclusive to group moderators; anyone belonging in a Group can start a poll. However, group moderators can restrict the addition of new polls.

LinkedIn tested the Polls in the Harvard Business Review’s Group of 150 members and have received 64 responses. This hopefully will pull up LinkedIn’s lack of activities aside from networking and job hunting.

25 Shortcut Keys to Become a Savvy Tweeter

The redesigned Twitter.com is on the rise. However, its users are getting more and more confused as time passes. If you are one of these users, perhaps these 25 tips and tricks will ease your way in using the new Twitter.

Etsy Makes Gift Finding Easy

A new Facebook tool will definitely be in demand this holiday season and that is the Etsy Gift Finder. Find the gifts your friends are wishing for so long now based on the interests listed on their Facebook profiles.

What’s more, it is so easy to use. Just go to Etsy Gift Finder Facebook page, click the button which says ‘Connect to Facebook’ and the tool will start to scan for gift ideas. With one click of a button, you’ll easily find out who among your friends want a new bag, shoes or book this Christmas. Amazon has also the same tool but Etsy generates more interesting results.

Google Chrome Surpasses Mozilla Firefox in Market Shares For The First Time

Google Chrome is now trailing behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which is still the world’s most used browser. For the past few years, Chrome, has maintained its number three spot, when it comes to browser usage compared to Firefox that has steadily maintained its second spot, well, except for this month.