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Waze: Social Media Meets Turn-By-Turn Navigation

With GPS becoming a standard feature in mobile phones, there are now plenty of apps out there that provide the same turn-by-turn functions. Most people view this service as a tool, to get you where you want to go without ever needing to ask for directions. Waze is an app that builds on the standard GPS navigation service by keeping users plugged in to the world of social media, and does so quite well.

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Google Buzz – Hello, World!

What’s that? A new Google toy to play with? Out of curiosity, plenty of us have been taking a peek at Google’s latest offering, so conveniently placed within our gmail accounts. I wonder at what point we realize that Google has already taken over the world?

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Five People to Follow on Twitter

I’m not a huge fan of Twitter’s #FollowFriday campaign that the masses seem to love. Why should I follow someone just because someone else mentions them in a tweet? I’m sure I’d benefit from following the majority of the names I see dancing down my screen every Friday, but I still prefer not to play [...]

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How To Use Advanced Search for Better Results

With the fast-paced growth of the internet, it can be reassuring to see that a page as well-known as Google.com has remained relatively unchanged. It can also make you wonder if its purpose, which was the status quo when it launched, is still useful given the emergence of new technologies and other new search methods.

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