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		<title>Fascinated Stargazing from Pittsburgh</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Sky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Sky Map for Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pittsburgh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Humans have always remained fascinated over the night sky and with Google, the new engineers in this field, have made this quite interesting for you. Google engineers have now come up with their Google Sky, Moon, Mars and Google Sky Map for Android features. These help people to be able to sky gaze from anywhere [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Humans have always remained fascinated over the night sky and with Google, the new engineers in this field, have made this quite interesting for you. Google engineers have now come up with their <strong>Google Sky</strong>, Moon, Mars and <strong><a title="Google Sky Map for Android" href="http://www.google.com/sky/skymap/" target="_blank">Google Sky Map for Android</a></strong> features. These help people to be able to sky gaze from anywhere they might be. The <strong><a title="Pittsburgh office" rel="nofollow" href="http://maps.google.com/?q=Google%20Pittsburgh@40.444542,-79.945659&amp;hl=en" target="_blank">Pittsburgh office</a></strong> has had empowered Android phones that help with live mapping of the night sky no matter where you are located. <strong><a title="Stargazing in Pittsburgh" rel="nofollow" href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/stargazing-in-pittsburgh.html" target="_blank">The Pittsburgh office</a></strong> of engineers has joined forces to bring this incredibly informative device for all. This helps you have associated information about stars, planets and other night sky mapping wherever you might be watching it from.</p>
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<p>This application was released a year back and since then has been downloaded over 5 million times. This wonderfully helpful application would bring you plenty to discover and look forward to through its well developed new features. The community at Pittsburgh has been able to share the wonderful opportunity to bring forth the larger passion for astronomy to different people. The Deep Sky Urban Star Party at Pittsburgh was held around in a very large and empty swimming pool at Leslie Park in Lawrenceville. The whole bunch of <strong>Android phones</strong> that got loaded through the Sky Map and got credited with other joined features have worked through the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh. These have joined through different forms of telescopes for making it possible for several hundred people present to enjoy a night of stargazing.</p>
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		<title>How to engage your target audience?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broader reach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engagement platform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[target audience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Engaging your target audience is always extremely important. No matter what kind of work you are seeking, it makes sense to establish an elaborate networking avenue where you can reach out to more and more people. You also need to find out different ways and processes by which you can find out how this audience [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Engaging your target audience is always extremely important. No matter what kind of work you are seeking, it makes sense to establish an elaborate networking avenue where you can reach out to more and more people. You also need to find out different ways and processes by which you can find out how this audience will understand more and more about what is needed when it comes to you expanding your business. With such interesting facts and deals you can be assured that a whole range of people from your line of work will better reach out to you. This is an excellent process which requires you to concentrate more on an engagement platform process.</p>
<p>Just getting the right kind of target audience is all that is required because you can expect a whole range of interesting and interactive sessions. So you can make very good use of an engagement platform which is always an excellent way of finding out how this entire process actually works. Make sure that you take into account important factors like which kind of audience to keep engaged and a whole lot more. This is surely an interesting way in which you can reach out to more and more people.</p>
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<p>Making sure that you have an engagement platform service actually makes a lot of sense if you are looking to find avenues to expand your business and have a <strong><a title="Broader Reach" href="http://www.multivu.com/players/English/43903-MultiVu-Audience-Engagement/" target="_blank">broader reach</a></strong>. This is surely the best way in which you can hope to find a whole range of like minded people interested in your business and otherwise. It is definitely a very good idea which needs to be better focused into so that you can draw in a lot of people to understand your ideas, thoughts, business and creative plans. With more and more people it helps ensure that you have a proper idea of what is required.</p>
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<p>Engaging the target audience is not all too difficult if you are expecting to find out ways and means of finding out how to make your business expand. So ensure that you find out different ways of better getting across to people. With the right types of social media tools it surely helps in ensuring and understanding what is relevant. This is definitely an interesting and exciting process which can be taken into account so you can expect a whole range of interesting factors and more that should ideally help in expanding your business better.</p>
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		<title>Google Brings Soccer Stats at Your Fingertips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google search appliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soccer stats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google now brings soccer stats right at your finger tips. This brings for Google Search Appliance in a rather easy way that creates for bringing soccer stats easy for you to follow up. The last few weeks have been intense for soccer fans and followers and Google has been making it easier for people with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a title="Finding soccer stats with the Google Search Appliance" rel="nofollow" href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/finding-soccer-stats-with-google-search.html" target="_blank">Google now brings soccer stats right at your finger tips</a></strong>. This brings for <strong><a title="Google Search Appliance" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/enterprise/search/gsa.html" target="_blank">Google Search Appliance</a></strong> in a rather easy way that creates for bringing soccer stats easy for you to follow up. The last few weeks have been intense for soccer fans and followers and <strong><a title="Google" href="http://www.todaytechnews.com/category/internet/google" target="_blank">Google</a></strong> has been making it easier for people with all the new additions in its applications. There are latest news and information coming from <strong>FIFA.com</strong> that would enable followers to grab all the deals and standings of the series. With the new Google application there are now new favorites and great information to be shared. Get the updated ratings and all the powerful insights into the games with the soccer application now available through Google.</p>
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<p>No matter where you are these are interesting contents that will keep you ahead along with all the informative data and powerful results. There are images and videos to be shared and savored as well. Thus the new results and statistics are really helpful in getting you ahead of the game. Google Search Appliance and FIFA have been putting the new work deals together to bring the latest spots for you while savoring the soccer mania. While you don’t have the time to catch up on every match, you will not be far away from the main spot of action. While you are right in the middle of the soccer fever, <strong><a title="FIFA.com" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fifa.com/" target="_blank">FIFA.com</a></strong> has turned around the scales to bring the best with Google deals. There are incredible interests and dwindles that come with proper teaming efforts that have several updates and analysis just made ready for you.</p>
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		<title>The New Age Vices</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For teens who have just started experiencing the world, the Internet is vast resource and answers to anything they want to know. With more and more number of teens having access to the Internet, the number of teens falling prey to its vices have also increased at an alarming rate.
Cyberbullying, sexting (distribution of inappropriate photos [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For teens who have just started experiencing the world, the Internet is vast resource and answers to anything they want to know. With more and more number of teens having access to the Internet, the number of teens falling prey to its vices have also increased at an alarming rate.</p>
<p>Cyberbullying, sexting (distribution of inappropriate photos and content through texting on cellphones), texting while driving or on the road, projecting negative images of oneself on social networking site profiles, uploading explicit photos of oneself on these sites,  putting up personal information are the general problems when talking about teens and the online world.</p>
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<p>To discuss these very problems and present solutions to them, Cox Communications with The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) hosted the 5th Annual <strong><a title="Cox Teen Summit" href="http://multivu.prnewswire.com/player/44526-cox-teen-summit-internet-safety/" target="_blank">Cox Teen Summit</a></strong>. Cox Communications released the results of their 2010 survey over teens of various ages and nationalities regarding the afore mentioned problems. The result showed a similar trend of problems for each of the ages. This summit sought to better understand teen online behaviour with a focus on digital reputations.</p>
<p>While expressing confidence in their own online safety, teens, at the same time, acknowledge the fact that certain online behaviour can affect multiple facets of their lives. They carefully manage their online images yet fail to take basic precautionary steps to protect themselves online, taking hasty decisions spurred by lifestyle trends and making personal information accessible to strangers without realizing they have done so.</p>
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<p>Teens use technology that works, makes their lifestyle cooler and fast including cellphones, social networking sites, IM names, blogs, email id’s etc. But while using them most keep it in mind that any online posts, photos that can jeopardize their life must not be portrayed. They fear losing the respect of family, friends, or putting to risk job opportunities, their physical safety etc. But most do not think while putting up personal information or inappropriate content on the Internet. Rarely do they check with friends or parents before making friends on the Internet, putting up personal information, allowing unrestricted access to their digital profiles.</p>
<p>The Summit discussed solutions to these problems. Teens must be jolted out of their false sense of security by friends or family. Lack of guidance leads to such behaviour.</p>
<p>Parents must step forward to take control of their children’s complex teen universe with basic conversations or even Internet security tools that limit inappropriate content and require passwords.</p>
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		<title>Getting the Right Web Templates for Your Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free web templates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free wordpress themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web templates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting the right web templates is part of a great process that makes your website stand out. There are incredibly helpful sites that create the best designs and attractive schemes meant for your website to thrive. These are some of the most helpful aspects of creating a great website and attracting the right clients. There [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Getting the right <strong><a title="Web Templates" href="http://www.templatescraze.com/" target="_blank">web templates</a></strong> is part of a great process that makes your website stand out. There are incredibly helpful sites that create the best designs and attractive schemes meant for your website to thrive. These are some of the most helpful aspects of creating a great website and attracting the right clients. There are free wordpress themes and free web templates that are available from sites like TemplateCraze.com.</p>
<p>This is a helpful resource that makes you shift through the changing patterns of creating the best website that would reflect the perfect pages that would be resonating throughout. There are many helpful options through which the best web designs are made through creative and able spacing. There are wonderful programming skills that are brought to you by <strong><a title="TemplateCraze.com" href="http://www.templatescraze.com/" target="_blank">TemplateCraze.com</a></strong> and these bring you some of the best deals in terms of achieving the right skills meant for getting the success you are looking for, through your online extension of the business.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.templatescraze.com/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1680 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="Web Templates" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/web-templates.gif" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>Getting great web templates and <strong><a title="Free Wordpress Themes" href="http://www.templatescraze.com/free-wp-themes/" target="_blank">free wordpress themes</a></strong> is really easy when working through the web templates designs presented through TemplateCraze.com. There are some great and incredible works in progress that makes your site even more attractive than you can imagine. There are full fledged options and choices that create great websites with wonderful designs and incredible starting points too. East accessibility along with proper options in terms of creating the most affluent designs for your web page is going to be one of the most incredible focus points for your website.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.templatescraze.com/free-wp-themes/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1682 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="Free Wordpress Themes" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/free-wordpress-themes.gif" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>There are also those ideas about implementing the right critical information as well as navigating options that create for greater decisions in terms of designing your website from the scratch. The right content, text, materials, advertisement portions as well as product promotions are some of the most beneficial aspects responsible for designing your website. There are also other aspects like site load time, easy to read fonts, proper parity of texts and backgrounds, use of animation and other relevant images as well as ALT tags, which come to be some of the most important parts of a well knit web site design. The text or content as well the product promotions need to be part of a clear design. This is one of the most important parts of a web design type.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.templatescraze.com/free-web-templates/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1685 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="Free Web Templates" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/free-web-templates.gif" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>There are also other contents, product information, company headers, contact numbers and addresses as well as other critical parts of the whole business that need to be placed in strategic positions. These are some of the most ground breaking parts of a business development. These need to be drawn to the users’ attention and all these important details make for a very successful online presence for a business. Visitors should be able to prominently find useful information on the site. With all the great deals along with the free wordpress themes and <strong><a title="Free Web Templates" href="http://www.templatescraze.com/free-web-templates/" target="_blank">free web templates</a></strong>, the best designs can be created out of TemplateCraze.com.</p>
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		<title>Nexus One with Their New Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 12:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nexus One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nexus One changes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nexus One has been changing their goals and availability approaches. They are now innovating new and easy ways for people to buy android phones. These have been completely new Android additions with innovations along with quick and easy access being brought to people. A lot of new technological advancements have been made through the numerous [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a title="Nexus One changes in availability" rel="nofollow" href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/nexus-one-changes-in-availability.html" target="_blank">Nexus One has been changing</a></strong> their goals and availability approaches. They are now innovating new and easy ways for people to buy android phones. These have been completely new Android additions with innovations along with quick and easy access being brought to people. A lot of new technological advancements have been made through the numerous handsets that have come out through Nexus one the new deals.</p>
<p>The fresh handsets are the likes of <strong><a title="HTC EVO 4G from Sprint" rel="nofollow" href="http://now.sprint.com/evo/" target="_blank">HTC EVO 4G from Sprint</a></strong> and the <strong><a title="Verizon Droid Incredible by HTC" rel="nofollow" href="http://phones.verizonwireless.com/htc/incredible/" target="_blank">Verizon Droid Incredible by HTC</a></strong>. There are new inventions and innovations and they make excellent work for the better. The global adoption has been a new platform for Android with amazing reaches that have been coming for customers. The new Android platform will bring new ways for customers to access <strong><a title="Android" href="http://www.todaytechnews.com/category/brands/android" target="_blank">Android</a></strong> which were not possible prior to this. There are wide service plans to choose as well. The new innovations as well as some of the latest works have been put together for better adoption policy of androids.</p>
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<div id="attachment_1670" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spierisf/4289032965/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1670 " title="Nexus One" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Nexus-One.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by spieri_sf</p></div>
<p>There are new changes and plans coming along for making new channels for early adoption along with wider range of service plans. These make the retailer services more acceptable for people. There are new offers that come from different models from Europe. All these can be worked with partners who offer <a title="Nexus One" href="http://www.todaytechnews.com/tag/nexus-one" target="_blank"><strong>Nexus One</strong></a> to consumers with their retail channels. The partnering work that Nexus One is working with some retail store is going to shift the global acceptance of android even better.</p>
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		<title>8 Best Open Source Networking Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free social networking software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Open Source Networking
There has been a rising trend to start social networking sites and if you also have the same intentions of controlling a web site as an entire package that will include the branding, attractive domain name, food features, the designing, community rules, and the most important of all, a good database, then the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Open Source Networking</h2>
<p>There has been a rising trend to start social networking sites and if you also have the same intentions of controlling a web site as an entire package that will include the branding, attractive domain name, food features, the designing, community rules, and the most important of all, a good database, then the best and easiest way to go about starting your own <strong>social networking site</strong> from your server is installing a software designed for building the social networking web site.</p>
<p>If you try looking for such <strong>software</strong>, you will realize that there are many scripts available, paid and free, which will help you run your own social networking site, but the question that is to be asked is &#8211; how many of these are good, stable, and at the same time, easy to implement?</p>
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<p>Following are some of the reliable open-source software for building a good social networking site. You may choose any of them:</p>
<h3>1. <a title="Elgg" rel="nofollow" href="http://elgg.org/" target="_blank">Elgg</a></h3>
<p>No one can doubt the usability of Elgg as it has won the award for the best social networking software in the year 2008 and moreover, it is open-source software. Some of the great features of Elgg include writing blogs, creating communities, networking, and giving news feeds. Along with these, Elgg also offers a file sharing facility. It is complete in every sense for providing you with all the tools that you will need to create and run a social networking site successfully.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://elgg.org/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1627 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="Elgg" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Elgg.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="327" /></a></p>
<p>Elgg runs on LAMP (LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP) environment. Its installation process is simple and it can be easily configured. If you have a basic knowledge of PHP, you will be able to start and run your web site in a jiffy.</p>
<h3>2. <a title="Mahara" rel="nofollow" href="http://mahara.org/" target="_blank">Mahara</a></h3>
<p>Mahara is little different from the other networking software which are meant for creating a web site that is used for a generic purpose. Mahara is a platform through which users can present their experience, learning, talents, various skills, and other developments to defined and selected audiences. Mahara actually creates a platform where you can create your e-Portfolio as also a learning community. Some special features of Mahara include blogs, a bio-data (resume) builder, institutional details, space for file management, and an overall feeling of social networking since one can also add friends and maintain them using this platform.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://mahara.org/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1628 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="Mahara" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Mahara.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="327" /></a></p>
<p>Like Elgg, Mahara too requires LAMP environment to install.</p>
<h3>3. <a title="Lovd by Less" rel="nofollow" href="http://lovdbyless.com/" target="_blank">Lovd by Less</a></h3>
<p>Lovd by Les is one of the first open-source software built for creating social networking sites that is created on Ruby on Rails. Even today, very few software are built on Ruby on Rails. Lovd by Less’s features include creation of photo gallery (facility of writing captions), blog, search facility for friends, and messaging between users. Even YouTube and Flickr integration is provided.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://lovdbyless.com/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1629 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="Lovd by Less" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Lovd-by-Less.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="326" /></a></p>
<p>Lovd by Less also contains almost all applications that you would love to have on your web site and it is very easy and simple to use. If you rely on Ruby on Rails rather than PHP, it would be definitely a better option.</p>
<h3>4. <a title="Xoops" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.xoops.org/" target="_blank">Xoops</a> (with Yogurt Extension)</h3>
<p>Xoops helps you build web sites according to your needs. You can begin to create the website by writing a personal blog and then expand its scope to social networking and even forums.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.xoops.org/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1631 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="Xoops" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Xoops.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="325" /></a></p>
<p>Yogurt is a module which helps you in building a social networking web site particularly with Xoops.</p>
<h3>5. <a title="AROUNDMe" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.barnraiser.org/aroundme" target="_blank">AROUNDMe</a></h3>
<p>Another of the software that can help in setting up a social networking site, this is different from others but in the sense that it lets the users set up social networking sites, web space or community. Therefore with AROUNDMe a social networking site is not just built but users have access to features like a forum, a group blog, a guestbook or a wall as it is known and a wiki. These can be enabled in the web pages created by the user. The user has the authority to decide whether the group would be public or private as each group with the use of JavaScript, PHP, CSS and xHTML is fully customizable.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.barnraiser.org/aroundme" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1632 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="AROUNDMe" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/AROUNDMe.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="330" /></a></p>
<h3>6. <a title="Anahita" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.anahitapolis.com/" target="_blank">Anahita</a></h3>
<p>The Nooku framework is behind the Anahita that is a social networking platform built as the Joomla extensions. Ease of use and management of data is provided by Amazon Cloud Storage with which Anahita has integration. The OpenID is supported by Anahita. The users of Anahita are provided with an Ajaxed interface that supports powerful messaging and profile management.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.anahitapolis.com/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1635 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="Anahita" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Anahita.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="326" /></a></p>
<h3>7. <a title="Community Engine" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.communityengine.org/" target="_blank">Community Engine</a></h3>
<p>Being an open source plug in for Ruby on Rails, the Community Engine provides all those features that are common to social networking applications. These features are as follows:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.communityengine.org/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1636 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="Community Engine" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Community-Engine.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="325" /></a></p>
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<li>User profiles and authentication</li>
<li>Uploading of photos</li>
<li>Blogs with tagging</li>
<li>Private messages and forums</li>
<li>Activity feeds and friendship</li>
<li>Other features</li>
</ul>
<h3>8. <a title="BuddyPress" rel="nofollow" href="http://buddypress.org/" target="_blank">BuddyPress</a></h3>
<p>The Wordpress MU installation can be easily converted into a social networking site with the help of BuddyPress. The BuddyPress can be described as a set of themes and plug-ins of Wordpress. There are many features in this like:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://buddypress.org/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1637 aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="BuddyPress" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/BuddyPress.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="327" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>forums</li>
<li>friendship</li>
<li>private messaging</li>
<li>activity stream</li>
<li>groupingMany other features</li>
</ul>
<p>Besides the above mentioned list of the eight best open source networking software, there are certain other software too. These are Dolphin, Phpizabi and Insoshi. Each of the software along with the others that has been mentioned briefly above is capable of providing the best platform for social networking websites. The most important factor of using open source networking software is the benefits that the software provides. The open source networking software provides the organizational benefits like stability, reliability, flexibility, auditability, freedom, cost and support and accountability.</p>
<p>Hence when developers are in a hurry to launch in a new application, open source networking software are the best option as the turnaround and marketing is rapid and the tools and software can be downloaded quickly. Therefore with so many benefits in the foray it is easy to set up a social networking site with the help of the above given software and each of these has its own advantages.</p>
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		<title>Improved Chat for iGoogle and orkut</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New and better types of features are being provided to iGoogle and Orkut chat. This is all part of the process to give both of these Google apps to give an entire face lift. A lot of users of iGoogle chat often found it difficult to transfer files every time they were online so now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New and better types of features are being provided to <a title="iGoogle" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/ig" target="_blank"><strong>iGoogle</strong></a> and Orkut chat. This is all part of the process to give both of these Google apps to give an entire face lift. A lot of users of <strong><a title="iGoogle" href="http://www.todaytechnews.com/tag/igoogle" target="_blank">iGoogle</a></strong> chat often found it difficult to transfer files every time they were online so now Google has decided to specifically work on this important feature which will help the entire process of sharing files faster and in a whole lot easier way. Nothing additional needs to be installed, only file transfer options are possible and that too easily. So this is a very easy and unique process in which all of this can be done entirely well.</p>
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<p><strong><a title="Google" href="http://www.todaytechnews.com/category/internet/google" target="_blank">Google</a></strong> is also working to ensure that these apps can be easily used even on <strong><a title="Improved chat for iGoogle and orkut" rel="nofollow" href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/improved-chat-for-igoogle-and-orkut.html" target="_blank">Orkut chat</a></strong> although that has not yet been well developed. There are also options in which <strong><a title="Video chat from iGoogle" rel="nofollow" href="http://googletalk.blogspot.com/2009/08/video-chat-from-igoogle.html" target="_blank">video chatting</a></strong> and calling options become easily available and you don’t necessarily need to begin a chat to already use these different features. It becomes easier for Gmail users to also apply all such different types of applications and this can easily be done with different ranges of options for chatting and more.</p>
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<div id="attachment_1594" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 403px"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/chat/video" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1594 " title="Video Chatting" src="http://www.todaytechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/video-chatting.gif" alt="" width="393" height="306" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by google.com</p></div>
<p>Other better options and more are also made available when it comes to chatting. All such interesting ideas are being incorporated to get started with the process of getting better types of options when it comes to chatting in iGoogle or <strong><a title="Orkut" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.orkut.com/" target="_blank">Orkut</a></strong>. These features will definitely help all users a whole lot more.</p>
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		<title>New video page adds comments highlight view and ratings improvements</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking into consideration all the user feedback, Youtube.com have come up with a new video page and a preview of these features are available on their official YouTube blog site. According to user feedback, the majority voiced a need for a comments overhaul which should be added to the redesign process. What has been introduced [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Taking into consideration all the user feedback, <strong><a title="Youtube.com" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com" target="_blank">Youtube.com</a></strong> have come up with a new video page and a preview of these features are available on their official YouTube blog site. According to user feedback, the majority voiced a need for a comments overhaul which should be added to the redesign process. What has been introduced is a “<strong>highlights view</strong>” which is a summarization of the top rated comments, uploader comments, video responses and recent comments on a single front page story. There are more details and examples available on the blog site and user comments regarding the new highlights page is welcome.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="500" height="375" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Iiztu3JrxI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="375" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Iiztu3JrxI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>
<p>Improvements have also been made to the like/dislike ratings system. Information regarding the number of people who liked/disliked the video will be made available to you when you like a video. There is also a new housing area called “<strong>Videos I Liked</strong>” where, as the name suggests, you can store all of the videos that your liked. Additionally, “<strong>liking</strong>” a video will no longer add it to your “<strong>favorites</strong>” which you can save separately in different playlists. Among other ways, “<strong>Most Liked</strong>” video is a way to bring to your notice the video that is most popular with users. <strong><a title="YouTube" href="http://www.todaytechnews.com/category/internet/youtube-internet" target="_blank">YouTube</a></strong> welcomes your feedback on their changes so that they can improve it further to the users benefit.</p>
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		<title>Google-Backed Life360 Acquires Lost Item Tagging Service Foundog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life360 is an online service for managing your family’s safety and security. It has recently announced the acquisition of lost item recovery service, Foundog. What this acquisition means is that corporate customers can look forward to a powerful set of next-generation promotional products. The implications of this acquisition can be understood by anyone who has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a title="Life360" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.life360.com/" target="_blank">Life360</a></strong> is an online service for managing your family’s safety and security. It has recently announced the acquisition of lost item recovery service, Foundog. What this acquisition means is that corporate customers can look forward to a powerful set of next-generation promotional products. The implications of this acquisition can be understood by anyone who has an idea of the services of Life360 and <strong><a title="Foundog" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.foundog.com/" target="_blank">Foundog</a></strong>. Life360 is a <strong><a title="Google" href="http://www.todaytechnews.com/category/internet/google" target="_blank">Google</a></strong> and <strong><a title="Facebook" href="http://www.todaytechnews.com/category/internet/facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </strong>backed technology company that was founded post the Katrina calamity with an aim to provide better preparation in cases of emergencies and everyday worries. They offer a full range of security and safety services all in one place for issues such as identity theft protection, medical identification, lost item recovery and family tracking.</p>
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<p>Foundog, on the other hand, is a <strong><a title="Google-Backed Life360 Acquires Lost Item Tagging Service Foundog" rel="nofollow" href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/23/google-backed-life360-acquires-lost-item-tagging-service-foundog/" target="_blank">tagging service</a></strong> uses an “<strong>eTriever</strong>” tag that allows you to track your items. Companies such as IBM, Symantec and HSBC use Foundog’s service in-house. With the acquisition of Foundog by Life360, all users of Foundog’s recovery tags will gain access to a white-label version of Life360’s services for free. This means that they will be protected against identity theft, be able to track family members, monitor sex offenders, recover lost items and also have access to emergency messaging system during times of natural disaster when communication lines are no longer working.</p>
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