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There’s a new trend in social networking, coined ambient social networking by this year’s South by Southwest conference. It’s been in the works with new technology, gadgets and social networks coming out every day. Read More

Finally, Facebook Timeline is coming for Pages. By March 30, all businesses on Facebook will have to switch their pages over to Facebook Timeline. Many brands have started to do so this week, including Coca-Cola, Starbucks and Red Bull. Timeline is a huge change for Facebook, so as a small business Read More

Yesterday’s travelers were limited to travel agencies, books, brochures and traditional word of mouth for travel advice. Now the entire world is available at your fingertips through websites, online travel agencies and social networks. New social travel sites are popping up every day with different Read More

Review sites and social media are tools that all travelers use when looking for hotels to stay in. They are becoming extremely important in today’s travel industry, especially now that OTAs like Kayak are starting to integrate TripAdvisor reviews directly into their searches. In this high-tech worl Read More

Google+ gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “hanging out” with its video Hangout feature. It takes chatting online to a whole new level by allowing for spontaneous face-to-face online gatherings. Any Google+ user can start a Hangout with up to 10 other users for any length of time for free. Read More

Very soon Facebook users (which, let’s face it, is just about everyone) will no longer be able to ignore Facebook Timeline. The new format will be rolling out by February 1 to all users. And with it, comes around 60 new lifestyle applications, with three familiar names in the travel world: TripAdvi Read More

In the age of micro-blogging social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, is blogging still an effective way for hotels to reach out to guests? Absolutely. Although tweets and posts are a great way to instantly connect, blogging is an essential tool for story-telling. Read More

Blog comments suffer from a bad reputation nowadays, with many popular blogs disabling them all together.Comments are often a space for spam, trolls and cyber-bulling, all of which are a pain for bloggers to moderate. However, comments themselves are visible evidence that people are actually readi Read More

Move over, Facebook, Digg and Reddit. There is a new social bookmarking website growing fast in popularity over the last four months—Pinterest. The company has exploded from 1.2 million users in August 2011 to over 4 million in December 2011. During one week in December, the site received over 11 m Read More

Sharing pictures and videos on Twitter has always been a clunky process. Apps like Twitpic and Twitvid make the process simple by allowing video uploads through cell phones available instantly to share on Twitter. No doubt you have visited these sites briefly while browsing through Twitter. Twitvid Read More