Voice-to-Tweet service launched by Google to help people in Egypt.
Google, Twitter, and SayNow (recently purchased by Google) worked hard this weekend to create a service where voicemails translate into Tweets. By calling and leaving a voicemail on one of three international phone numbers: +16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855, Google and Twitter made tweeting easier for people in Egypt without any Internet connection.
Facebook is about to launch a Third-Party Commenting Platform.
Since Monday afternoon, people close to the matter have reported that Facebook is in talks to create a third-party commenting platform. This move comes to compete against Disqus and other third-party services and will include such features as:
- Users can access the commenting platform by logging in through Twitter & Facebook
- Comments are threaded, and can be “Liked.”
- A Facebook page and a publisher’s site will become one/synced. A comment made on either the site or the Facebook page will appear on the other and vice-versa.
Foursquare University Badges Available to All Universities.
“Foursquare for Universities” program is officially now available to all universities and colleges across the globe. As a Harvard initiative, FSQR began this program in order to bring students and professors together as well as help families and new students find their way around campus. As the pictures below represent, the new badges include:
- Bookworm Bender – Checking into a library after midnight
- Smells Like School Spirit – Five Checkins to a sports venue
- Quad Squatter – 10 Checkins at a common area
- Munchies – Checkins at five different campus dining areas
- College Explorer – Checkins to any 10 different campus locations
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