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It wasn’t all that long ago that Digg captured our collective imagination. In fact, even last year Google thought it was important enough to seriously consider buying Digg, only to back out at the last minute. Digg was the future of news. It was crowdsourced, democratic editorial. The masses decided what was news, not some 50 year old guy in a skyscraper in New York, who secretly hated the Internet. Read More

Currently, if you want to share a Pandora station or song with a friend, you have to email it to them. Last time I checked, this isn’t 1994. Tonight, Pandora is joining the 21st century with the addition of simple ways to share stations and songs on Twitter and Facebook. And it’s further emphasizing a feature that no one seems to realize exists: Gifting Pandora stations. Read More

A number of services have taken off that make it easy to share pictures via Twitter. A number of iPhone apps also build in this functionality. There are so some that do the same for video now. But audio recording has yet to really take off on the platform, and Cinch, a new service from BlogTalkRadio, hopes to change that, and extend it to Facebook and the web too. Read More

Taking a cue from Twitter, Facebook is making Web server technology open source to encourage developers to create applications for the service, reports Computerworld. Read More

A few minutes ago we published a post about Facebook’s new Desktop Notifications app for Mac — a very slick desktop client that lets you monitor your Facebook notifications from your Mac desktop. We’ve been poking around the app’s page a bit more, and we may have stumbled upon something even more exciting: a directory of Prototype Facebook apps. You’ll notice that the page includes an option to “Browse More Prototypes”, which currently leads to a blank page. Read More

If you’re on a Mac and you use Facebook frequently, you’re going to love this. We’ve stumbled across a new experimental application being developed in-house at Facebook that’s called “Desktop Notifications“. It’s exactly what it sounds like — the application sits in your menubar at the top of the screen, giving you easy access to your News Feed, recent Wall Posts, and messages. It appears that the application is open for anyone to download (though it’s only got a few dozen fans so far) but note that Facebook is clearly labeling this as a prototype and experimental, so don’t expect any support if something gets messed up. Read More

Salesforce.com is revamping its Service Cloud customer-service applications to include ways to provide service besides traditional call centers, reports v3.co.uk. Read More

If you want to tweet about your favorite National Football League team, don’t go anywhere near an NFL stadium this season. On gameday, pretty much anyone involved with the production of an NFL game is banned from using social networks before, during and after the game. This policy is directed at players, coaches, officials and the media, but if I were a fan, I might be careful, too. Read More

ITManagerToolkits.com has uploaded a Social Networking Policy PowerPoint to the Knowledge Network. This electronic presentation explains what should be included in a social media policy specifically addressing Facebook, Twitter and blogging. Read More