http://www.gripfactor.com/blog Get a grip on social networking/media/marketing and various other topics of interest. Thu, 07 May 2009 22:24:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en     ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/05/media-advisory-trust-for-the-national-mall-host-annual-luncheon-to-raise-1-million-for-restoration-efforts/ Are you serious? The trending topic on Twitter for hours now has been #herebeforeoprah. Someone took the time to create the most simplistic website ever as if it were a basic html class assignment, http://herebeforeoprah.com/. There is no info on why this was started but it has managed to make the ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/04/here-before-oprah-twitter-trending/ via tweettweet.me Twitter is growing exponentially these days and becoming a social networking platform of choice. One downfall with the microblogging site is the lack of built-in features that would make the user experience more rewarding. Over the last few weeks there have ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/04/get-your-twitter-app-fix-with-tweettweetme/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="155" caption="reQall "][/caption] The memory and task list application, reQall, announced upgrades and a Pro version! The application can be used on iPhone and Blackberry, on the web, using Google Chat and even incorporates visual aids to help you manage your tasks and life lists. I have found ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/04/reqall-announces-new-pro-version-and-upgrades/ New Twitter client in alpha/beta stage! Blogger of Juxie TechKnow has taken on the Twitter API and uses javascript via Google Gears and jQuery and aims to jump in the ring to manage multiple accounts. Check out the blog post for Tweetbox. You can follow ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/04/new-twitter-app-juixe-tweetbox-01/ Losing a child at such a young age can leave a person with no words to express the grief. On April 7, 2009, 17-month0ld Madeline Alice Spohr unexpectedly lost her life and nothing but love has come to the parents, Mike and Heather Spohr. Please take a minute and visit ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/04/the-loss-of-a-17-month-old-child-maddie/ In a time of financial distress and economic downturn everyone around the world is feeling the changes to lifestyle. This month 12for12k.org teams with MomItForward.com to bring opportunities to Kenya through Yehu.org. Rather than just give money at a fundraiser or spend a few hours volunteering at a community, these ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/04/12for12k-with-mom-it-forward-and-yehu-microfinance/ If you are into being "green" check out the Blackle search engine. Heap Media has provided a way to use a black background and the Google search engine in hopes to save energy by using less watts while searching. They also have other products including spam free email ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/03/search-in-blackle-to-save-energy/ Mozilla has opened the flood gates for testing Firefox 3.1 Beta 3! It was great finding out about it via Twitter (@mozillafirefox and @firefoxbeta). Its Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Test day so I'm off to run those tests and hope to get it up before the time ends! ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/03/firefox-31-beta-3-open-for-testing/ via likaholix.com New recommendation site, Likaholix, is now up and shelling out 3000 invites to test in private beta. Let's see if the Beat Knut can get in and share what's happening. It appears to work like Delicious, Friendfeed, StumbleUpon, Bit.ly and Twitter all mashed up with options. Let's ... http://www.gripfactor.com/blog/2009/03/recommend-with-likaholix-now-in-beta/