http://helzerman.com/oddbits Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:19:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sunnyvale, CA -based Yahoo! has launched a new site to rally its audience of some 600 million people into random acts of kindness.  Timed to coincide with major holidays in December, the site encourages users to post activities, such as volunteering at a homeless shelter or helping an elderly neighbor.  ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1518 Everyone has their own must have list of iPhone Apps. Here's mine. What's yours? Communication: 1. BeeJive: (Based in San Francisco) This multi-client instant messenger isn't free. At $9.99 it's more than most (if not all?) other iPhone instant message clients ...but it's worth it. The ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1477 Cupertino, CA based social site, Tokoni, is reaching out to businesses and organizations with a new set of offerings designed to help brands connect with the community through shared experiences.   The company, founded in 2007 by two ex-eBay employees, has been operating with simple mission:  provide a platform where people can ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1473 Just today, there were stories on the news about H1N1 Virus outbreaks at colleges during the first week of classes.  One school even set up a 'quarantine dorm'.  Tales like this can feed fear, talk, and misinformation.   Those wanting to know what's really happening, should check out an influenza research ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1469 Those who left Yahoo! Messenger in favor of other platforms or aggregate clients such as Digsby (PC),  Adium (Mac), or Beejive (iPhone) may want to take another look at the native Yahoo! Messanger client.  Recently the company upgraded the IM service with several new features on both its desktop and ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1467 Ashton Kutcher has a page on iGoogle.  So do Ryan Seacrest, Tina Sharkey, Vint Cerf, Wyclef Jean, and, of course, Al Gore.  But.. do we care? Today, Google announced the iGoogle Showcase (http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/help/ig/showcase/).  Users familiar with iGoogle know it's a free service allowing one to share content on a personal home ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1461 Today, San Francisco based BuzzLogic launched its Conversational Advertising Dashboard - an easy to use tool designed to make media buying simple across a complex social media landscape. With ad budgets shrinking and the demand for quick, provable results higher than ever, advertisers are under the gun to get ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1454 This is very cool and something we're likely to see more of.  High tech publication, The Register, has recently started offering a series of free webcasts on its website, theregister.co.uk.  While webcasts are nothing new, tech sites post things like gadget reviews all the time, what sets this series apart ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1450 Twitter users are receiving direct messages (DMs) saying, "hey! check out this funny blog about you..." along with a link to blogspot.com. This simply a ploy to get information -in this case your Twitter user name and password. There is no funny blog about you. Twitter users who receive ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1437 AOL Stalker - In 2006 AOL accidentally released private search data from its users setting off a wave of controversy around how search companies such as AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google store and use data. Today Microsoft keeps personally identifiable information (a user's IP address) for 18 months. ... http://helzerman.com/oddbits/1417