Feb 16, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

The Unique Value of Each Social Network

Since the popularity of social networks has grown in the past years, more and more sites launch that claim to be the next revolutionary/unique social networking service you simply NEED to subscribe to. Some of them stick to certain niches, some of them are positioned as broad as FB or Twitter (click here for a full list; I was quite surprised just how many sites there really are that fit the description... read more

Feb 13, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

10 Features Google Buzz is Missing

Since its release this week, I’ve been experimenting with Google Buzz to see how well I could use it for publishing news and infos about articles on GGT. While it is quite nice to play around with at the moment, you will realize immediately that Google Buzz is still missing many things. Right now we are in an early post-release development stage where feedback is gathered in order to refine the... read more

Jan 11, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

Facebook is heading down the wrong path

It’s been a long time since I read an article that caused me to feel as outraged as I do right now. But reading about Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Public is the new “Social Norm”‘ statement I just couldn’t help but feel entirely speechless about how wrong their recent privacy changes are and how atrocious the argumentation behind it is. Actually I’m not someone to... read more

Dec 23, 2009 Posted by Helena@ggt

Ten predictions for 2010 – because “I told you so” is fun!

This post over at ReadWriteWeb had me agreeing, disagreeing and partly wondering “who cares about that in 2010?!”. But instead of going over every single point (the original post is quite long already), I’ll quickly list my very own predictions for 2o10: 1. Browsers won’t fully replace operating systems; not in 2010 – not after that. The reason is simple; while netbooks are... read more