CRUSH – Bringing you the latest in social media news in four minutes or less. Become a fan on Facebook and get your daily crush at www.commonsensenms.com Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the massive lines outside the Apple store have been for the much anticipated, release of the iPad. With [...]

Why Google Needs Buzz – Kevin Rose If you haven’t heard about Google Buzz yet then it is time to learn what and how you can use it. Watch this video from google: YouTube – Google Buzz Start conversations about the things you find interesting. Share updates, photos, videos, and more. Check out Joel Comm’s [...]

Google PageRank December 31st marked the day where Google updated the PageRank numbers for websites and blogs. A PageRank is a metric measuring tool created by Google to measure reputation and importance content.  The last PageRank update occurred on September 2008 and usually occurs every 2-3 month intervals.  A wiki of PageRank can be found [...]

      Google Friend Connect Earlier this week on December 15th 2008, Google’s Official Blog wrote a post on how Twitter was integrated with Google Friend Connect service.  This allows Twitter users now to sign in and join in with this social networking service by using Twitter Ids now so you tweet about the [...]

  Google Friend Connect officially launched in May 12, 2008 [via Google Press Center] Google Friend Connect is in BETA stage at the moment and requires people to register to be white-listed to use the service.  Since my blog is fairly new anyways I figured I give it a shot and find out if this [...]

  Gmail New Video Chat about If you haven’t noticed already, check your Gmail account and you will notice at the top of your screen is a new feature called video chat. Video chat is a plug-in you install when signed into Gmail.  In the Chat section of your Gmail, select the contact you want [...]