I really like the new Google Search Options (as noted by Matt Cutts reporting on the Searchology press event this week). VentureBeat and others also covered the event in detail. I’ve only focussed on the search options in this post. Now in your Search results, there’s a bunch of additional filtering...

I’ve been intrigued by the whole URL shortener explosion. Every man and his network has a shortener these days . Although they’ve been around for years (tinyurl for example), the reason for the rise in popularity is undoubtedly Twitter with its need for brevity. So much so that some are getting...

I’m predicting that Protected Updates are going to be the next big Twitter trend. Why? Because the mad rush for maximum followers has run its course. And people are now realising that having thousands (or even millions) of followers is next to useless (except of course for the psychological reasons)....

I really like the custom tags idea that Microsoft is enabling via their Microsoft Tag technology. The idea is that you can take the same concept as the original Microsoft Tags and overlay them on pictures. You can also replace the triangles with dots. The result is a whole new set of marketing opportunities...

In the race to drum up a following on Twitter, people are using all kinds of silly tactics. The latest one I’m seeing is the fake #followfriday thank you tweets. Basically you send an @reply to a bunch of people (that probably don’t even follow you) thanking them for recommending you as part of the...