Social

Flavors.me Is a Simple and Elegant Personal Portal [Personal Promotion]

If you're looking to set up an elegant portal for your online identity that brings together social networks and other aspects of your online presence, Flavors.me is as simple and easy to use as it gets.Photo by Tyson.

LocalWineEvents Indexes Wine Tasting Tours and Dinners [Wine]

If you're looking for a place to taste a variety of wines and even wine and food pairings, you'll want to check out LocalWineEvents to find local wine tasting events and meals.

Facebook Adds Privacy Controls for Applications [Privacy]

You can fine-tune who can see virtually every aspect of what you do on Facebook, except what you share via Facebook applications—until now, that is. The Facebook Blog announced new privacy controls for applications that allow you to determine who can see content you post via Facebook applications. Does this mean really good friends can kill FarmVille updates before you have to?

Which Social Network Is Right For You? [Lifehacker Explains]

Between Twitter, Facebook, and Google's new social networking tool, Buzz, it's hard to turn a corner without running into another social network. But how do you know which networking tool fits you best? We're here—with big charts and all—to help.

How to Add Facebook Chat to Your IM Client [Facebook]

Facebook may have partnered with AIM to bring chat to your desktop, but if you're not a fan of the official AIM client, there's now an easy way to get Facebook Chat in the IM client of your choice.

Google Buzz: Love It or Hate It? [Snap Judgment]

When Google launched Buzz yesterday, a lot of you were left wondering, What is Google Buzz? Now that it's been rolled out more widely—and you've had a chance to give it a spin—we want to know what you think.

AIM Integrates Facebook Chat, Status Updates [Facebook]

Not to be left out of the Let's Connect Everything Social party, Facebook and AOL's Instant Messenger announced a beta release of AIM, for Windows, Mac, and in a web client, that can operate on Facebook's chat system, pull and post to and from Facebook status updates, and otherwise integrate your instant messaging with your profile.

Google Adding Social Feature to Gmail? [Rumors]

Google may unveil a new social feature to Gmail as early as this week, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Jelli Brings User-Driven Content to Online Radio [Radio]

Many online music services allow you to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to songs that you enjoy or don't enjoy listening to. Jelli, however, leverages the thousands of votes logged by its users to build a better radio experience.

Know What Your Email Address Says About You [What You Said]

Earlier this week we asked you what your email prejudices were. We dug through the comments, and now we're back to highlight how you feel about certain email addresses and what they say about the people who use them.

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