Fox's Fringe "Twitter on TV" Experiment Irks Fans

"Last week we reported on what sounded like a cool experiment to mix social media with television. Fox's idea of "tweet-peats" would combine reruns of popular new shows Fringe and Glee, with producers and members of the cast tweeting their show commentary as the episodes rolled.

Unfortunately, the promising experiment went off the rails because of the implementation. Zatz Not Funny caught a screengrab of the resulting interface (shown at right), with the TwitterTwitterTwitter commentary showing up smack on top of the lower third of the screen, obscuring the action of the show (and Anna Torv’s face! Oh the humanity)."

Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

HOW TO: Use Twitter’s Advanced Search Features

"There’s an astonishing amount of information to be gleaned from mining the amazing real-time stream of information Twitter (Twitter) provides. Twitter search (tweetzi Twitter Search) is an extremely powerful way of turning up some of those answers. Even using only plain text queries can turn up lots of valuable information about what people are talking about right now.

But you can go even deeper than plain text queries. They’re not too well publicized, so it’s all too easy to forget they even exist. We wanted to jog your memories and highlight a few of the cool advanced operators that can help you turn up sometimes surprising results."

HOW TO: Use Twitter’s Advanced Search Features

GGG/AI Helps Those Affected by Southeastern Flooding

Goodman-Gable-Gould/Adjusters International (GGG/AI) is in the Southeastern United States assisting business owners who have suffered property damage due to the recent flooding. Our Disaster Recovery Consulting Division successfully guides municipalities, businesses, organizations and eligible non-profits in securing FEMA funding to rebuild their facilities and restore operations after a disaster.

GGG/AI Helps Those Affected by Southeastern Flooding

7 Ways to Customize Your Google Search Results Page | Search Engine Journal

For some Google's simplistic interface is its best advantage. Others may think it is too boring. This post looks at some ways to beatify Google search as well as give it more visualizing and entertaining features:

1. Google Preview

GooglePreview is a FireFox addon that adds a thumbnail of each page within Google SERPs:



Similar addon: Better Search

2. Google Icons

Google Icon add the favicon next to each search result (if available) in Google SERPs.

Icons make it easier to recognize your favorite websites and breathe more life into that dull search page.

Similar addon: Faviconiac

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