Social Computing Group Blog » community http://socialcomp.com/blog Glimpses of Our Hive Mind Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:57:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Is group texting the next big thing in m… http://socialcomp.com/blog/760 http://socialcomp.com/blog/760#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:07:48 +0000 Steve http://socialcomp.com/blog/760 Is group texting the next big thing in mobile apps?

A number of companies have recently released free mobile apps that make it possible to send text messages between a small closed group of people. Group texting provides the same utility as a chat room, but via SMS. A text sent by any one group member is received by all other members. While the apps have more functionality on a smartphone, each program still works on any phone with texting capabilities. An added bonus: You can also initiate voice-based conference calls between your group members. Two apps we’re hearing a lot about are Fast Society and GroupMe.

]]> http://socialcomp.com/blog/760/feed 1 Hashtags let Twitter users pull together … http://socialcomp.com/blog/156 http://socialcomp.com/blog/156#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:08:20 +0000 Jason http://socialcomp.com/blog/156 Hashtags let Twitter users pull together a stream of conversation on a particular subject. Nice sparkline showing activity, too. For example, here’s the stream for the Web 2.0 Summit. http://hashtags.org/tag/web20summit/

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