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Last call for Open Web Awards nominations

by Brad Linder Dec 4th 2007

Open Web AwardsWe just wanted to remind you that today is your last chance to enter nominations for the Open Web Awards. This is the first annual collaborative awards event honoring the best social networking services.

We're asking readers to choose their favorite companies in five categories:
  1. Mainstream and Large Scale Networks
  2. Applications and Widgets
  3. Start Pages
  4. Mobile
  5. Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
Please choose just one company or web site per category and leave a comment on our nominations page. All entries must be received by 3:00PM EST today. Around 30 blogs are participating in the Open Web Awards, which are sponsored by Mashable. Your nominations will be thrown into the larger pool and soon we'll start the voting rounds.

Tags: awards, mashable, open-web-awards, social-networking

Filed under: Weekend Review

Download Squad Week in Review

by Brad Linder Dec 1st 2007

logoIf you've spent the last week looking up good recipes for leftover turkey, here are a few of the yummy stories you may have missed on Download Squad.

Google removes thousands of malware sites

Google has removed more than 40,000 sites from its index. This is a good thing, because many of those sites were pretending to offer useful information and instead viciously attacking your computer. Keep in mind, those sites are still out there, it's just that Google has removed them from its index, which hopefully means you're less likely to find them accidentally. But make sure you always download the latest security updates for your computer and web browser.

What's your favorite program launcher? - Ask DLS

Launcy, Rocket Dock, Object Dock, FARR, Quicksilver, and SlickRun are just a few of the excellent program launchers Download Squad readers use. If you're looking for the fastest way to launch applications on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer, make sure to check out the recommendations in the comment section of this post. We're always amazed at the wealth of knowledge our readers possess.

The Squadcast #04 - How to be social

Everything you ever wanted to know about social networking and more. This week Grant and Christina teach you how to make friends and influence people with help from Facebook and Insomnia Radio's Jason Evangelho.

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Filed under: Social Software

Open Web Awards reminder: Nominate your favorite social networking sites

by Brad Linder Nov 30th 2007

Open Web AwardsDon't forget, we're now accepting nominations for the Open Web Awards!

This is the first annual multi-blog awards event focused on social networking sites. The contest is sponsored by Mashable, who will be holding an award ceremony in San Francisco in December.

We'll have a few voting rounds coming up in the coming weeks, but round one is a call for nominations. We're asking you to come up with a list of your favorite companies in 5 categories:
  1. Mainstream and Large Scale Networks
  2. Applications and Widgets
  3. Start Pages
  4. Mobile
  5. Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
For complete details, see our nomination page and vote in the comments on that page. If you want your vote to count, please post it on the nomination page, not this page. All entries must be received by Tuesday.

Tags: open-web-awards, social-networking

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Filed under: Social Software

Open Web Awards: Call for nominations

by Brad Linder Nov 29th 2007

Open Web AwardsDownload Squad is pleased to announce that we're participating in the Open Web Awards. What that means is you, our dear readers, get to participate in the first ever interblog collaborative award event designed to recognize excellence in the social networking world. The Open Web Awards are the brainchild of the folks over at Mashable, and about 30 blogs are participating.

Over the next few weeks, we'll have voting rounds in several different categories. But today we're going to give you a list of categories and call for your nominations. To nominate a company or website, just leave a comment with the business name and the corresponding category. For example, if you want to nominate Hi5 in the Mainstream and Large Scale Networks category, just say so. That's all there is to it. Once we've got all the nominations in we'll add your votes to those gathered from other web sites and let you vote on the top companies in each category.

Here are the categories:
  1. Mainstream and Large Scale Networks
  2. Applications and Widgets
  3. Start Pages
  4. Mobile
  5. Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
Feel free to interpret these categories however you like. You can nominate a company in just one category or in all five. Please just make one selection per category. Now go forth and nominate.

Tags: open-web-awards, social-networking, social-networks

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