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Yahoo launches Search Pad, the research assistant

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Yahoo! Inc. has released Search Pad beta, a search feature that lets people capture, organize, save and share information they find while researching online. Search Pad provides a new search experience that is especially valuable for people conducting extensive research in categories such as academic, health, jobs, travel, or shopping.

Search Pad simplifies the task of capturing information by automatically recognizing when people are conducting research, and allowing them to easily capture information and websites found in their search results. Once activated, Search Pad automatically saves recent items, including links in one integrated notepad that stays with them as they search. People can edit their notes and then print, save, email, or share their Search Pad documents with family, friends, colleagues or anyone else, eliminating the need for others to do the same research.

The new Yahoo! Search Pad feature will be rolling out initially to people by searching at Yahoo.com in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina.

Aggregated Twitter page for federal government launches

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Nextgov.com has launched a new Web 2.0 tool which aggregates official Twitter feeds from federal government agencies.

Dubbed “The Feed,” Nextgov’s Twitter page pulls together the official Twitter feeds from dozens of federal agencies, allowing readers to monitor government activities in real time by visiting a single web page at www.nextgov.com/thefeed.

Visitors to The Feed can opt to see all federal tweets in one place or they can select to see only certain categories of tweets, including business and finance, defense and diplomacy, law enforcement, government at work, and the White House.

TinyMassive.com releases Twitter app for lowest product pricing

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TinyMassive.com, a social comparison shopping engine catering to quick click shoppers, has launched the first Twitter application to find lowest product pricing. The integrated feature allows users to “tweet” their product search directly to @TinyMassive, the company’s Twitter account. Consumers will receive a reply tweet in under thirty seconds identifying the lowest price available for the product and the link to purchase. One tweet shopping will save consumers money and time.

TinyMassive.com’s social comparison shopping engine integrates and leverages other Web 2.0 opportunities including Facebook Connect and Help Me Choose. Its Twitter application is the first and only to allow one tweet shopping.

Meebo delivers new features for increase user engagement

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Meebo has announced a major product update to its social communications technology. With the addition of multi-network IM access, users can now interact across all of the social graphs that matter individually to them, bringing their friends from major social networks, gaming sites, and IM buddy lists directly into Meebo’s partner sites. Users can further engage with this expanded network by seamlessly sharing content via a new and intuitive sharing interface. Content sites interested in increasing the volume of content sharing, but without their own social graph, can use the multi-network IM feature to expand their reach and drive social interactions.

Partners are expected to benefit from increased social engagement and faster growth through sharing features that let users instantly send links to any of their friends.

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RedGage launches new service that pays for online content and activity

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RedGage, a new website that pays people for their online content and monetizes their social activity, announced the launch of its public beta. RedGage is a centralized hub where users can earn money for content they create – as well as past activity – on sites like Flickr, Blogger, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The site aggregates content automatically from popular websites and pays users a dollar value based on the quality of their work, which is measured by page views and popularity.

For those managing several social media accounts, RedGage provides a one-stop destination that will automatically import their new content, so no manual work is required to earn money. Users can create a centralized web identity and a comprehensive portfolio of content that can be searched by them, their friends and others.

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