Facebook used to find blood donors in emergencies
Socialblood uses Facebook to connect people of the same blood group, facilitating blood donations in emergency situations.
Hospitals around the world depend on blood donors for the treatment of patients in emergency situations, as well as for the treatment of patients with ongoing conditions. Some blood types, however, are less common than others, making it harder to find matches. Now in India, Socialbloodis taking advantage of Facebook to connect people of the same blood group, facilitating blood donations in emergency situations.Socialblood was launched this summer by 22-year-old founder Karthik Naralasetty... Read The Rest →Farewell Google Wave
Google has outlined the plan for the shut down of Google Wave, here’s whats going happen:
Stage 1: Google Wave is read-only — January 31, 2012
In this stage, you will no longer be able to create or edit waves. Marking a wave as read will also not be saved.
Robots that try to write to a wave will stop functioning.
During this time, you will continue to be able to export your waves using the existing PDF export feature. You’ll still be able to read existing waves and access the Google... Read The Rest →
Social media platform provides dog-sitting service
We’ve recently featured several luxury hotel concepts that cater for pampered pooches, but now Stayhound in the US is offering a less costly alternative, by matching vacationing dog owners with available local pet sitters via Facebook.
Stayhound was founded by a team of dog lovers who wanted assurance that they could leave their pets in safe and caring hands during any lengthy trips. Currently only available in Portland, the concept aims to connect pets with loving families and promote responsible pet ownership. Stayhound requires that all users log in... Read The Rest →
