In this episode, we give you a review of

Whiteboard Lite: Collaborative Drawing

. This

free iPhone application

allows you to collaborate with others on artwork via a virtual whiteboard. Changes made on one phone's app are reflected on the other surprisingly quickly.

We take 60 seconds to show you

8,500 Drink Recipes for Android

. That might sound like a lot, but considering that number includes

drink-making instructions

for both

alcoholic and virgin cocktails

(as well as several that contain Tabasco sauce) you're bound to find a few that you love (or hate).

You can

sync your Facebook account

with your

Android handset

so that you can get all of your

friends' contact information, pictures

and more. We'll show you how to

set up your Facebook sync

through the

Android settings

in this tutorial.

In order to

download new apps

for your

Windows Phone 7 device

you'll need to go into the Marketplace. In this episode, we'll show you

how to use Marketplace

and how to

download apps to the HTC HD7

running Windows Phone 7.

Cooks Source came out a big loser in its efforts to single-handedly change copyright law on the Web... or at least to single-handedly ignore copyright on the Web. The small magazine found itself on the wrong side of an online uprising and has since closed its doors. Jay Goldman explains what went wrong how the company should have responded.

Don't do social for the sake of social. If you've already thought it through and social is the right fit for your campaign, Jay has some great tips for creating an effective social media campaign and strategy. It all starts with metrics; hard numbers that you can measure your success with.

Everyone using social media has a motive. Whether it's pushing a product or service, keeping in touch with friends and family or promoting a band, company or personal brand. What separates social media socialites from bad is a little thing called etiquette. Jay Goldman explains how to push your product, service or self without annoying all and sundry in the process.

Ping was an exciting announcement. Sharing our music and media preferences with our own network of friends and family? Sign us up! While uptake of Ping has been pretty good thus far, it's not the free for all social media model you may be expecting. As Jay Goldman explains, Ping is what you get when a tight-on-the-reigns company like Apple decides to dip its toes into the social networking waters. It works, but the restrictions, rules and regulations may prove too big a turn off for savvy online socialites.

Flavors.me is an online go-to spot for all your social feeds. Share your Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, YouTube, LinkedIn, Etsy, Foursquare among other feeds. A free account allows you to link up to four services. A $20 annual fee lets you link as many services as you like, point from your own domain, change the layout and more.

When you're

using Facebook

, you may want a second opinion as to whether your

privacy settings

are really secure. Fortunately, there is a site called

ReclaimPrivacy.org

that will do exactly that and tell you the results of its

Facebook privacy scan

. It's a great feature that's free of charge.

If you've been

using Facebook

, you've undoubtedly noticed the ads on the site. There is an option in your

privacy settings

that can either allow or prevent your information from being used in ads directed at your friends. If you want to

protect your Facebook privacy settings

, follow along with the steps this episode.

There is a way to

protect your private information

from applications when

using Facebook

. It might take a little bit of time, but by going through your

Facebook application settings

you'll have your

privacy protected

in no time.

If you've

installed applications

when you're

using Facebook

then you may be unaware that you've been

sharing information with those applications

. That includes all of your

profile information

that you might have thought was private. We'll tell you more in this tutorial.

If you've been

using Facebook

for a long time, you may have occasionally considered

deleting your account

. However, the option to

deactivate your account

is much easier to find, and is much less permanent. We'll show you

how to delete your Facebook account

as well as how to simply deactivate it in this tutorial.

If you are concerned about your

Facebook privacy settings

then we have a great trick you can use to

check your privacy settings

. First you'll have to log out of your profile then just follow these steps to

view your profile

as others see it. Then you can log back in to

change your privacy settings

as you see fit.

While you are

using Facebook

, you may find fan pages scattered about. Similarly, you may also

find community pages

. These community pages are generally about topics or events and have been created by members of the

Facebook community

. You can even

create a community page

yourself for other members of Facebook to view and comment on.

In the previous episode, we gave you an

introduction to social plugins

. In this episode, we'll tell you

how to use social plugins

while

using Facebook

. They are a great way to

share interests with friends

or

give your friends advice

about businesses and services.

Facebook has a number of

social plugins

available for users that like

sharing with friends over Facebook

. There are social plugins for news, entertainment, sports and more, with more plugins arriving all the time. We'll show you

what social plugins are

and what they can do for you when you're

using Facebook

.

If you want to

create events using Facebook

, you'll be pleased to learn that it's easy to do.

Creating events

using Facebook

also gives you plenty of options like the ability to

invite friends through Facebook

or

invite friends through email

, and you can even control the

privacy settings

of who can view or RSVP.

The Motorola BACKFLIP is the first phone we've seen that features a back-mounted touch panel for on-screen navigation. Running Android 1.5 and Motorola's own MotoBLUR social interface with a full QWERTY keyboard and a capacitive touchscreen in a unique backflipping package.

Have some last minute edits to make to your photos before you publish them online or share them with friends? Don't have time to download and install software to your computer? Stacy Reed shares five of her favorite

free online photo editing services

that integrate well with third party sites like photo galleries and social networks.

If you have your own site, it pays to get as many eyeballs to glance upon your homepage as possible. Digg makes it easy to leverage the power of its user community by offering Digg This buttons and applets that you can easily drop onto your site. This is the easiest way to

get your site to appear on Digg

... provided you have something Digg-worthy to offer.

Part of the joy of Digg comes in finding a cool URL before anyone else gets a chance to post it to the site. If it then catches fire and finds its way to the top of the homepage, you'll have experienced Digg nirvana. Using simple tools provided by Digg, you can easily check the Digg status of any site or page you visit.

Online friends are great and all, but you'll want to connect to your real-life friends who are already using Digg. This way, you can find out what they're Digging, learn about Diggs they share and perhaps even find out what the next topic of conversation will be when next you meet up for a pint after work.

As with anything online, it's important to

understand privacy settings in Digg

. You can

set your Digg profile to private

or opt to only share information with friends and more.

Comments are too often the great morass of the web. The Digg does a little better than most sites though as the good comments tend to get "dugg" and float to the top and there's less of the "OMG EPIC!!!1!" type comments, thankfully. Add your voice to the mix and

get dugg

by commenting on Digg postings.

Digg works because the community shares stories it finds funny, interesting, outlandish, controversial and any number of other descriptors. Add your voice to Digg by sharing the stuff you find. You never know, you might even

crack the Digg homepage

.

The Digg homepage is full of content the "diggnation" feels is interesting. You can customize Digg to your liking though by setting your personal media and topic preferences. See more of the Diggs you dig and less of the Diggs you don't.

To connect to the Digg community, share a little about yourself.

Understanding Digg

is simple; the more you use the site, the more info will accumulate in your profile - which stories you've dugg or buried, pages you've submitted and so on. You can also choose to

share personal information on Digg

.

To truly

understand Digg

, you need to log in often to keep abreast of what's trending today. Web sites clamour to

get dugg

and the front page of Digg changes fast and changes often.

Google Buzz, the new

social-networking

feature from Google, is available on all Android phones. It's quick, easy-to-use, and we'll give you a quick overview.

Digg is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to social news aggregation. Perhaps you've checked it out but want to understand

how to use Digg

before diving in head-long. Perhaps you're looking for how to

get dugg

or just for a deeper

understanding of Digg

. This

video tutorial series

delivers the goods on Digg.

Log in to your Yelp account settings to manage what email you receive and how often, to add or manage saved locations, check your friend invites and even

share your Yelp info on Facebook or Twitter

.

Whether you're looking for a way to

manage and synchronize your favorite bookmarks

across multiple browsers or computers or you're just looking for new recommendations based on your interests, a

social bookmarking

site might be the solution you're looking for. Stacy Reed shows us five popular tried-and-true favorites.

Stacy Reed takes a look at five of her favorite

social recipe sites

in this episode of The Sweet Stuff: Web Watch. Need

tips for preparing the perfect Thanksgiving turkey

or side? Want to make a great dessert that'll have everyone thinking you're a domestic god or goddess? Take a look at these

five great recipe sites

.

If you're on Twitter you might be curious about your Twitter network as a whole. Who talks to who? What things are being talked about most today? There are dozens of sites around the Web that can give you unique ways to look at your Twitter network and Twitter itself.

WebbChange is a social media site cum stock market. Users vote up their favorite sites by throwing them Webbchange. The site is free and is currently in beta. Jay Goldman sits down with Travis Russell to get the scoop on this latest social media concept.

Have you ever wondered where your connected friends get all the weird and funny pictures, crazy videos, hilarious jokes? How they seem to find the most interesting stuff on the web? Chances are good they're dedicated "Stumblers," using StumbleUpon to channel-surf the web, finding all sorts of cool stuff in the process.

Facebook has been talking about change. Changing its Terms of Service, changing the role of users and changing its look. Well, at the look has certainly changed...
The new look of Facebook is designed to be easier-to-use and more friendly. Some users apparently don't like the change, but you be the judge.

With Flickr you can see photos from around the world. The World Map lets you see exactly where those pictures were taken. It's like a vacation from your computer chair!
You can also tag your own photos and place them on a map: perfect for adding reference to your vacation photos.

Molly McDonald, AKA DemoGirl, delves deeper into Flickr using the profile tabs and demonstrates how to find and found groups, connect with your friends as well as see some of the interesting Flickr features that are available once you get bitten by the Flickr bug.

Sometimes you have to pay to play. While LinkedIn is free to use in its basic form and the basic service is enough for most users, there are some advanced features that can only be unlocked by paying up. These advanced features are of most use to people who use LinkedIn a lot professionally, for networking.

With LinkedIn you can change the kind of information your profile shares with your network, with personal contacts and with the community at large. You can set certain elements of your profile private and change the kind of LinkedIn notifications you want to receive in your email inbox.

Applications let you do more with your LinkedIn profile. However, far from the flashy and often silly themes, games and so on of other social networks, LinkedIn apps all serve some business purpose. You can share presentation files with contacts, post polls and manage important files all through LinkedIn using these applications.

LinkedIn is not just another social networking site. In fact, its express purpose is to bring colleagues, partners and friends together to network for mutual benefit. There are no wall posts, flashy themes, spinning text etc. LinkedIn is all about helping its users make valuable business and personal connections online.

You probably have hundreds of hours of video and music and thousands of photos on your computer. Meet Boxee. It grabs data for your movies and music to give you DVD covers, subtitles, reviews, lyrics and more. Connect with friends over Boxee to give them movie and music recommendations.

With Jott's link function you can post on WordPress, tweet on Twitter, add events to your Google Calendar and lots more right from your phone using just your voice.

Your personal homepage on Twitter has a pretty simple layout. However, there's a lot more to this service than meets the eye. We'll help you crack the layout by examining the unique features of the layout by learning how to navigate through the different options.

YouTube is an online service that gives you a place to store and share all of the videos that you've created. Aside from just giving you a place to store your videos, it also allows you to watch other videos that members of the YouTube community have created. If you choose to make your videos public then people can watch your videos too.
You can watch videos without signing up but in order to participate in the community and upload your own videos, you'll want to create an account.

Digg came out of nowhere to demonstrate the massive power of user communities online. Digg can make or break a web site. Molly McDonald explains

how to use Digg

, gives solid pointers to help us

understand Digg

and even

how to get "dugg"

. From

privacy settings in Digg

to

finding your friends on Digg

and even

how to add a Digg This button to your site or blog

.

If you're a frequent

Facebook user

then you'll want to watch each of these 10 episodes, plus the bonus! We go over

Facebook community features

, how they affect your

personal privacy settings

, how to

prevent applications from accessing your information

and more! Stick around for each of the episodes and

protect your privacy

!

Host: Jay Goldman

Jay Goldman brings his social media expertise to bear in Status Update. Starting off with the basics of social media, Status Update takes viewers from social media newbie to maven. Tips on writing effective Facebook and Twitter posts, how-tos for managing your growing contact lists, consolidating social media accounts and sharing messages that matter are all fodder for Status Update.

Molly McDonald, AKA Demo Girl walks through the steps with this introduction to Twitter. In this series we'll sign up, learn to Twitter using our cell phones and computer, follow fellow Twitterers and gain some followers of our own.