Version BETA

We are quite excited. After a lot of blood and sweat (and some tears), we have launched our BETA site - visit xspgroup.net.

When deciding last year to start the new company, The xSP Group, there was a lot of discussion around the new brand, the look and the logo. This was actually quite a tall order.

Cyberdale was originally founded in 1991.
The name Cyberdale is based on a contrivation of the word cybernetics which relates to the science of computing technology, combined with the word dale which also means valley.The origin dates back to 1991 when the business was founded by Andre Jonker who then resided in an area called Olivedale.
The main business focus back then was centered around computer sales and related services. The addition of internet services in 1998, lead to more focus on the provision of technology services, until 2003 when the business adopted the name Extended Network Services, or XNS for short, as trading name for the provision of specialised network technology focused services. Before the "cloud" became the future of internet based services, XNS was replaced by xSP. SP being the abbreviation for Service Provider and the x retained from the XNS name.
The small x was chosen to indicate a wildcard or placeholder of sorts, where we'd like you to think Internet, Application, Security, Support, or well everything we do as your Service Provider.

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The xSP Group will contain numerous brands i.e. Cyberdale xSP, Livesupport, Healthpack & Wazzup Internet (this is just to mention a few). We needed a logo which is simplistic and corporate. The logo should not be overbearing or overshadow the brands.

So what do you think of the logo?

The site is developed in HTML 5 & CSS3.

 

Do the people who you follow on Twitter follow you?

Say goodbye to people on Twitter who does not want to be your friend

Just like a lot of you "tweeters", I have been thinking how to manage friends and followers on twitter. Let's have a look at the following tools and if they can perhaps offer a solution.

I have been using tools like Twiends, to get more followers, but the problem is that the ratio to people that I follow have been growing a bit out of proportion to the people following me.

Today I want to unfollow people who don't follow me back. Let's have a look at the tools available on the world wide interwebs ;P

Your Twitter Karma

I tried Twitter Karma after reading a positive review on http://socialtimes.com/twitter-bulk-follow-unfollow-tools_b8651. My first impression was that this is a no frills app, and this sometimes proves to be very effective.

You first need to authorise the app, once done, you need to press the Whack button ... sounds cool - BUT it took ages to bring up any results.

The results displayed was accurate, and you could select multiple or all account - but the options after this is a bit odd and really did not make sense? Perhaps I am just daft, but after selecting people that I already follow the following options came up:
- Bulk Follow
- Bulk Block
and then there is a link to Where did Bulk Unfollow go?

--- On January 15, 2010, Twitter instructed us to remove the "bulk unfollow" capability of Tweeter Karma as it has been determined to violate their Automation Rules and Best Practices. We have done so in order to comply with their request. We apologize to you, our users, for having to make this change, but hope you will understand it is outside of our control. ---

This is a deal killer for me unfortunately :-/

Bulk unfollow

Seems like Twitter does not like bulk unfollow functionality, and Twitter claims that it is in violation of it's TOS.

Quick workaround - in the Chrome Web Store and Firefox extension store do a search for CHECK ALL :-)

 

Friend or Follow

Who unfollowed me on Twitter? Who's not following me back? Who am I not following back? Who are my friends? Find out!

This is a great looking web-app with accurate results. The only downside is that to get your hands on the good stuff, you need to pay $9.99/mo.

In South Africa this works out to over a R100/mo and it makes this tool a bit to expensive.

Untweeps

Unfollow Twitter users who don't tweet often enough

Untweeps

This tool offers to unfollow twitter users who have not posted any tweets recently.
Untweeps only permits you to unfollow people who have not tweeted in a specific time range, like in the last 30 days for instance,

Works effectively, but not yet what I am looking for... so the quest conitnues

ManageFiltter

ManageFiltter

And I think we finally have a winner! ManageFlitter allows you to view your lists in Follow Order, Followers, Following, Listed Tweets, Username and Last Tweet.

When hovering over a listed user, you will get a bio and some more info.

I had to use the Check All extension, but it worked quickly and efficiently - without costing me a cent.

ManageFlitter also automatically sends your public Google+ posts to Twitter, as long as you have the service connected to your Twitter account.

 

imo.im - All your chat applications in one place

imo.im is a web-based multi-network instant messaging service. It lets users chat on AIM, Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Jabber, MSN, MySpace, Skype, and Yahoo.
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As part of Wazzup Internet's social marketing, we make use of multiple Facebook accounts, Skype and more. imo.im combines all of this into one tidy package.


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Currently, imo.im is available as a web-based chat client (using flash), an iOS app, and an Android app.
Connect To Multi-Network

When you visit imo.im for the first time, you’ll notice how clean the interface is: a lot of white space and the login window in the middle. If the look reminds you of Google, it’s because one of the co-founders is also one of Google’s first ten employees – Georges Harik.
To start using imo.im, just log in with one of your IM (facebook, skype, msn etc) accounts. You can add (and link) more accounts to imo.im later.
Happy chatting and stay connected :-)