Tuesday: March 9, 2010
- Location services might be coming to your Facebook account in near future.
Soon you'll know exactly where all of your friends are and where you can find them. Isn't it great when mystical items from movies and books somehow make their way into real life? It's almost like magic.
Monday: March 1, 2010
- Facebook's recently awarded news-feed patent could spell trouble for other social sites.
Twitter is effectively one giant news feed, to the extent that it clearly has influenced some of the changes that Facebook made to its own feed technology. That reaction could be alarmist. And yet prominent figures elsewhere in the social-media world don't seem thrilled.
Wednesday: February 17, 2010
- Microsoft to bring MySpace and Facebook into Outlook.
I foresee this particular move as something that will greatly increase the productivity of every corporate employee that happens to use Microsoft Outlook as their primary email program.
Wednesday: February 10, 2010
- Google takes a big step into the social networking arena with new service.
Google Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting. It's built right into Gmail, so you don't have to peck out an entirely new set of friends from scratch — it just works. If you think about it, there's always been a big social network underlying Gmail.
Wednesday: January 13, 2010
- Facebook to team up with McAfee for beefed up security operations.
Become a fan of McAfee on Facebook and get ten percent off your next anti-virus subscription. To qualify you'll need to purchase McAfee's Internet Security Anti-virus Privacy System Protection Suite. Enjoy.
Tuesday: December 29, 2009
- Facebook and Twitter responsible for most of the weird stories in 2009.
MSNBC covers a handful of said weird stories all the way from tweeting at the altar to the balloon boy hoax. I'm looking forward to telling to my kids how I found out that Michael Jackson passed via Facebook status updates.
Wednesday: December 23, 2009
- The top ten tech trends of 2009 according to CNN.
app-laden phones helped us manage our on-the-go lifestyles; books fell off the shelves and into e-readers; televisions and video games unchained themselves from home entertainment centers; mobile updates helped organize protests and even threaten governments.
Wednesday: December 16, 2009
- No one is safe from Facebook's new privacy settings, not even their CEO.
This opening may be a result of Facebook's new default settings; or could be a result of Zuckerberg trying to reverse the PR debacle of the new privacy system by opening up the content himself; or could be a combination of both.
Wednesday: December 9, 2009
- Facebook to start reminding all users about their current privacy settings.
As part of this initiative, all Facebook users will be prompted to review and confirm their privacy settings. The page will list the items with privacy that needs to be confirmed and give users the option to retain their existing setting or change it to a setting Facebook recommends.
Tuesday: November 24, 2009
- Introduction of social media on the Xbox 360 seems to have gone over quite well.
About two million users decide to give Facebook a whirl along with about half a million brand new Last.fm accounts in the first twenty-four hours alone. I'd say that those are some pretty good numbers.
Friday: November 13, 2009
- Five tips for fixing up your Facebook page from the folks at CNN.
Article covers everything from how to block a friend's annoying Farmville stats to setting up privacy for your racy uploaded photos. Happy Facebooking.
Thursday: November 12, 2009
- Developer behind popular iPhone app for Facebook has had it with Apple, calls it quits.
...I am philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process. I am very concerned that they are setting a horrible precedent for other software platforms, and soon gatekeepers will start infesting the lives of every software developer.
Friday: October 30, 2009
- Spam marketer ordered to pay Facebook a whopping $711 million.
The company said the judgment marks the second-largest anti-spam award ever. In November 2008, Facebook won an $873 million judgment against Adam Guerbuez and his business, Atlantis Blue Capital, who bombarded users with sexually explicit spam messages.
Friday: October 16, 2009
- Ten puzzle websites to sharpen your programming skills.
Whether your looking to just pass the time or to perhaps even find a job (see Facebook section of source article), puzzle programming may have something for you. Good luck and good programming.
Friday: October 9, 2009
- Daily Grind: Thankful
Name: Vin (aka groovy truvy)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Thankful @ 1:50:00 PM
What Vin really wants today: To enjoy a lovely three-day weekend without anything at work breaking down unexpectedly. Proceed to knock on wood several times since having typed that.Music Stuck in Head: Pleasant Valley Sunday / The Monkees
I never knew know that Carole King had a hand in penning this tune. Thanks, Wikipedia.Stuff to do today:
- Note awesomeness of LeechBlock add-on for Firefox
- Basically you can set up a list of sites to block so you can concentrate on whatever it is you're doing and not surf the web aimlessly
- Facebook = blocked
- For you Mac people there's this little gem: Concentrate
- Of course, these add-ons and programs only apply if you seem to have constant diversionary problems
- I'm not saying that I have these said problems, but hey - the Internet is a big place and there's lots to read
- Stop making excuses for social networking addiction
Thursday: October 8, 2009
- CNN takes a look at who translates better: humans or machines.
Some interesting tidbits as to how Google and Facebook have differing strategies in regards to proper translations on the web. I give Facebook a lot of nerd cred for still keeping 'pirate' up as an alternative language.
Thursday: October 1, 2009
- How to write your very own Facebook application in under five minutes.
I'll have to try this one out today so if you see a lame GLM app on Facebook later today don't be surprised. Maybe people would comment more if I integrated directly with Facebook Connect. Yay or nay?
Friday: September 25, 2009
- New study shows that time spent on social networks has tripled since last year.
You probably have Facebook open in another tab next to this one don't you? DON'T YOU?
Tuesday: September 22, 2009
- Facebook teams up with Nielsen to gather up advertising statistics.
While Facebook has been growing in prominence as a digital ad destination, it's still had to do some convincing to combat the industry attitude that social-media advertising doesn't work.
Wednesday: September 16, 2009
- Facebook would like you to know that they are now cash-flow positive.
Oh, and they also have hit the three hundred million user mark as well. All hail Facebook.
Thursday: September 3, 2009
- How twenty popular websites actually looked when they were first launched.
Welcome to Thefacebook. Hey, remember when Google referred to itself with an exclamation point at the end?
Friday: August 28, 2009
- FYI, burglars are targeting victims using their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
'I call it 'Internet shopping for burglars.' It is incredibly easy to use social networking sites to target people, and then scope out more information on their actual home ... all from the comfort of the sofa,' said Fraser in a statement.
Thursday: August 27, 2009
- Hand drawn portraits are the latest craze in social networking.
Some avid social-network users are commissioning artists to create small digital images to represent themselves in the online world. Other Internet-savvy people use automated computer programs and Web sites to generate posterized likenesses of themselves.
Thursday: August 20, 2009
- The twelve most annoying types of Facebook users.
Combine dull status updates with shameless self-promoters, 'friend-padders' and that friend of a friend who sends you quizzes every day, and Facebook becomes a daily reminder of why some people can get on your nerves.
Thursday: August 13, 2009
- A complete guide to Facebook's new privacy features just for you.
Quite handy for those who don't know anything about setting up Facebook with privacy in mind.
Tuesday: August 4, 2009
- You can now browse Facebook on your shiny new Nintendo DSi.
Previously, the only way to move photos from the DSi to another platform was by copying them to an SD card, this application capitalizes on the handheld's Wi-Fi connectivity.
Thursday: July 30, 2009
- A writeup on what Twitter and Facebook can learn from Phish.
...there is a kernel of history set aside for Phish as pioneers in both music distribution and in creating a web community. When we look at bands and artists that foster community (and sometimes endless jams), we can see parallels to the rise of social networks.
Thursday: July 16, 2009
- Five signs that you probably suffer from a Facebook addiction.
Remember, the first step to on the road to recovery is admitting that you have a problem.
- Facebook would like you to know they now have 250 million active users.
Facebook's growth explosion as of late has been largely overseas, and some would argue that the next frontier for the massive social network would be to make better inroads into countries where people are more likely to be accessing the Web on a mobile device than on a computer.
Monday: July 13, 2009
- Russian firm to gobble up about $100 million worth of Facebook stock.
This move should put Facebook's overall value at about $6.5 billion.
