NYT: The Facebooker who friended Obama
Sunday, July 6th, 2008It's not Scarlet Johannsen and he's not a former member of the Weathered Underground. Phew!Read the full story
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It's not Scarlet Johannsen and he's not a former member of the Weathered Underground. Phew!Read the full story
Ringside to Unveil Social App Server
Monday, March 24th, 2008Interesting, but will it turn out to be all hype.Read the full story
New Facebook Redesign More Than Aesthetic
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Facebook redesigns to improve clutter - or reduce it - or to save itself from its own applications.Read the full story
“Trial By Facebook”
Thursday, January 10th, 2008The case rocked the college because of the way Shaw-Fox’s alleged sexual transgression was publicized on the 2,000-student campus: through a Facebook group called “Morgan Shaw-Fox is a Piece of **** Rapist.”Read the full story
Enough of the Hills and Woods, Can I Send Grandma an E-Card?
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007I like this article for taking on the entitlement of air travel and social networks like Facebook all in one swoop. Read the full story
These Naughty Gifts Don’t Clutter a Closet
Thursday, November 8th, 2007Who were these users whose attraction to furry handcuffs has earned Naughty Gifts a spot among the 50 most popular of the site’s programs? I scrolled down. I saw, under the heading “Friends who have added this application,” photos of three people I knew. All three were teenagers. Two were ...
Facebook Goes Corporate
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Facebook isn't just for people anymore. Facebook launched profile pages for businesses today: Just like a Facebook user, businesses can start with a blank canvas and add all the information and content they want, including photos, videos, music and Facebook Platform applications. Outside developers have created a range of applications to ...
Facebook to Display Member Ad Clicks in Feeds
Sunday, November 4th, 2007Click on an ad in Facebook and your friends might see it in your profile feed. Read the full story
Details Revealed: Google OpenSocial To Launch Thursday
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007OpenSocial is a set of three common APIs, defined by Google with input from partners, that allow developers to access core functions and information at social networks: 1) Profile Information (user data) 2) Friends Information (social graph) and 3) Activities (things that happen, News Feed type stuff)Read the full story
Breaking Open Facebook with Open Source Software
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007While privacy and open society advocates have been concerned about the dominance of Google's search engine for the past several years, most of us are just beginning to comprehend Facebook’s growing impact on who, when, what and how we connect with friends and colleagues online. Personally, I’m concerned that one ...