Well, what else can account for their recent changes? Take a look at your Facebook page today, and let us know if you laughed or smashed your screen. Facebook has changed its look, adding a “top story” listing of the newest postings by your online friends, and the reaction is … well, not warm. The” top stories” on each person’s page, automatically generated by … Read More
Facebook Urges Users To Use Google Plus
Well, what else can account for their recent changes? Take a look at your Facebook page today, and let us know if you laughed or smashed your screen. Facebook has changed its look, adding a “top story” listing of the newest postings by your online friends, and the reaction is … well, not warm. The” top stories” on each person’s page, automatically generated by … Read More
Why Google Plus Might Be Better Than Facebook
I was burned by Google Buzz, Google's previous attempt at social networking. The main problem with it… it didn't work. Google+ is Google's next attempt at social networking, and although my invite hasn't arrived yet, everything I read about seems promising. It has a cleverer, and to my mind, better approach…. than Facebook. Here's a short list of factors that … Read More
Twitter Now Automatically Shortens Links
Now, whenever you type a link into the Twitter webapp, it will shorten anything over 11 characters using their t.co service. Like you care.
Apple Is Evil
So Amazon has opened up an app store — specifically, an app store for Android phones. It opened today. You can see it here. It's very convenient. And it you don't see it, it's because Apple is suing, claiming they own the phase "app store". Jerks.
The Social Network? Well…. Yes And No…..
Hmmm: A recent survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers found that Facebook is cited in one in five divorces in the United States. Also, more than 80 percent of divorce lawyers reported a rising number of people are using social media to engage in extramarital affairs. Source.
The World’s Obsession With Facebook
The facts in this mini-movie are astounding: The World Is Obsessed With Facebook from Alex Trimpe on Vimeo.
Facebook Adds New Types of Relationship Statuses
Very cool of them
The Social Psychology of Facebook, or, Why Social Networking Makes You Feel Like Sh*t
Everybody is happier than you, you loser. That's what a Stanford study, published in this month's Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, reports. As most people (and certainly those like me with social psych degrees) know, people always tend to think that others are happier than they are. "The grass is always greener…." and all that. But the Stanford … Read More