Since my post on Friday about MySpace and their “data availability initiative”, both Facebook and Google have made similar announcements. Facebook announced Facebook Connect which will allow users to connect their Facebook identity, friends, and privacy to any Website. And almost as if on cue, Google announced (or is expected to announce on Monday) Friend […]
So far, the Net Neutrality discussions in Congress have centered on communication and broadband policy and the FCC in terms of regulation. This week, John Conyers (D-MI) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act “to promote competition, to facilitate trade, to ensure competitive and non-discriminatory access to the Internet. This bill […]
Just a couple of items around the news today to discuss. MySpace has started what they are calling a “data availability initiative”. They have developed a series of tools to help people recreate and update their profile on other sites and the ability to “export” friends to other applications. This seems to be inline with […]
[vimeo 981740] This is pretty fascinating. This talk at a Social Media Breakfast in Cambridge goes over some new strategies for hiring, particularly for positions that relate to Web 2.0, but this could signal a hiring practices change in general. The speaker is Aaron Strout, VP of New Media for Mzinga. (Twitter) Here’s a blog […]
Chicago Rep. Mark Kirk has sponsored legislation that would ban access to social networking sites for schools and libraries. His recent target at a press conference was Second Life, the online virtual world. Kirk has concerns that there is no age verification on the site and there are several spaces on the site in which […]
Looks like Facebook will be unveiling a new profile design in the coming weeks. This article, written mostly to alert developers of the change, outlines the new style. The new profile will contain five main tabs, Feed, Info, Wall, Photos, and Boxes (name to be changed later). Users will be able to add tabs and […]
With all the talk about Microsoft and Yahoo this week, did we all forget about Facebook? This was in the news today: Facebook wants Marc Andreessen on its board. You might remember Andreessen as the founder of Mosaic, later became Netscape. He was the Internet darling of the mid-90s. Now, he’s one of the owners […]
I knew it was just a matter of time before someone tried to read between the lines. This WSJ Blog post does a great job. I was definitely getting the “thanks for nothing” vibe, imagining Ballmer gritting his teeth as he wrote it.