Kara Swisher in Social on December 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT
What’s worse than getting an unsolicited a poke on Facebook? Getting shot, killed, eaten and having your head mounted on a wall by its famous founder,
that’s what!
News Byte
Lauren Goode in News on December 15, 2011 at 5:38 am PT
Facebook announced on its
blog this morning that it will be rolling out Timeline — a new view of Facebook profiles that is meant to “tell the story of your life” by featuring old photos as well as new — to all users worldwide. The Timeline feature was one in a series of product announcements the social networking site made at its
f8 developers conference in September; until now,
it had only started rolling out in New Zealand.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 5, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Two and a half months after Facebook promised that a huge revision of its self-expression and sharing tools were coming soon, users and developers are still waiting.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 1, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
A 4x leap for the music subscription service in a month. Now it has to keep those users, add more, and eventually get a few of them to pay.
Kara Swisher in Media on September 29, 2011 at 10:01 am PT
I used to work for this man and, believe you me, you should listen to what he has to say about the future of news.
Ina Fried in Mobile on September 26, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Another Facebook developer conference has come and gone without the social networking giant presenting a cohesive strategy for extending its dominance of the social Web onto mobile devices.
Voices
Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on September 23, 2011 at 11:13 am PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
Ina Fried in Social on September 22, 2011 at 12:27 pm PT
After outlining a host of changes coming to the world’s largest social network, Facebook’s Zuckerberg and some of his top lieutenants take questions from the media.
Tricia Duryee in Social on September 22, 2011 at 11:15 am PT
Welcome to the world of over-sharing. It’s called “real-time serendipity,” and it is sure to raise concerns from those seeking greater online privacy.
Ina Fried in Social on September 22, 2011 at 10:38 am PT
At its f8 conference, the social networking company revealed its plans to update the main profile with a new time-lapse view, plus allowing people to do actions other than “liking” something.
