News Byte
Lauren Goode in Social on May 1 at 4:00 am PT
Now you can heart, not just “Like,” on Facebook: The company has rolled out a feature allowing users to show on their Facebook Timelines whether they’re an organ donor. The news was announced during an ABC News splash with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg early this morning, following yesterday’s hints that a “life-saving tool” was coming to the social network.
Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on December 13, 2011 at 4:36 pm PT
Twitter.com has revamped its site to make it more approachable and easier to use, particularly for tweeting newbies.
Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2011 at 2:23 am PT
Whoa, Nelly! How fantastic would it be for Silicon Valley tech legends Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman to battle for control of Yahoo? Too fantastic to actually happen. But one can hope.
Voices
Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on November 4, 2011 at 4:49 pm 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.
Kara Swisher in Social on August 13, 2011 at 2:38 pm PT
When it comes to the battle between Facebook and Google, sometimes an event is just an event.
Kara Swisher in News on August 11, 2011 at 8:12 am PT
Wanna buy a famous Internet company for $500 million?
Kara Swisher in Media on August 8, 2011 at 3:51 pm PT
Is another “disruptive” marketing company coming to Silicon Valley?
In any case, I hope Google+ succeeds. Given the blog posts saying this will kill Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare, etc, you might wonder why I feel that way. Well first, I don’t think competitors kill companies and services. I think the vast majority of “deaths” are self inflicted.
– A VC Fred Wilson, on the newest entrant into social networking game.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 27, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
Papaya Mobile, which is building a mobile social gaming network on Android, has raised $18 million in a second round of funding.
