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News flash: Yes, Facebook is selling you to advertisers
There’s a breathless report out today that provides an “exclusive look” at how Facebook plans to use the new Timeline feature to attract advertisers looking for more social ads. But is it really that...
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Facebook debuts 60 new Timeline apps, now approving apps from all developers
Logos from the new Timeline app makers On Wednesday Facebook unveiled a host of new apps — more than 60 in total — that integrate with its new Timeline user interface. The social networking company...
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Poll: The older you are, the more you hate Facebook Timeline
An image from the SodaHead poll results (click to enlarge) Facebook is in the process of converting all user profiles to the new Timeline design. But according to a new poll, the majority of people...
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New Facebook ad offerings fill some holes
Facebook needed to change the way it sold advertising inventory and add some glitzier formats. Last week, at its fMC event for marketers, it made some progress towards addressing those needs. Let’s see...
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3 fascinating (and pretty) portraits of personal life through data
For most people, the only data they’ll ever really see about themselves are the pretty charts generated about their finances or weight loss by applications like Mint or Jawbone. Some people, however,...
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How social discovery is transforming entertainment
Gone are the days of traditional content recommendations, which were previously the exclusive domain of professional media outlets. Now, with the growing abundance of social networks and...
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Social-TV apps and consumer behavior
A new category of digital media has emerged in the living room: social TV. This relatively new concept can be defined as any application, website or software that allows viewers to interact with...
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France calms fears over Facebook Timeline scare
After French newspapers set off a 24-hour privacy panic over Facebook messages, the country’s privacy regulator moved quickly to tamp down the furor. After interviewing Facebook executives for three...
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AT&T shoots for 2015 launch of new LTE network
AT&T isn’t going to waste too much time putting a new LTE network into service over its freshly minted 4G airwaves – at least not by mobile industry standards. Shortly after the FCC gave its...
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Facebook opens the door to how it organizes your newsfeed
After a spate of complaints and controversy surrounding Facebook’s newsfeed algorithm and complaints that it wasn’t showing all sponsored content, the company sat down with reporters at its...
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Facebook updates Timeline design with cleaner layout, focus on content
Less than a week after rolling out a brand new news feed design that emphasizes recommended content and a cleaner layout, Facebook announced similar tweaks to its Timeline product on Wednesday,...
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Social Media Gets Stickier: Twitter/Summify; Facebook/Apps, Video Too?
This week saw a number of developments at Twitter and Facebook, two of the world’s biggest social networking sites, that are signs of them looking to capitalize more on their already-hefty user bases...
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Don’t like how Twitter’s new expanded image feature is messing up your...
As most Twitter users probably know by now, the service launched a new feature this week that inserts full-sized images and video previews into your stream by default (provided they are hosted by...
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My decade with Facebook: A user looks back
Facebook turns ten years-old today, which may still be young, but certainly seems like a lifetime in the tech industry. The social networking site made its entry into the world on February 4, 2004, at...
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Quantified canine startup Whistle starts building a dog-centered social network
If you’re a dog lover, you may not admit it but you secretly want a social network centered solely on your pooch. There are a few of you who have acted on that desire, creating a Twitter account for...
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Social Media Gets Stickier: Twitter/Summify; Facebook/Apps, Video Too?
This week saw a number of developments at Twitter and Facebook, two of the world’s biggest social networking sites, that are signs of them looking to capitalize more on their already-hefty user bases...
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Poll: The older you are, the more you hate Facebook Timeline
An image from the SodaHead poll results (click to enlarge) Facebook is in the process of converting all user profiles to the new Timeline design. But according to a new poll, the majority of people...
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Bee Docs’ Adds New Dimension To Creating Timelines
Somehow, I missed this despite subscribing to Adam’s blog, but Bee Docs’ released Timeline 3D this month. The main new feature is the ability to display/present timelines in (no surprise) 3D mode. The...
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The Decade in Online Video, Part 1: The Early Years
From the tragedy of 9/11 to the groundbreaking election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the first decade of the 21st century had its fair share of memorable moments....
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How To: Restore iMovie’s Timeline Feature
Between iLife '06 and '08, the timeline view was removed from iMovie. Instead of a timeline, the video now wraps around like text on a page. Here's a way, with just a couple of clicks, you can restore...
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