Facebook is in the process of testing a new feature which lets you subscribe to all the actions of a specific user. In other words, you can receive notifications anytime a specific user takes an action on Facebook. It also appears to be Facebook’s answer to Twitter’s follow feature. As a Facebook user who has seen the feature explained to us, “By subscribing you don’t miss any updates from people you subscribe to.”
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Facebook is in the process of testing a new gallery display from within the feed by popping up a black lightbox and enabling users to view the album right there without leaving the page. It’s an interesting test as it could emphasize a large move toward enabling more interaction directly from the feed page, an area which already attracts a large percentage of the attention on Facebook.
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We’ve compiled some stats on death on Facebook and thought we’d share them with you in our first of many infographics. While we typically try not to be morbid, there are some interesting findings, especially when comparing the Facebook death rate (extremely low) in comparison to the world death rate (much greater). Check out the facts below!
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Yesterday Apple announced Ping, a network which many have suggested will replace MySpace and present a new competitor to Facebook. However Apple’s first shot at building a social network has many flaws. As such, there are many areas that the company needs to improve before it can be considered a legitimate competitor to Facebook. With a physical platform of distribution however, if Apple can fix the product’s flaws, there’s no doubt they could rise to become the most legitimate Facebook competitor.
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Developers are wasting no time building applications on top of the newly released API for Facebook Places. Earlier this week mobile game SCVNGR announced its integration and today it’s PlacePop.
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Today, let us take a little break from work. The ’80s were a time, to many, filled with new wave music, Brat Pack movies, and bad haircuts. There is an even more simple side to the to the time period though, and that is what we aim to look at here. Let’s take a look through some awesome cartoons from the decade. Remember the time when Saturday mornings meant sugary cereal and awesome cartoons? Here are some cartoons that bring back childhood memories to quite a few people on Facebook.
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Facebook appears to be testing out a new form of spam detection in which users who have no friends in common cannot friend each other. The main purpose of this system is to prevent the massive amount of fake accounts that sprouted up in recent weeks. In contrast to MySpace, who had this spam tactic destroy their system, Facebook appears to be implementing a robust system to automatically detect what relationships are not likely to occur.
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“Hey BillyBob, you wanna watch a cat playing the piano on YouTube while we video chat?” Conversations like this can now be materialized, thanks to a company called Rounds.
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Would you drive all the way from Maryland to California to try to get your Facebook account reinstated? That’s what Karen Beth Young did but apparently this wasn’t enough to impress the Facebook receptionist on duty. “Oh, people have driven farther than you, from Canada,” she was reportedly told, according to this Forbes story.
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Apple announced a massive new service today called Ping. It appears to be a direct replacement of iLike, and it combines many of the technologies developed by Facebook, combined with Last.fm and Twitter. Most significant is that it doesn’t have any Facebook integration yet. As far as I’m concerned, Apple has also just become a direct Facebook competitor. While they don’t have the user base of Facebook, they are a force to be reckoned with and they have a platform which has already taken developers away from Facebook.
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Society for Human Resource Management
Alexandria, VA
September 23, 2010 | Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF, San Francisco
Reinvent Your Business -- Innovate with unique mobile offerings and understand key mobile metrics.
September 24, 2010 | Hotel Nikko, San Francisco
The Smartphone Games Summit is a one-day conference focused on the emerging smartphone games space.
October 1, 2010 | The New Yorker Hotel, New York City
Strengthen your brand through social media: Best practices for social media marketing & advertising.
October 12-13, 2010 | Moscone West, San Francisco
Once restricted to the world of online gaming, virtual goods and currencies are beginning to influence the development of social networks, community sites, and many other new and exciting markets.
