LinkedIn has recently opened it’s platform for compatibility with third party applications as well as launching Twitter integration. Is all this turning a professional network into a social one?
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You may have noticed something different about your Facebook news feed a few days ago. Yes, Facebook sensed that you may have finally got used to how the page worked and thought it was time to give everyone something new to complain about. Once again Facebook have changed the news feed and once again there are a lot of upset Facebook users and groups.
I generally find Facebook to not be very user friendly and the most recent changes confirm this. You now have two options of how to view your Facebook feed:
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The release of iTunes 9 has included some social media additions, an iTunes store revamp, Genius features and some great extras for the iPhone. However, some rumored additions were left out, such as Last.fm integration and blu-ray playback.
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After releasing the long awaited and much improved iPhone application, Facebook have launched a few other neat features over the last week including @mentions, notifications for Mac and Facebook Lite. News about the ‘Facebook Movie’ also emerged.
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Facebook iPhone App
An update to the popular Facebook iPhone application is immenent. Looks like some nice additions will be made including Events, Like comments, Pages and an updated home screen. Finally some of the items you can view on the mobile Facebook site (and much more) have been added to the application, and I have to say, it’s looking quite nice.
> Details On The Upcoming New Facebook iPhone App. Now With Events!
> Facebook | iPhone
25th June 2009 (26th in Australia), a day that won’t soon be forgotten. The death of Michael Jackson, the undisputed King of Pop, sent hundreds of thousands of people around the world to the internet to try and find out the truth… was the superstar really dead.
I was on my way to work when I read the news on my iPhone that he had been rushed to hospital after suffering cardiac arrest. As usual my first move was to post the news on Twitter and see what others were saying. People were claiming Michael Jackson had died, but I tried not to believe it until I had seen it confirmed on one of the major news outlets. It wasn’t long before confirmation was made and I had friends and family calling to share the news and their empathy. I had purchased tickets to see Michael Jackson’s concert in London.
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iPhone 3.0 Firmware
The new 3.0 firmware is released this week (17th June most likely 18th June in Australia), so get ready for an improvement user experience and functionality including MMS, copy and paste and landscape keyboard. Not to mention the new apps that will now follow, including TomTom GPS for the iPhone.
> iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update
> TomTom for iPhone
> Top 6 iPhone 3.0 Apps to Watch
A lot has happened this week, so here’s a quick wrap up…
Twitter TV – Will there be a Twitter TV show? Well there isn’t an official Twitter TV show, but there are several production companies working on projects that may involve Twitter. One in particular is MTV who are working on a talk show format featuring Facebook and Twitter.
> Twitter Responds: There is No Official Twitter TV Show
> More Twitter TV: MTV Launching Social Media Heavy Show
Nokia Ovi Store – Nokia launch their version of the app store called Ovi… hasn’t really worked out yet.
> Ovi Store goes live
> Nokia Ovi Store Launch Is A Complete Disaster
Microsoft Bing – The new search engine by Microsoft has launched, Bing. You may have thought we had peaked with search engines after Google, but this sees the launch of two major search engines within a month, with Wolfram Alpha launching in May. The verdict is still out but there are some cool features such as video auto play in search results, but that doesn’t save it from being an extremely ugly looking page.
> Microsoft’s Bing boings into life – early
> Badda-Bing Indeed.
> Bing Opens Up. Is It Good? It’s Too Early To Tell.
Australians are racist – In case you didn’t know, it’s true, we’re all racist, Sol Trujillo (ex-Telstra boss) said so.
> Australians are Racist; according to Yanks and Poms
> Ex-Telstra boss slams ‘racist’ Rudd over ‘Adios’ comment
Google Wave – The big news online this week was the announcement of Google Wave. A reinvention of how we’ll communicate, bringing together email and instant messaging. The creators (from Google offices in Sydney) answered the question: “What would email look like if we set out to invent it today?”
> Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Today?
> Google Wave Drips With Ambition. A New Communication Platform For A New Web.
> Testing Google Wave: This Thing is Tidal
Coming soon – I’ll be writing a follow up to my article on the 3 strikes and out French internet law. I’ll also be looking at the Australian governments Internet filtering plan, so stay tuned.
