Posts about Zuckerberg's world-destroying data gathering machine.
The Guardian has killed its Facebook social reader [http://gigaom.com/2012/12/13/guardian-kills-its-facebook-social-reader-regains-control-over-its-content/] – which is interesting, given that it appeared to be something of a political hot potato inside the company, with some people very keen to have control of it. Martin Belam tells the story of its
death
A rather disquieting piece on Facebook Likes you don’t remember giving – and people apparently Liking things from beyond the grave [http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook]: > Thing is, according to my pal Brendan O’Malley, there’s no way that his late friend Alex, who “hated corporate
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/12/peter-deng.jpg] David Kirkpatrick [http://techonomy.com/profile/david/]‘s chat with Peter Deng [https://www.facebook.com/pxd] about Facebook at Le Web last week looked, at first, like a ho-hum product announcement, but the more I think
MG Seigler interviews Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom at LeWeb 12 in Paris.
apps
Tumblr, on its iOS app store description [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tumblr/id305343404?mt=8]: > We’re so thrilled to tell you that our app is now completely native! Get ready for a faster, smoother, and more responsive Tumblr Dashboard. So, another major social app follows Facebook
Blogging
Steph [http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2012/10/29/10-day-back-to-blogging-challenge/] : > For the next ten days, starting tomorrow (Tuesday), I’m going to write a post a day. I’ll keep it short: blogging used to be quick and dirty, and somewhere between the arrival of Facebook and Twitter, posts have
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/09/steven-gradidge.jpg] Steven Gradidge, White Hat Media [http://www.whitehatmedia.com] Search and social have finally come together. They’re hugging. Ahh. That’s the premise of Steven Gradidge [http://www.twitter.com/stevengradidge]‘s talk at the Brighton
Facebook’s own reasoning for dumping the HTML5 wrapper app on iOS and going native [https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/under-the-hood-rebuilding-facebook-for-ios/10151036091753920] : > By allowing us to write once and ship across multiple platforms, HTML5 has historically allowed us to keep the Facebook mobile experience current and widely available,
It’s odd, given how much HTML5 is celebrated as the grand panacea that will save us all from nasty native apps, that what should be the flagship example – the Facebook app – has just shifted from HTML5 to a native app on iOS [http://allthingsd.com/20120823/finally-facebook-speeds-up-its-ios-app/]: > This
Blogging
Richard Stacy on predictions that social media is failing [http://richardstacy.com/2012/08/14/social-media-is-failing-so-lets-forget-it/] (woe! woe! woe!): > Is it a failure of social media, or is it a failure of marketing to adapt itself to work within social media. In my view it is the later. As
archives
What’s the value in archive content? More than you might think. Too many publishing businesses are caught up in the idea of the now, and they miss the value of the then. A huge amount of archive and historical content is shared around the blogsphere and social media every
data journalism
Live-blogged notes from Cork Haik's talk at news:rewired