Facebook new user homepage arrives
Facebook has started rolling out their new updated homepage for the members of their service.
This new homepage now integrates the content from the Highlights section into the newsfeed.
We prefer the new homepage as it makes it easier to go through all the updates from friends and relatives. [...]
Paul Buchheit: FriendFeed is not dead
Paul Buchheit has posted on his FriendFeed profile that the service is not dead/dying.
He said that they are working on some new projects which would broaden the scope of this service.
Buchheit had this to say:
The short answer is that the team is working on a couple [...]
Facebook working on an updated user home page
Mashable has posted information and screenshots about the upcoming user homepage changes to the Facebook social networking service.
This new updated interface features a FriendFeed like top news filter for the data from news feeds.
They have also decreased the space used by the publish box which [...]
MySpace is now Twitter friendly!
US based social networking service MySpace has announced that they are now offering two way syncing with the micro-blogging service Twitter.
This feature is being rolled out immediately to all their users around the world.
The company said that this new functionality enables their members to update their Twitter status [...]
Facebook open-sources their Tornado web server framework
Social networking industry giant Facebook has announced that they are now releasing a cool piece of server technology as open source.
Tornado Web server framework was originally developed for FriendFeed service which is now owned by Facebook.
The company said that they want this platform to be used widely [...]
Facebook is better than Twitter at one thing at least
Facebook might be feeling the pressure from Twitter as they recently acquired FriendFeed.
The service however has one thing going for it as per Dr Tracy Alloway.
Alloway has stated that using Facebook in fact is similar to playing war videogames or Sudoku. It enhances intelligence. [...]
Yazzem 2.0 launched
Yazzem is an interesting web service that enables anyone on micro-blogging networks including Twitter and FriendFeed can start a new open topic for discussion.
The topic is public and anyone is free to chip in with their own responses and opinions.
The service has just launched the second version of the site. [...]
Facebook Page updates can now be posted on Twitter automatically!
Social networking giant Facebook has announced that they are soon going to enable Facebook Page operators to automatically post updates to the respective Twitter accounts.
Facebook engineering intern Michael Gummelt said in a message to users of the service: “Twitter was a natural next step to [...]
Facebook Lite is their version of Twitter/FriendFeed?
Facebook has revealed that they are currently testing a light version of their service with a limited number of beta users.
This version of the Facebook has been named Facebook Lite.
Early reports claim that this alternative version is designed to work like Twitter or let’s say FriendFeed.
It showcases [...]
Facebook bans sponsored status updates
Facebook has released their updated proposed changes to the terms and conditions and one of the new additions is pretty interesting.
The social networking giant is aiming to block users from selling their status messages to advertisers.
This is similar to Twitter where users can now make money by advertising companies through their [...]
