Google and Twitter have rekindled their friendship, according to a new report out from Bloomberg. Twitter will grant access to its tweets…
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Twitter teases a bunch of new product features, including new apps and algorithmic filters
Today on Twitter's first ever analyst call, the company previewed a massive range of products it's developing. Here's a rundown on the most important features.…
Read MoreIf you don’t like algorithmic filters, you’re probably not going to like the future of Twitter
Twitter appears to be set to move forward with its plans to algorithmically filter or re-order your timeline -- for your own good, of course -- despite a groundswell of complaints that this will ruin the essential Twitter experience…
Read MoreQuantified canine startup Whistle starts building a dog-centered social network
Whistle started out selling a dog collar tag that monitored your pets activity, but it's trying to evolve its platform into more than just a means of measuring walks.…
Read MoreMy decade with Facebook: A user looks back
Today, social networking giant Facebook turns 10. Here, a longtime user explains his relationship with the site and its evolution over the last decade. Privacy and ads are the big themes.…
Read MoreDon’t like how Twitter’s new expanded image feature is messing up your timeline? You’re not the only one
Twitter rolled out a new expanded photo and video feature this week that fills its users' timelines with full-sized images, but not everyone is enamored of the new look or the reasons for it…
Read MoreFacebook updates Timeline design with cleaner layout, focus on content
Facebook announced some tweaks and updates to its Timeline on Wednesday, simplifying the layout and emphasizing content recommendations only a week after the updated news feed design made similar advances.…
Read MoreFacebook opens the door to how it organizes your newsfeed
Why does one person's timeline look totally different from another person's, even if they share many of the same friends and like the same brands? Facebook responded to recent criticism over the surfacing of posts, saying it tries to reduce the number of posts users dislike.…
Read MoreAT&T shoots for 2015 launch of new LTE network
AT&T aims in three years to have a new LTE network up in the airwaves the FCC just approved for 4G use. In the rather plodding world of telecom, three years is a quick timeline. But AT&T has political and strategic reasons for moving soon.…
Read MoreFrance calms fears over Facebook Timeline scare
A French tabloid set off a temporary worldwide panic that Facebook had published the private messages of its users. France's privacy regulator has now accepted the company's explanation that this didn't happen -- but did blame Facebook for stirring up confusion.…
Read More3 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 by applications like Mint or Jawbone. Some people take their personal data a little more seriously, tracking their lives for years, then showing the world what that looks like.…
Read MorePoll: The older you are, the more you hate Facebook Timeline
Facebook is in the process of converting all user profiles to the Timeline design. But according to a poll, the majority of people aren't so keen on the new look. Seventy percent of all respondents disapproved of Timeline, as did 90 percent of people over 65.…
Read MoreSocial 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 l……
Read MoreFacebook debuts 60 new Timeline apps, now approving apps from all developers
At a press event in San Francisco on Wednesday evening, Facebook unveiled a host of new apps -- more than 60 in total -- that integrate with its Timeline user interface. The social networking company also announced it will begin approving Timeline apps from all developers.…
Read MoreNews flash: Yes, Facebook is selling you to advertisers
A breathless report says Facebook is going to use its new Timeline feature to appeal to advertisers. But is this really surprising? Like most free web services, Facebook has always relied on advertising -- and adding social elements to advertising is the future of the medium.…
Read MoreFacebook: Timeline is coming — whether you like it or not
Facebook debuted a new profile design called Timeline at its f8 conference Thursday in San Francisco. If you don't love the new look at first sight, you better learn to at least like it: Timeline will soon be the only profile design available to Facebook users.…
Read MoreFacebook debuts Timeline, a dramatically new kind of profile
Facebook announced on Thursday a dramatic new user interface for profiles called "Timeline." In a keynote speech at the company's f8 conference in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described Timeline as "a great way to discover all the things people have done their whole life."…
Read MoreMemolane Launched Embeddable Web Activity Time Lines
Memolane, the social media aggregation startup, has launched an embeddable version of its social web activity timelines. Memolane, which pools together a user's various social web identities from sites like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Blogger into one searchable timeline, launched in public beta last month.…
Read MoreVideo: A Decade of Apple Design
Who would have thought, in early 2000, that Apple would end the decade as the most valuable technology company on the planet? Join me for a visual history of Apple products throughout the decade, and marvel at the software and hardware design ingenuity that was.…
Read MoreHow 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 the timeline view in iMovie '11.…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreBee 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…
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