Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts

Monday, December 07, 2009

Mashable, 07.12.2009: Why Facebook Chose to Limit Google and Spare Twitter Search

Mashable, 07.12.2009: Why Facebook Chose to Limit Google and Spare Twitter Search
by Ben Parr: "The inclusion of Facebook (Facebook) in this list of real-time sources is one of the most important aspects of today’s announcements, and it is something that could have major implications for Twitter and its ambitions to become the world’s water cooler. In fact, Facebook held back the opportunity to deal a heavy hit to its microblogging rival. But why?"

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Read Write Web, 11.08.2009: Is a Perfect Storm Forming For Distributed Social Networking?

Read Write Web, 11.08.2009: Is a Perfect Storm Forming For Distributed Social Networking?
by Marshall Kirkpatrick: "The prospect of a distributed, interoperable, self-hosted network of publishing, reading and discussion tools is nothing new - but the idea is gaining a lot more support as more people react to recent news like FriendFeed's sale to Facebook, Tr.im's up and down and Twitter's denial of service attacks. The tide may not be turning, but there's sure to be some new waves of innovation that come out of this period of frustration."