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“Batch” is the ultimate mobile photo sharing app for iPhone
02 Dec 2011 by Brian Nelson
In the smart phone era, everyone is an amateur photographer. Equipped with high-def capabilities and nearly bottomless storage, we produce a lot of photos on a daily basis which we’ve opted to share individually on Twitter or in bulk on Facebook. The problem is that sharing full albums with friends requires a bit of effort — downloading to your desktop, uploading to Facebook — wh...
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Diaspora Seeks Donations, PayPal Freezes Account
24 Oct 2011 by Brian Nelson / 1 Comment
UPDATE: After some prodding and community outcry, PayPal released Diaspora’s account. Remember Diaspora? The group of NYU students that asked for $15,000 on Kickstarter.com to create a decentralized alternative to Facebook, and made headlines when they garnered a shocking $200,000 instead? Yeah, they’re still around, and to my surprise, they have some pretty cool stuff to show...
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Real-Time Search and Improved Hashtags Now Supported in Google+
24 Oct 2011 by Brian Nelson
Vic Gundotra, the mind behind much of Google+, made a rare video appearance recently to show off two new features that will keep Facebook on its toes and probably elicit a disgusted groan from Twitter. Real-time search and improved support for hashtags will help Google+ contend with the established utility of Twitter by allowing users to see trending topics, as well one-up Facebook by supporting ...
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Official Facebook iPad App Is Finally Here
11 Oct 2011 by Craig Lloyd / 2 Comments
Finally do we no longer have to keep asking Mark Zuckerberg when his iPad app will be hitting the public spectrum. After months of speculation, delays, sneak peeks, and even a dead giveaway, us iPad users finally have our Facebook. Unsurprisingly, it looks almost identical to the hidden iPad app that was included in the iPhone app update back in July. It has a nice, two-pane view and strongly re...
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Facebook’s Timeline: Life flashing before your eyes has never been so awesome
30 Sep 2011 by Evan Wondrasek
Facebook’s new Timeline profiles start rolling out to the public today. Many users were able to preview the new profiles early through Facebook’s Developer program, so I’ve already had a week to play around with Timeline. You’ve probably heard a lot of buzz about its “great design” or “privacy nightmare”, so what’s all the fuss about? Facebook&...
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Facebook Unveils New Features at F8 Developer Conference
22 Sep 2011 by Craig Lloyd
Today at Facebook’s F8 developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced some new features that will be making their way to users sometime in the future. Most notable is something called the Timeline, which will take all the status updates from everyone and organize them in an iPad-style magazine of sorts. To keep it from becoming too cluttered, the Timeline will automatically hide and colla...
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Why Klout Has No Clout
19 Sep 2011 by Dave Parrack / 1 Comment
You have no doubt seen people boasting of their Klout score, and how they’re specialists in their chosen field of interest and able to influence dozens of people on certain subjects. You may even have a Klout score yourself, whether you actually chose to be involved with the social media startup or not. It’s a shame then that none of it actually means anything. Klout has no clout. Inst...
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How to not suck at Facebook Questions
11 Apr 2011 by Derek Johnson / 3 Comments
You probably noticed Questions popping up on your Facebook News Feed, which quickly turned into “Which Backstreet Boy is the hottest?”, “What state is the best?”, and “Which Arena Football team east of the Mississippi, but South of the Mason Dixon Line has the best cheerleaders?”.
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Why You Shouldn’t Talk to Strangers on Facebook
24 Feb 2011 by Brian Nelson / 3 Comments
Facebook, for the most part, is a safe place to meet friends and talk to people. However, it’s good practice (and simply common sense) to stick to conversations with people you actually know. Recently, I’ve been receiving messages from complete strangers asking seemingly-legitimate questions about my livelihood, such as programming or brewing, since both are listed on my (up until today) publ...
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Farewell Firesheep, Facebook Rolls Out Secure HTTPS Option
26 Jan 2011 by Evan Wondrasek / 3 Comments
After the Firesheep fiasco of last October, most people became keenly aware of how insecure they were on unencrypted websites like Facebook and Twitter. (In case you missed it, Firesheep is an add-on for Firefox that allows a malicious user to take control of your account on unsecure non-https websites when browsing on wi-fi) Firesheep is very easy to block; all you need to do is access websites...
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