Facebook fends off attack of the clones
In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself.
Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps
PATRICK WALTERS - 7/27/2008 10:37:38 AM
With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you’ve got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast.
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There will be two levels of validation of 3rd part apps, “Verified” and “Great”
Facebook Takes Steps to Clean House
At Facebook’s f8 developer conference, the company announced some initiatives to improve the quality of applications on its site… Facebook has struggled to control applications that use annoying or deceitful means to attract more users, like spamming people with unnecessary notifications or sharing information from people who have not given their permission to do so.
More twittering…
Texas Rep. John Culberson uses his Blackberry to post blurbs about his work onto Twitter, a social networking site on the Internet. The Internet has set him free from unfair media reports and other barriers between him and his constituents, enabling him to better represent them in Congress, he says.
But Culberson’s actions have put him in possible violation of House rules that appear to ban blogging or other work-related activities on non-House Web sites.
This is a great article with lots of real-world technology and product reviews and advice. Look especially at CIO and author John Halamka’s “self pilot” partway down the page.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Telecommuting
…Given these facts, [the author believes] IT leaders are obligated to explore the entire spectrum of flexible work arrangements including telecommuting, homesourcing (a combination of outsourcing and telecommuting), virtual teams, and replacing travel with teleconferencing. Staffing an office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. doesn’t make sense if it requires employees to spend hours in traffic.
The title of this news story is overly dramatic, but the news inside is pretty interesting.
‘The Grid’ Could Soon Make the Internet Obsolete - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News
The scientists who pioneered [the Intenet] have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.
Fascinating!
The Real Threat to Google
Google’s biggest threat may not be Microsoft (MSFT) or Yahoo! (YHOO)…No, one of the most formidable challenges facing Google (GOOG) is likely sitting in your pocket or purse. It’s your cell phone, and it will put added pressure on Google and other Internet companies to revamp the way they handle online marketing.As more people use cell phones and their tiny glass screens to gain access to the Internet, Google and its fellow online advertisers will have less space, or what’s called ad inventory, to place marketing messages for customers. Google makes money selling ad inventory. And its ad inventory is diminished on a cell phone…
